Backend Engineer
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Job Description
Blinkist connects people with powerful ideas from leading authors and experts to broaden perspectives gain knowledge and spark understanding in all areas of their life both personal and professional.
Used by over 32 million people worldwide Blinkist distills the key ideas from the most relevant impactful books and podcasts. These can be read or listened to in 15minute summaries that we call Blinks.
About the Role
Build. Scale. Learn. Grow.
At Blinkist we dont just build softwarewe create products that inspire millions to learn and grow. Were looking for a MidLevel Backend Engineer to join our CRO (Conversion Rate Optimisation) team where youll work on scalable backend infrastructure distributed microservices and Ruby on Rails applications that power Blinkists platform including purchases A/B testing infrastructure authentication and authorization.
If you have production experience with Ruby on Rails a solid grasp of backend infrastructure concepts and a problemsolving mindset keep reading.
Check out the hiring process for this position here:
Who We Are
Our Backend Team ensures that Blinkists systems are scalable reliable and efficient. Youll be joining a highimpact engineering team where youll work closely with senior engineers to enhance our backend services APIs and infrastructure.
We need a midlevel backend engineer who can work independently on tasks collaborate effectively and grow their expertise in a distributed microservices environment.
Who You Are
- You have a solid foundation in backend engineering. You understand gateways databases caching API modeling event buses and moreeven if youre not a master of them yet.
- You have experience with Ruby on Rails. Youve worked with Rails in a production environment with moderate scale and understand its strengths and limitations.
- Youve worked with a distributed microservices architecture. You know how different services communicate and how to build reliable maintainable systems.
- Youve explored beyond the surface. Youve looked under the hood of at least one backend domain technology or programming language to understand how it works at a deeper level.
- You take ownership but know when to ask for help. You can work independently on a task but you also know when to reach out for guidance and when to keep pushing through a challenge.
What Youll Do
- Develop and maintain backend services in Ruby on Rails and other backend technologies.
- Work on distributed microservices ensuring reliability scalability and performance.
- Model APIs and data structures optimizing for efficiency and maintainability.
- Collaborate with senior engineers to improve backend architecture and infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot issues optimise performance and contribute to backend best practices.
- Expand your expertise by deepdiving into backend concepts and improving Blinkists platform.
What You Need To Have
- 3 years of experience in backend development.
- Production experience with Ruby on Railsyouve built and maintained realworld applications at a moderate scale.
- Understanding of backend infrastructure (gateways caching databases API modelling event buses etc.).
- Experience with distributed microservices and servicetoservice communication.
- A problemsolving mindsetyou go beyond surfacelevel issues and think about longterm improvements.
- A willingness to learn and grow. Youre curious about backend systems and enjoy understanding how things work at a deeper level.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectivelyyou know when to ask for help and when to push through a challenge.
- Proficiency in English (and ideally youre in Berlin).
Why Join Us
- Youll work on challenging backend problems at scale.
- Youll collaborate with experienced engineers who love to mentor and share knowledge.
- Youll have ownership over your work while continuously learning and growing.
- No bureaucracyjust meaningful work and a great engineering culture.
If youre a midlevel backend engineer with Ruby on Rails experience whos eager to grow solve problems and build scalable systems wed love to hear from you!
At Blinkist 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 remotefriendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles.
These are some of our most valued benefits:
- 30 PTO days Wellbeing days Learning days
- Flexible approach to work
- Monthly workfromhome or transport reimbursement
- One time work from home office set up budget
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- Unlimited access to the Go1 Learning Hub and Blinkist app
- Professional development fund
- Volunteer leave to give back to the community
- Family planning & parental leave plus support for parents returning to work
- Wellness initiatives and an Employee Assistance Program
If you choose to join our team in Berlin youll have access to our modern office space in Neuklln and enjoy healthy plantbased meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef.
Apply Now
If weve 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.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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 dont meet every single point on the job description please still get in touch. Wed love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
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