As one of Europe’s fastest growing SaaS startups, Vimcar is redefining
business mobility by seamlessly integrating commercial vehicles into
digital ecosystems. An innovative combination of live car data and a set
of cloud-based applications offer real-time insight into vehicle
activity to reduce operational cost for fleets.
Vimcar already
has connected 70,000+ cars (including customers like Allianz, Zalando,
Deutsche Bahn, Ford and Adecco) and raised €18m+ from renowned VCs
including Acton Capital, Coparion and UVC. Headquartered in Berlin, more
than 100 employees from 15+ countries are working on our mission to
build Europe´s leading fleet tech company.
- Senior Backend Software Engineer – Python (m/f/d)
- Department: Tech
- Reporting Line: Tech Lead
- Working Hours: Full-Time / Part-Time
- Duration: Permanent
- Location: Berlin Kreuzberg
- Required Languages: English (C1+)
THE ROLE
You
are a backend engineer, passionate about designing APIs and distributed
systems. In this role, you are an essential part of one of our
cross-functional development teams and support us in crafting
cutting-edge, cloud-based applications within our high-load event-based
connected fleet ecosystem.
- Within your team, you maintain and
evolve our growing web-applications to provide the best possible UX
while we quickly grow our user base.
- In collaboration with frontend
developers, you design and evolve RESTful APIs, which serve our mobile
and web clients as well as external partners.
- You deploy code to production, relying on our highly automated continuous integration and continuous delivery infrastructure.
- You share your knowledge and get involved in code reviews.
THE TECH STACK
- Most of our applications are written in Python, based on proven frameworks and platforms like Flask & Celery.
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We focus on the application layer! Our cloud-native
Service-Oriented-Architecture is making use of managed AWS services like
RDS, DynamoDB, ECS, Lambda, SNS, SQS or Kinesis.
- API-first! All clients communicate with our backend via RESTful, JSON-based APIs, fully documented by OpenAPI/Swagger.
- Without exception: All deployments are fully automated and based on Docker or AWS Lambda.
- Data goes where it is handled most efficiently. We rely on PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Redis and ElasticSearch.
# YOUR PROFILE
- Around 5 years of experience in building and operating web applications
- Extensive professional experience with common backend technologies,
including **Python** and frameworks such as Flask, AIOHTTP, Celery &
Django (or similar)
- Experience with scalable applications and the concepts of service-oriented
or microservices architectures
- Experience with different data structures, both “with” and “with No” SQL
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience with AWS (or any other Cloud provider)
- You show initiative & ownership in a dynamic, agile environment.
- Full English proficiency
- [BONUS] Experience with event based systems and data streams
- [BONUS] Experience with CQRS, DDD, and Event Sourcing
# THE OFFER
Why
should you join us? At Vimcar, you can take an established StartUp
through its most exciting growth period with significant VC backing. We
established a subscription business model centred around complex
products within the evolving B2B SaaS industry.
- Quick, sustainable growth & secure funding
- Agile work environment with flat hierarchies and an international team
- Modern tech stack solving complex user problems
- Permanent full-time position with flexible work hours and a company laptop
-
Access to company carsharing, fresh fruit and free drinks around the
office, frequent company events, and a variety of other perks, including
a membership with Urban Sports Club
Sounds like you? Send us
your application (CV or LinkedIn/Xing) today using our online
application form. Reach out to [careers@vimcar.com] if you have any
questions – we're happy to help.