Hybrid Senior Fullstack Engineer

at reteach

• Job title: Senior Fullstack Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, AWS, GraphQL, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Node.js, Nuxt, Postgres, React, Terraform, TypeScript, Vue.js
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Senior Fullstack Engineer driving features from idea to production at reteach. Collaborating with product and design while building scalable backend and frontend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive features from idea to production across the full stack, collaborating directly with Product and Design and seeing the real-world impact of your work
• Contribute to the technical direction, coding standards, and development workflows across backend and frontend
• Build scalable, performant, and robust backend services using NestJS, TypeORM, and GraphQL, while also contributing to our Vue.js/Nuxt frontend
• Develop comprehensive tests to ensure high product stability and quality assurance
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design during feature discovery, prototype evaluations, and feasibility assessments, representing engineering interests
• Actively engage in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, suggesting process enhancements
• Balance rapid feature development with long-term code quality, maintainability, and scalability
• Participate in code reviews and contribute constructively to the evolution of our codebase
• Foster strong teamwork through active collaboration and building trust within the team
• Influence how we build, not just what we build

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in fullstack or backend-focused engineering, ideally in Node.js/TypeScript environments
• Strong understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL), query optimization, and data modeling
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)
• Solid knowledge of a modern frontend framework, ideally Vue.js/Nuxt; experience with React or Angular transfers well
• Strong testing practices: unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Excellent communication skills, a strong sense of ownership, and the ability to thrive in a small team where your decisions have real impact
• Interest in AI tools and technologies
• Willingness to spend part of each week in the office for close collaboration with Product and Design teams
• Experience with DevOps practices (Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, Datadog) is a plus

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Learning budget and access to reteach academy
• €40/month contribution toward Urban Sports membership
• Company pension scheme with additional monthly contribution
• Virtual Employee Stock Option Plan (vESOPs)
• Additional day off for your birthday