Junior Backend Engineer

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 70 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

(€60K – €75K
• Offers Equity)

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help grow our AdTech platform. If you’re passionate about building scalable, high-performance web applications and enjoy collaborating across teams to serve millions of users, we’d love to hear from you.

• Type Script, NestJS, Jest.
• GraphQL, REST, gRPC, Web Sockets.
• MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Big Query.
• RabbitMQ, Google Pub/Sub
• Docker, Kubernetes, Git Lab CI/CD.
• Datadog.

• Develop clean, efficient, and scalable code using NestJS and Type Script.
• Create a data-driven product by integrating external services for A/B testing and feature flagging.
• Deliver high-quality testable code at a high pace, making sure everything runs smoothly.
• Using AI tools (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) as part of your everyday toolkit — we actively encourage AI-assisted development.

• Strong experience in web development.
• A good understanding of scalable systems.
• Production experience with most of our tech stack.
• Ownership mindset:
  Take full ownership of your work.
• Strong English communication skills for effective collaboration.

• Experience working with microservices architecture.
• Background in Dev Ops/SRE practices.

• Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success.
• Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has been profitable from day one.
• Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.
• Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.