Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Spring Boot/Kafka) - Berlin

Xcede • Germany

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AI Summary

Lead the design, development, and scaling of distributed backend systems for a Berlin-based scale-up serving millions of users. Own end-to-end features, improve reliability, and mentor engineers while leveraging AI tools. Requires 6+ years of Java expertise and hands-on production experience.

Key Highlights

Own end-to-end development of scalable backend systems handling real-time data for millions of users

Collaborate with product, data, and design teams on A/B experiments and feature impact measurement

Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring while shaping AI adoption within the team

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Key Responsibilities

Build and scale distributed backend systems for real-time data processing at global scale

Design, launch, and analyze A/B experiments in collaboration with product and data teams

Own features from requirements to production, ensuring measurable business and customer impact

Enhance system reliability, observability, and maintainability as the platform grows

Mentor junior engineers and assist in hiring new team members

Technical Skills Required

Java Spring Boot Kubernetes

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Benefits & Perks

Base salary up to €120,000+ plus virtual share options

Company pension, €1,000 yearly learning budget, and mentorship program

Hybrid work: 3 days in Berlin office, 30 days remote annually

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Nice to Have

Experience with A/B testing and event-based analytics

Background in e-commerce, consumer products, or marketplaces

Frontend exposure (Vue, React, or TypeScript)

Startup or scale-up experience

Job Description

Senior Backend Engineer | Java, SpringBoot, Kafka, Kubernetes | Berlin | up to €120k + equity

The company

One of Berlin’s best-known scale-ups: profitable, well funded, and still growing fast. Its product is used by millions of people around the world, and the business is now investing heavily in engineering, with a large number of senior hires planned across several new and growing teams.

You’ll join cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists. Engineers here aren’t handed tickets. They own what they build from the first idea to production, and they have a real say in what gets built next.

What you’ll work on

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