About the role

  • Senior Backend Engineer developing secure, scalable backend services and APIs at Merkle. Collaborating closely with mobile engineering teams and influencing platform-wide architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable backend services and APIs using Kotlin and Spring Boot.
  • Build and operate event-driven integrations via Apache Kafka including producers, consumers, Kafka Streams, and Avro schemas with exactly-once semantics.
  • Own data models, query optimisation, and schema migrations across PostgreSQL and MySQL.
  • Integrate services with observability, CI/CD, and DevOps tooling; support deployment and monitoring on OpenShift/Kubernetes.
  • Apply security best practices in the realms of OAuth2/OIDC, authentication, authorisation, and encryption.
  • Conduct code reviews, uphold engineering standards, and mentor junior engineers.
  • Produce high-quality technical documentation covering design, implementation, and API contracts.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in Kotlin.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot (Spring MVC, Security, Data JPA, Cloud, Actuator).
  • Solid Apache Kafka experience including Kafka Streams, Schema Registry, and exactly-once semantics.
  • Proficiency with PostgreSQL and MySQL: data modelling, query plans, replication, and working with connection pools (HikariCP).
  • Practical experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift.
  • Sound understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and design patterns.
  • Familiarity with OAuth2/OIDC and backend security fundamentals.
  • Proficiency with Git and CI/CD practices.
  • German B2+, primary language for team communication, documentation, and stakeholder interaction.
  • English business proficient, used for technical standards and international tooling.

Benefits

  • 25 days of holidays
  • 2 volunteer days for charitable activities
  • Mental Health: Benefit from 3 extra wellness days on top of your vacation days and a Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program to support your well-being
  • 40-hour week & overtime compensation
  • Flexible working hours model (flextime)
  • Independent home office management
  • State-of-the-art, creative office space with ergonomically equipped workstations
  • Pet friendly offices
  • Full access to Dentsu Academy, on-site learning sessions, online language courses
  • Learning Allowance: Receive 40 additional hours per year for personal and professional development, on top of statutory educational leave
  • Corporate benefits platform
  • Referral bonus program
  • Workation possibility
  • Team events: company parties, monthly breakfasts, aperos

Job title

Senior Backend Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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