Software Engineer – TypeScript and Node.js / Java with Spring Boot

Location: Remote (for our international client in Berlin)
Rate: €25–32/hr
Project Duration: 9 months (Full-time)
Start Date: ASAP
Project Language: English
 

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Application Platform team and support a cloud migration project for our subsidiaries. The Application Platform team provides a wide range of cloud products for product teams, enabling users to derive maximum value from our services in a self-service model, operating under a ‘You Build It, You Run It’ philosophy.

Our platform integrates AWS services hosting over 1,000 services in EKS and Serverless environments, serving over 1 billion viewer requests daily. We manage CI/CD infrastructure hosted on Jenkins & JFrog, supporting more than 90 pipelines. Product teams monitor and observe their applications using Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to cloud migration projects and modernize legacy systems.
• Dockerize existing services and deploy them in managed Kubernetes environments.
• Migrate PostgreSQL databases to AWS RDS with minimal downtime.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs for internal and external services.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure smooth operation and scalability.
• Mentor colleagues and share knowledge across the team.

Required Skills

• Strong experience with TypeScript and Node.js, as well as Java with Spring Boot.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL.
• Solid understanding of Docker, networking, and Linux servers.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services (e.g., CDK, Lambda, RDS, ALB, EC2) and APIs.
• Experience in creating and consuming REST APIs.

Soft Skills

• Pragmatic approach to simplifying complex systems.
• Product mindset with focus on user value.
• Ability to drive and explain technical decisions at varying levels of detail.
• Strong mentoring and knowledge-sharing skills.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Tomcat, .NET, or PHP.
• Familiarity with PostGIS.
• Ability to read Vue.js code.
• Understanding of SOAP for legacy service migration.

Example Projects

• Dockerize a production service running on a VPS and deploy it to a managed Kubernetes environment.
• Migrate a PostgreSQL database from VPS to AWS RDS with minimal downtime.