Senior Backend Engineer - Engineering Team Lead (all genders)

• You will lead a senior engineering team of 4 using Scrum, ensuring the team collaborates effectively to achieve our goals, while of course also coding yourself
• You will lead, mentor and develop your team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth
• You will take responsibility for the technical direction of the Caspar Health applications from day one, driving the ongoing development of our product.
• You will develop new functionality and continuously improve the Caspar Health platform and services.
• You will collaborate closely with colleagues from Product Management, UX, QA, Analytics, DevOps, and Architecture disciplines to improve teamwork and exchange of knowledge
• You will leverage your expertise to refine and optimize development processes.
• You will contribute to the advancement of best practices in code quality, test automation, API design, CI/CD, information security management and software architecture.
• You will support the development of team members and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• You will be a driving force in introducing new technologies and best practices

• You have extensive experience with Ruby on Rails and have previously led or mentored a team in this area.
• You possess expert-level experience using Ruby on Rails in production environments.
• You have a robust understanding of SQL and are proficient in PostgreSQL.
• You have a proven track record working with AWS infrastructure, including the integration of various AWS solutions.
• You are committed to ensuring scalability, testability, and maintainability in all deliverables.
• You have experience with end-to-end testing frameworks like Cypress and guide the team in implementing best practices for test coverage.
• You have experience with JavaScript frontend frameworks, ideally React
• You demonstrate a proactive, hands-on mentality with a passion for continuous learning and innovation.
• You excel in teamwork and communication.
• You have a solid command of English, both written and verbal.

In a perfect world, you additionally have experience with:

• Familiarity with AWS Cognito, Elemental MediaConvert and Lambda functions.

• Experience with Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes.

• Experience exploring and experimenting with AI-driven approaches to unlock innovative possibilities and elevate developments.

• Experience with Golang, JavaScript,TypeScript and IaC tools like Terraform.

• You are looking for commitment? Perfect match! We offer a permanent employment contract.
• You don't want to just be a number? Understandable. With us, the human-being is the focus. We currently have initiatives on diversity and inclusion as well as a common reflection room on our work culture in which every Casparian* can participate and thus actively contribute to your working environment and Caspars development.
• You appreciate feedback? We're happy to hear it. We encourage an open feedback culture to learn and grow together.
• You value a good work-life balance? So do we, and that's why we offer flexible working hours, mobile working, also outside of Germany and various models for part-time work.
• You want to develop yourself continuously? We support this with an individual annual training budget for all Casparians*.
• You value your health? So do we! We offer sports sessions; plus, as a Casparian*, you can take advantage of our health app with mental health-, exercise -, and nutrition modules for free.
• Of course, we also offer fresh fruit and a variety of healthy snacks and drinks in the office.

At Caspar Health, we strive to provide a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all Casparians* regardless of ethnic origin, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, limitations of any kind, physical appearance, social background, age or religion (or lack thereof).

When you apply, we purely focus on your experience and motivation. You decide what additional information you want to disclose (picture, marital status, religion, gender, nationality, etc). We value and treat all applications equally.

We are looking forward to getting to know you!

Dana Kussatz; Talent Acquisition Specialist
Please submit your application online. We are also interested in knowing your earliest possible start date and your salary expectations. If you have further questions please reach out to talent@caspar-health.com. We will get in touch with you as soon as we can.

Our product CASPAR Health is used in the environment of medical institutions, patients, doctors and therapists. Working with (sensitive) personal data (e.g. health data) is part of our daily work. Therefore, we require a high level of commitment to the protection of personal data from our employees in order to protect the rights of the data subjects as best as possible.
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