Blinkist

Deutschland

<br/><h3>About The Role</h3><p>At Blinkist, our Web teams enable the Web platform by bringing our trove of content to life, working closely with stakeholders in Marketing, Content, Product, and Engineering. The Web platform is a primary contributor to the company’s growth. In addition to achieving ambitious growth goals through SEO, our plans for 2023 involve empowering our Marketing and Content teams to easily create and manage content and reevaluating our tech stack to enable more efficient development, bringing in technologies such as HyGraph and GraphQL.</p><p>We’re looking for an experienced Staff Engineer/Tech Lead to drive impact in our Web teams. You&#x27;ll use your expertise and passion to multiply the output of the teams. You’ll own our platform and influence projects across the organization, providing technical leadership and mentorship while fostering a culture of collaboration and bias for action. You&#x27;ll be hands-on in the code and a go-to sparring partner for developers, designers, product managers, and engineering leadership in their day-to-day.</p><p>Check out the <a href="https://blinkistpeople.notion.site/Staff-Software-Engineer-Web-Hiring-Process-fe9e70bdce1a470a949cd95ff6af8bcb" rel="noopener ugc" target="_blank">interview process for this position</a>. 👀</p><br/><h3>What You Will Do</h3><ul><li><div>Contribute to one of our top company priorities this year: scale Web by cracking organic growth through SEO</div></li><li><div>Shape the long-term technical landscape of Web at Blinkist, providing technical guidance across different projects and advising stakeholders on technical topics</div></li><li><div>Work day to day alongside product and design in iterative planning, implementation, and improvement and be a key sparring partner for them</div></li><li><div>Develop and deploy high quality code, taking ownership of our Web platform. Our current stack: Vue, Nuxt, Ruby on Rails, AWS</div></li><li><div>Empower engineers towards our technical vision through mentorship and leadership</div></li></ul><br/><h3>What You Need To Have</h3><ul><li><div>You have 8+ years experience developing web applications across the stack</div></li><li><div>You have deep technical knowledge of modern frontend development and modern JavaScript, including a high degree of automated testing</div></li><li><div>You have deep experience building scalable software end-to-end, including architecture design, implementation across the stack, deployment, and monitoring</div></li><li><div>You have a track record of navigating ambiguity and complexity across different projects</div></li><li><div>You are proficient in English and can effectively communicate and document complex information and facilitate decision-making with stakeholders from Product, Engineering, Design, and Marketing</div></li></ul><br/><h3>Bonus</h3><ul><li><div>You have prior experience as a technical lead and a track record of mentoring engineers and helping deepen their technical craft</div></li><li><div>You have experience with GraphQL and content management systems</div></li><li><div>You have experience with SEO and SEM</div></li><li><div>You have prior experience as technical lead or mentor</div></li></ul><br/><h3>Why Blinkist</h3><p>Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles.</p><p>🌟 We are proud to have been selected by LinkedIn as one of the Top 25 Startups in Germany. Glassdoor and Kununu ratings put us amongst Berlin’s top three employers.</p><p>These are some of our most valued benefits:</p><ul><li><div>30 vacation days + local public holidays in your place of work</div></li><li><div>Virtual stock options plan</div></li><li><div>Quarterly days of learning and wellbeing</div></li><li><div>An extra day off for you birthday</div></li><li><div>Unlimited home-office with a monthly workspace allowance</div></li><li><div>Learning &amp; development budget</div></li><li><div>Coaching budget for minorities and mothers returning from their leave</div></li><li><div>Physical and mental health support through various partners</div></li><li><div>Relocation and visa support for Germany</div></li></ul><p>If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you&#x27;ll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef. 🥑</p><br/><h3>Apply Now</h3><p>If we’ve captured your interest and you want to take part in changing the world through the power of ideas – apply now and tell us what got you excited about this opportunity.</p><p>We look forward to hearing from you! ☀️</p><p></p><p>🔎 <i>Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, even if you don&#x27;t meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.</i></p><br/><h3>About Blinkist</h3><p>We offer the best selection of non-fiction knowledge in bite-sized, digestible formats. Our catalogue gives access to key insights from 5,000+ nonfiction books, original podcasts and author-driven content across 27 categories.

