Backend Engineer all genders

Babbel is the topselling language learning platform globally. We are driven by our purpose of creating mutual understanding through language. Through the classes and products we provide learners with the most effective solutions enabling them to communicate in reallife scenarios with real people.

The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. With headquarters in Berlin Germany and our US office in New York were a team of 1000 people from over 80 different nationalities.

For more information about Babbel and our language learning solutions please visit or download our app from the or .

We** **are looking for a fulltime Backend Engineer for our CRM platform team!

You will:

• Deliver value iteratively by building highquality services and tools
• Build maintain and take ownership of core platform services and tools for internal use
• Own architectural design and constantly propose improvements to the overall architecture
• Ensure that the systems you own are healthy resilient and perform well
• Collaborate crossfunctionally on feature design architectural decisions and assessing technical debt
• Shape our coding guidelines and quality standards
• React troubleshoot and solve operational events (bugs and incidents)
• Focus on continuous learning and improvement and drive the evolution of our engineering practices

You have:

• Experience in building applications using Ruby / Ruby on Rails / TypeScript
• Basic understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL AWS DynamoDB)
• Basic understanding of distributed systems and eventdriven architecture
• Knowledge of analyzing metrics about system health and performance (for example DataDog CloudWatch PagerDuty Rollbar)
• Testing experience on different levels: unit integration etc.
• Good understanding of agile practices
• Openness to learning new things and reaching outside your comfort zone
• Love for an open inclusive culture that supports learning and encourages collaboration
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Nice to have:

• Having knowledge and experience in using CRM tools and their context would be advantageous

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Decide how when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap faith and family rooms.
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
• Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups) attend cultural and regular social events.

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse equitable and inclusive company we welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company inside and out and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements all candidates are assessed based on skills qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application and let us know if youd like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need feel welcome to inform us so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

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