(Senior) Backend Engineer
- full time
- Linz, Salzburg or Vienna
Empowering athletes to reach their fitness goals through adaptive guides and motivation. Delivering the best possible consumer experience through cutting-edge experiences. That’s what our Product Engineering Team is all about.
We’re operating in cross-functional and autonomous squads, who are responsible for their mission and creative problem-solving. One of them, the marvellous Community squad, is looking for a proactive (Senior) Backend Engineer to join them.
As a (Senior) Backend Engineer, you will be responsible and contribute to shaping engaging social features like adidas Runners, Groups, Social Connections, Social Profile, Live Tracking and the Feed as a platform for Social Interactions - connecting millions of athletes.
You’ll contribute by:
- Architecting, building and operating code that reaches millions of athletes
- Collaborating with other Mobile & Backend Engineers to solve challenging problems
- Creating a culture of community, inclusion and ownership
- Fostering engineering excellence through collaboration and high-quality standards
- Joining product engineering initiatives from discovery to delivery
- Being a team player, sharing knowledge and learning from others
What makes you the right match:
- 2+ years of experience as Backend Engineer, delivering clean, testable and high-quality code and bridging the gap between REST APIs and databases, ideally in a Microservice Architecture
- Curious and open-minded attitude, always learning and empowering your peers
- Passion for designing and developing services for large audiences with scalability and performance in mind
- Thorough understanding of software design, architecture principles and the pragmatism to know when to use what approach
- Excellent problem-solving skills, valuing simple solutions and readability over elegance
- First experience with Ruby or willingness to familiarize with it
- Good English skills
- Ideally, experience working in an agile environment and taking accountability over the deliverables of your team
About Runtastic:
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- 6 weeks of paid vacation (instead of the Austrian standard of 5 weeks) and up to 20% of your annual working time can be done remotely from abroad
- Hybrid work set-up with the flexibility to work from home or from the office depending on your personal preferences as well as the team’s needs
- Fancy offices with plenty of space for creativity and informal meetings, including the obligatory table tennis and foosball area
- Workations (work remotely from abroad for up to 20% of your annual working time while getting to know a new place or visiting friends and family)
- Learning and development budget for courses or conferences, in-house soft skills trainings and German language courses
- Attractive discounts on adidas products and access to our corporate benefits platform that contains over 1.500 different discount offers and shops
- Working café, terrace, and a play zone with table soccer for the well-deserved breaks
- Ongoing company parties and sponsored team events
- Quarterly "days of new ideas" (DONI) to try out new concepts & work with a variety of team members
- Holistic health package including subsidized massages, free psychological support, and health screenings
- Free fitness activities like running and yoga, free gym access, a calisthenics park on the rooftop terrace in Linz as well as budget for participating in sports events
- Grocery vouchers of € 2 per working day as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, healthy snacks, ice cream, and beverages all day long in our offices
- All-team breakfast, provided by the company, every 2 weeks
- Visa sponsorship (incl. assistance from our in-house experts) and relocation package
Nationalities 46
Number of employees 183
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And here’s the fine print: Our salary range starts at EUR 52,690 gross annually (based on a 38.5 hours working week). Your actual offer depends on your skills and experience.
Additionally, learn more about our benefits package here.