Blinkist exists to spark understanding.✨ We&#x27;re helping people enrich their minds with powerful ideas, and turn ordinary moments into extraordinary learning opportunities—anytime, anywhere.</p><p></p>

Berlin

Vollzeit

Staff/Lead Software Engineer - Web Growth

Festanstellung

proALPHA Business Solutions GmbH

<p>Als Teil unseres Competence Center Technology führen Sie strategische Projekte mit hohem technologischen Anspruch insbesondere im Bereich der Kopplung von Drittsystemen und in Innovationsprojekten durch. Sie lernen die Unternehmensprozesse unserer mittelständischen Kunden in Fertigung und Handel kennen und optimieren diese in Teamarbeit und unter Verwendung modernster Werkzeuge und Technologien.</p><br/><h3>Ihr Verantwortungsbereich umfasst</h3><ul><li><div>Integration von verteilten Systemen und Anwendungen über unsere Integration Workbench (auf Basis Aurea/Sonic-Technologien) in OnPremise und Cloud-Lösungen (AWS)</div></li><li><div>Optimierung von Systemlandschaften, Prozessstrukturen und Schnittstellen zu verschiedenen Drittsystemen (z.B. Webshops, CRM, CAQ)</div></li><li><div>Betreuung von Innovations- und Forschungsprojekten unserer Kunden oder Partner</div></li><li><div>Erschließung neuer Themen und Technologien sowie Einbringung dieser in unser Team</div></li><li><div>Fachliche und inhaltliche Abstimmung mit Kunden und Dienstleistern</div></li></ul><br/><h3>Ihr Profil vereint</h3><ul><li><div>Mehrjährige Entwicklungserfahrung in modernen Programmiersprachen/Entwicklungsumgebungen (z. B. C#, Java, NodeJS)</div></li><li><div>Erfahrungen mit XML-Technologien (z. B. XSLT, XQuery), Kommunikationsprotokollen (z. B. HTTPS, SOAP, REST, JMS) und Integrationsprodukten (z. B. Aurea CX Messenger, IBM WebSphere ESB)</div></li><li><div>Nutzung eines gegebenen Technologiestacks sowie flexibele Erfassung neuer Elemente und Einbringung derer in bestehende Umgebungen</div></li><li><div>Erfahrungen mit Cloud-Plattformen (bevorzugt AWS) durch entsprechende Zertifizierungen (z.B. Solutions Architect) wünschenswert</div></li><li><div>Kunden- und Teamorientierung sowie analytisches und kommunikatives Geschick</div></li><li><div>Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse</div></li></ul><p>Auch als <strong>Berufseinsteiger</strong> sind Sie herzlich willkommen. Unser professionelles Einarbeitungs- und Weiterbildungskonzept beinhaltet nicht nur, dass neuen Kolleginnen und Kollegen ein Mentor zur Seite gestellt wird, sondern auch die Teilnahme an intensiven Trainings. Wir bieten zahlreiche Aufstiegschancen für Ihren beruflichen Werdegang – bewerben Sie sich!</p><br/><h3>Benefits, die wir Ihnen bieten</h3><ul><li><div><strong>Karriere mit Sinn:</strong> Raum für eigene Ideen und aktive Mitgestaltung einer digitalen Transformation</div></li><li><div><strong>Work-Life-Balance:</strong> flexible Arbeitszeitmodelle, Homeoffice, Wertguthabenkonto (z.B. für ein Sabbatical)</div></li><li><div><strong>Unternehmenskultur:</strong> Du-Ansprache auf allen Ebenen, Firmenevents, gruppenweiter Erfahrungsaustausch</div></li><li><div><strong>Weiterentwicklung:</strong> Förderung persönlicher Entwicklungschancen, internationale Karrieremöglichkeiten, vielfältiges Schulungsangebot in unternehmenseigener Academy</div></li><li><div><strong>Weitere Benefits: </strong>Onboardingkonzept, Familienservice, JobRad, betriebliche Altersvorsorge, Mitarbeiterangebote</div></li></ul><br/><h3>Über proALPHA Business Solutions GmbH</h3><p>Seit rund drei Jahrzehnten ist proALPHA mit 49 Standorten und 1.550 Mitarbeiter*innen weltweit der digitale Sparringspartner der mittelständischen Wirtschaft. Die leistungsstarken ERP-Kern- und -Zusatzlösungen von proALPHA und seinen Partnern bilden das digitale Rückgrat der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette von mehr als 7.700 Kunden – Unternehmen aus der industriellen Fertigung, dem Großhandel und weiteren Branchen. Dabei sorgt proALPHA für die intelligente Vernetzung und effiziente Steuerung aller geschäftskritischen Systeme und Kernprozesse. In zunehmend härter umkämpften Märkten ist es darüber hinaus entscheidend, auch vor- und nachgelagerte Prozesse optimal zu integrieren. Deshalb unterstützen die verschiedenen Software-Lösungen der proALPHA Gruppe mit ihren 181 Partnern jeden Kunden in exakt den Bereichen, die für sein Business von zentraler Relevanz sind.</p><p></p>

