Senior Fullstack Engineer - Platform Engineering all genders

Babbel is the topselling language learning platform globally. We are driven by our purpose of creating mutual understanding through language. Through the classes and products we provide learners with the most effective solutions enabling them to communicate in reallife scenarios with real people.

The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. With headquarters in Berlin Germany and our US office in New York were a team of 1000 people from over 80 different nationalities.

For more information about Babbel and our language learning solutions please visit or download our app from the or .

We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join our office in Berlin!

In your role as a Senior Fullstack Engineer your mission will be to change the future of language learning while working in a flexible and stimulating environment. Working together with motivated colleagues you will be collaborating and diving into different disciplines to broaden your knowledge in other fields of expertise as well as share your own.

We are at the heart of Babbel developing the learning content architecture and the tools our editors use to create our learning experiences! Topics include eventdriven microservice architecture the content editing front end CMS customization and AIassisted content modeling. Primary stack: JavaScript (some TypeScript) Ruby and React.

You will:

• Learn a lot!
• Design and iterate on our software architecture
• Own your work and drive what matters
• Develop and maintain highquality software solutions across the entire tech stack.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to design implement and deliver robust and scalable applications.
• Work closely with our learning content editors to make their vision a reality
• Provide both insight and wisdom from your unique perspective and background
• Contribute to our culture of testing learning and innovating

You have:

• Proven track record in guiding technical strategies and initiatives aligning with business goals and consistently meeting project timelines.
• Strong sense for good API design
• Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Openness to learn new things and reach outside your comfort zone
• Extensive testing experience
• Experience tracking system health and performance
• A productoriented mindset
• A strong sense of ownership of your work
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Nice to have:

• Experience with Ruby & Rails
• Experience building AIassisted applications
• Experience with infrastructureascode (e.g. Terraform)
• Experience with eventdriven distributed architecture
• Experience with AWS services (e.g. Lambda Kinesis)

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Decide how when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap faith and family rooms.
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
• Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups) attend cultural and regular social events.

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse equitable and inclusive company we welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company inside and out and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements all candidates are assessed based on skills qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application and let us know if youd like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need feel welcome to inform us so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

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