Expert Engineer

About Jimdo

We exist to unleash the power of the self-employed - helping solopreneurs and micro-businesses thrive by doing what they're passionate about and removing the complexity of building lasting, successful businesses.

Jimdo started in 2007 when three school friends built a website builder in a Northern German farmhouse to help everyone build a presence online. Today, we're a profitable, remote-first company with 220+ people from 50+ nationalities working across 15+ countries. We've helped build over 36 million websites to get online across the world.

We're more than just a website builder. We're an AI-powered platform that helps self-employed people actually run and build successful businesses — from getting found online, winning customers and running their business with a peace of mind by knowing exactly what to do next to move forward.

At the heart of Jimdo is a strong belief in personalized, data-driven guidance. Our platform combines design, business tools, and an AI-powered core that turns real customer data into clear insights and next steps helping our customers focus on what moves their business forward.

We are a small team of expert engineers enabling Jimdo’s business, product, and engineering teams to deliver impact quickly across our product portfolio. Our mission is to close critical gaps, unblock teams, and make sure the most important work gets shipped. Reporting to the Head of Architecture, you will be a senior, full‑stack problem solver who can pick up any project end‑to‑end, from frontend to backend and infrastructure glue, and drive it to completion.

You will regularly switch between domains and codebases, working where the need is highest rather than in a single long‑term team. You’re comfortable with both trivial and highly complex tasks, using modern tools, including AI‑assisted development to move fast without compromising quality. By combining deep engineering experience with a humble, flexible mindset, you’ll help Jimdo deliver outcomes faster while collaborating closely with staff engineers and product teams.

This role is ideal for someone who values autonomy, variety, and system‑level thinking, and who enjoys collaborating closely with staff engineers and product teams to deliver meaningful outcomes.

• Design and build scalable APIs, services, and frontend features.

• Jump into different codebases and domains as needed, quickly understanding context and unblocking critical projects.

• Ship high-quality, maintainable code that balances pragmatism and long-term sustainability.

• Collaborate closely with staff engineers, product managers, designers, and other engineers to define solutions that create visible impact for our users.

• Use AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to move fast without compromising quality.

• Proactively identify gaps, edge cases, and technical risks in existing systems and drive pragmatic improvements.

• Work independently on projects of varying complexity, from small fixes to larger initiatives, and see them through to completion.

• Share knowledge and best practices with teams you support, helping them move faster while keeping overhead low.

• Provide clear, honest feedback and status updates to stakeholders, ensuring alignment and predictable delivery.

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a senior or technical leadership role.

• Strong full-stack proficiency (e.g. Kotlin/Java backend, React/JS frontend).

• Have a good level of experience with Spring Boot, Terraform and Github Actions.

• Deep experience with REST APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS preferred).

• Proven ability to quickly understand new domains, systems, and codebases, and make meaningful contributions with minimal onboarding.

• Proven system design and architectural leadership.

• Able to work autonomously across different codebases and domains.

• A pragmatic, impact-driven mindset: you focus on solving the problem at hand and are equally comfortable with trivial and complex work.

• Excellent experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with…