- Company: Get A Job.ai
- Location: Berlin
- Salary: Pay not listed
Website Get A Job.ai
Represented by Get A Job.ai
About This Opportunity
We are representing a confidential financial services organization based in Berlin that is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the technical architecture of their core indexing platform. This is a high-impact role where you will shape engineering excellence and drive complex initiatives that directly support business growth and product innovation.
Our talent team is working exclusively with this client to find an exceptional technical leader who can elevate system design, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable solutions in a cloud-native environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction and architectural evolution of business-critical services, delivering scalable and maintainable solutions for internal and external users
- Drive complex initiatives end-to-end: clarify ambiguous requirements, shape solution approaches, and oversee implementation across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure
- Raise engineering standards through hands-on leadership, including code and design reviews, coaching, and maintaining a strong focus on simplicity, quality, and maintainability
- Partner with product, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to identify core problems, challenge assumptions, and deliver solutions aligned with platform vision
- Design systems across distributed services, APIs, integrations, data models, and cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational readiness
- Improve engineering effectiveness by refining processes, reducing friction, strengthening ownership, and enabling better trade-offs between speed, quality, and risk
- Mentor engineers and support their growth in technical depth, ownership, and end-to-end delivery
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with deep expertise in common programming languages (Java, Python, TypeScript)
- Strong system design skills, including service decomposition, API design, integration patterns, data modeling, scalability, reliability, and operational concerns in cloud-native environments
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, operating, and troubleshooting cloud-native applications in containerized environments
- Proven ability to lead ambiguous, business-heavy problem spaces: identify real requirements and root problems, structure chaos, and translate needs into quality technical solutions
- Track record of simplifying complex systems and delivering maintainable end-to-end solutions with high business impact
- Strong experience with modern engineering practices: code reviews, design reviews, CI/CD, testing strategy, observability, incident response, and production ownership
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders without formal authority
- Product mindset and delivery orientation: balances technical quality with business value and drives initiatives to completion
- Experience with React and TypeScript frontend development is a plus
How We Work With You
Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and career goals. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication and coordination will flow through our team to ensure a smooth and professional process.
Location and Work Arrangement
This position is based in Berlin with a flexible hybrid work model. You'll have the freedom to choose your work hours and enjoy a modern office environment with ergonomic setup when on-site.
Benefits
- 30 days of annual vacation, plus additional time off for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
- Job ticket and corporate benefits program
- Modern office space with employee lounge, complimentary beverages and fruits
- Networking events, tech talks, and professional development opportunities
- Diverse and dynamic international team environment
Equal Opportunity
Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices and equal opportunity employment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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A recruiter will review your profile and submit you to the client. Do not contact the client directly.
Apply through Get A Job.ai. A recruiter will review your profile and submit you. Do not contact the client directly.
Apply through Get A Job.ai. A recruiter will review your profile and submit you.
Terms used in this posting
- hybrid
- A work arrangement combining both in-office and remote/at-home work, typically on a set schedule.
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Listing facts
- Role Staff Engineer (m/f/d)
- Employer Get A Job.ai
- Location Berlin
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted September 4, 2026
- Apply by October 4, 2026
- Country Germany
- Overview Full job description on this page (547 words)
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- Implement system renovation projects in collaboration with technical staff, engineering consultants, installers, and vendors.
- Keep abreast of changes in industry practices and emerging telecommunications technology by reviewing current literature, talking with colleagues, participating in educational programs, attending meetings or workshops, or participating in professional organizations or conferences.
- Review and evaluate requests from engineers, managers, and technicians for system modifications.
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