Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) at Peter Park

Introduction: What if parking was no longer a hassle? What if city infrastructure worked for people, not against them? Peter Park is turning outdated parking infrastructure into digital ecosystems, with real‑time data, modern cloud architecture, and a team that cares deeply about quality and user experience. Our backend systems power thousands of parking lots across Europe, replacing tickets, barriers, and waiting with seamless automation.

• Architecting & Enhancing:
  Develop and refine our core backend systems, the very heart of our car‑parking solutions, impacting both B2B and B2C users.
• Streamline Deployment:
  Enhance and optimise CI/CD pipelines for both backend and IoT systems, ensuring a fully automated workflow that reliably delivers high‑quality code to production with speed and confidence.
• Elevating Monitoring:
  Improve our monitoring capabilities with Datadog, gaining deeper insights and proactively ensuring system health.
• Scaling for Impact:
  Contribute to scaling our systems to efficiently manage and operate thousands of parking lots.
• Championing Engineering Excellence:
  Shape our engineering culture, advocating for modern software engineering practices, clean code, robust testing, and efficient solutions.

• Real seniority:
  Not defined by years of experience but by continuous improvement, direct business impact, and ownership.
• Deep Expertise:
  Proficiency in one or more languages (Type Script, JavaScript, Python, C++) with a proven ability to quickly adapt to new tools and frameworks.
• Production Powerhouse:
  Strong track record with real‑world production projects handling high throughput.
• Backend Mastery:
  Proficient with modern backend frameworks like NestJS, Flask, Fastify, or FastAPI.
• Clear Communicator:
  Excellent written and spoken English (C1 level) is essential. German language proficiency is not required.

• Backend:
  Event‑driven microservices in Python and Node.js (NestJS).
• Frontend:
  Monorepo powered by Turbo, pnpm, change sets, and Storybook, primarily using Vue.js.
• Frameworks/Libraries:
  Adoption of Type Script, NestJS, BullMQ, and Prisma for backends in an opinionated monorepo approach.
• Databases:
  Amazon RDS, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3.
• Orchestration & CI/CD:
  Container orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS), using Keda and Karpenter for dynamic autoscaling. Our CI/CD is powered by Git Lab.
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform for AWS provisioning.
• Serverless:
  Leveraging AWS Lambda and the Serverless framework for high‑throughput endpoints.

• Hours:
  
  40 hours per week (based on trust).
• Home Office Policy:
  Hybrid model – 3 days in the office, 2 days remote.
• Contract:
  
  Permanent contract for long‑term stability.
• Location:
  
  Our modern office in Munich, a vibrant city in the heart of Bavaria.

• Your Ideal Setup:
  Mac Book (M4 Pro, 48 GB RAM) and a 37‑inch curved screen.
• Dynamic Culture: A true startup atmosphere with flat hierarchies, agile teams, and a diverse, international group of colleagues.
• Flexibility:
  Flexible working hours and the option to work from home or our state‑of‑the‑art Munich office with standing desks.
• Competitive Compensation: A strong competitive salary that recognises your expertise.
• Future Planning: A solid company pension plan.
• Foodie Perks:
  Daily meal allowance, weekly free team lunch, a well‑stocked cereal bar, and complimentary drinks.
• Health & Wellness:
  Job bike programme and access to premium sports and fitness facilities via EGYM Wellpass or Urban Sports Club membership across Germany.
• Continuous Growth:
  Ample professional development opportunities to sharpen your skills.
• Language Support:
  German language learning opportunities.
• Exclusive Discounts:
  Special discounts on a range of branded products through Corporate Benefits.

• Initial Contact:
  We’ll get back to you within 48 hours.
• HR Interview:
  Discuss your experience and expectations with our HR team.
• Live Assessment:
  Complete a technical exercise designed to challenge you with scenarios beyond your usual experience.
• Tech Challenge:
  Tackle a problem in a familiar context to demonstrate your technical skills…