Hybrid Senior Software Engineer, Backend

at Aroundhome

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Backend
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Ruby, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Senior Backend Engineer shaping partner experiences at Aroundhome through backend processes and internal tools. Collaborating within cross-functional teams to drive architectural modernization and innovation.

Responsibilities

• At Aroundhome, we connect homeowners with trusted local partners — and you can help us make that experience even better.
• We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join one of our cross-functional, domain teams focused on the partner journey.
• In this role, you’ll shape how our partners experience Aroundhome — from intuitive end-user interfaces to the backend processes and internal tools that empower our Sales team to manage partner relationships and billing efficiently.
• You’ll join a distributed, people-first engineering culture that values curiosity, autonomy, and continuous learning — and where your ideas directly impact both our users and the evolution of our technology and platform.
• Play a leading role in designing, building, and evolving our web-based applications (that support our business model) with a strong focus on backend.
• You’ll directly contribute to modernizing our architecture, stay on top of the latest development trends, and drive innovation by assessing and implementing new technologies and features.
• Contribute to and drive the modernization of our architecture, evaluate and implement new technologies and features, and help shape our technical direction.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and your engineering colleagues, taking initiative and driving overall team exchange to deliver features that solve real pain points of our users.
• Mentor and empower teammates through pair programming, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, contributing to a culture of learning and growth.
• Take ownership of the entire development lifecycle — from testing to go-live.
• Eliminate potential blind spots by implementing and improving observability best practices and actionable alerting.
• Care about long-term stability and maintainability, knowing that development does not end after the release.
• Champion quality and maintainability through clean, test-driven code and a mindset of continuous improvement.

Requirements

• You are a very experienced senior-level engineer with deep knowledge of Go and/or Ruby who stays up to date on new technologies and leverages AI to drive productivity gains.
• You share a product engineering mindset, easily understand diverse business needs, and turn them into valuable features for our users.
• You have expert knowledge of microservice architectures and experience working in cloud environments within agile, cross-functional teams. However, you don’t shy away from migrating our legacy services.
• You strive for quality and apply clean code principles not only when implementing new features but also when modernizing existing services.
• You have a strong getting-things-done mindset and you always strive to improve — whether it's the code, the team, or yourself — and therefore communicate and collaborate proactively.
• You are an absolute team player, enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with others, and appreciate an open feedback culture.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work // Stay flexible: Decide freely whether you want to work from our office in Berlin, from home throughout Germany, or fully remote from Portugal. Additionally, we offer you the possibility to work up to 30 days per year from selected EU countries.
• Room to grow // Stay curious: In regular/annual feedback meetings, you design your own personal development path together with your team lead. In addition, we offer monthly Tech Talks, an annual training budget, free access to LinkedIn Learning, and great workshops to gain new insights and specific training for your personal development.
• Mental & physical health // Stay healthy & active: We care about your well-being and support your health with a discounted Urban Sports Club membership. In addition, our cooperation partner “Fürstenberg Institute” is available to you and your family members with advice and support when it comes to mental health & coaching.
• Taking responsibility // We #care: We care for our planet and the people who are living on it. To make our world a little bit better, our ESG Team (Environmental, Social & Governance) promotes our awareness of environmentally friendly behavior. In addition, we work with JobRad, offer discounted BVG tickets, and actively support social projects in Berlin at our annual Social Day to give back.
• Teamspirit // Stay connected: What drives us is our sense of community. That's why we celebrate our Company Day once a month in our office at Potsdamer Platz, where everyone gets together in person. In addition to a comprehensive update of our C-Board, the primary focus is on togetherness and on exchanging ideas over lunch and dinner.
• Transparency // We want to be transparent - also when it comes to salary: If you have any questions about a possible salary range for this position, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]. We will get back to you as soon as possible.