Magdeburg

Softwareentwickler Integrationstechnologien m|w|d

<br/><h3>About The Role</h3><p>Are you passionate about Software Engineering and you want to have a big impact with your work? Do you believe in the power of ideas and want to grow and develop? </p><p>As Senior Backend Engineer you will contribute to our delivery performance and product success of our award winning Blinkist application. You will join the newly formed Personalisation team, a cross-functional team consisting of product management, engineering and data science. The team’s focus is building data products that leverage AI/ML technologies to deliver to our customers the right content, at the right time, in the right way!</p><p>Check out the interview process for this position here: <a href="https://jobs.blinkist.com/ima" rel="noopener ugc" target="_blank">https://jobs.blinkist.com/ima</a> 🚀</p><br/><h3>What You Will Do</h3><ul><li><div>Identify and proactively address challenges on the backend, driving complex technical decisions within your peer group.</div></li><li><div>Take ownership of managing and extending our backend services. Use your technical expertise in building backend architecture and infrastructure at scale.</div></li><li><div>Write high-quality and maintainable code: test, collaboratively review, and ship!</div></li><li><div>Work on our <strong>Ruby on Rails stack</strong>, always keeping an eye on the latest trends, frameworks and/or programming languages.</div></li><li><div>Follow and iterate on engineering best practices to achieve a robust code base, e.g. through code reviews and unit tests.</div></li><li><div>Collaborate closely with Product and Design to build new features.</div></li><li><div>Support other teams in finding pragmatic solutions that can be implemented in a reasonable amount of time.</div></li></ul><br/><h3>What You Need To Have</h3><ul><li><div>Strong object-oriented design skills gained from 5+ years of industry work with OOP languages</div></li><li><div>Minimum 3 years of experience working with backend services, preferably with Ruby, Go, Java or JavaScript.</div></li><li><div>In-depth experience in building and delivering robust, scalable platforms tackling performance and optimisation problems</div></li><li><div>Experience in contributing to the design and architecture of existing and new systems with a strong orientation on reliability, design patterns and reliability</div></li><li><div>Expertise with Rest APIs, modern database technologies at high scale and both testing and observability patterns</div></li><li><div>Advanced understanding of different programming paradigms, clean code, high quality tests, security as well as performance related topics.</div></li><li><div>Experience with data pipelines and information retrieval</div></li><li><div>Experience working with Cloud Computing (such as AWS) and infrastructures</div></li><li><div>Proficient in English and comfortable communicating even complex technical information. We work in a hybrid set-up, so clear communication is important for us.</div></li><li><div>Interest in emerging AI/ML technologies is a plus</div></li></ul><br/><h3>Why Blinkist</h3><p>Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles.</p><p>🌟 We are proud to have been selected by LinkedIn as one of the Top 25 Startups in Germany. Glassdoor and Kununu ratings put us amongst Berlin’s top three employers.</p><p>These are some of our most valued benefits:</p><ul><li><div>30 vacation days + local public holidays in your place of work</div></li><li><div>Virtual stock options plan</div></li><li><div>Quarterly days of learning and wellbeing</div></li><li><div>An extra day off for you birthday</div></li><li><div>Unlimited home-office with a monthly workspace allowance</div></li><li><div>Learning &amp; development budget</div></li><li><div>Coaching budget for minorities and mothers returning from their leave</div></li><li><div>Physical and mental health support through various partners</div></li><li><div>Relocation and visa support for Germany</div></li></ul><p>If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you&#x27;ll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef. 🥑</p><br/><h3>Apply Now</h3><p>If we’ve captured your interest and you want to take part in changing the world through the power of ideas – apply now and tell us what got you excited about this opportunity.</p><p>We look forward to hearing from you! ☀️</p><p></p><p>🔎 <i>Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, even if you don&#x27;t meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.</i></p><br/><h3>About Blinkist</h3><p>We offer the best selection of non-fiction knowledge in bite-sized, digestible formats. Our catalogue gives access to key insights from 5,000+ nonfiction books, original podcasts and author-driven content across 27 categories.

Blinkist exists to spark understanding.✨ We&#x27;re helping people enrich their minds with powerful ideas, and turn ordinary moments into extraordinary learning opportunities—anytime, anywhere.</p><p></p>

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