Babbel is the top-selling language learning platform globally. We are driven by our purpose of creating mutual understanding through language. Through the Babbel app, Babbel Live classes, Babbel podcasts, and Babbel for Business products, we provide learners with the most effective solutions, enabling them to communicate in real-life scenarios with real people.

The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. With headquarters in Berlin, Germany and our US office in New York, we're a team of 1,000+ people from over 80 different nationalities.

For more information about Babbel and our language learning solutions, please visit www.babbel.com or download our app from the App Store or Play Store.

We are looking for a full-time Backend Engineer for our platform team! 

You will:

• Deliver value iteratively by building high-quality services and tools
• Build, maintain, and take ownership of core platform services and tools
• Own architectural design and constantly propose improvements to the overall architecture
• Ensure that the systems you own are healthy, resilient, and perform well
• Collaborate cross-functionally on feature design, architectural decisions, and assessing technical debt
• Shape our coding guidelines and quality standards
• React, troubleshoot, and solve operational events (bugs and incidents)
• Focus on continuous learning and improvement and drive the evolution of our engineering practices

You have:

• Experience in building applications using Ruby / Ruby on Rails / TypeScript / Go
• Basic understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB)
• Basic understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex technical challenges.
• Knowledge of analyzing metrics about system health and performance (for example, DataDog, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, Rollbar)
• Testing experience on different levels: unit, integration, etc.
• Practical experience with infrastructure-as-code and infrastructure automation with Terraform
• Experience with CI/CD, alerting, and monitoring solutions
• Good understanding of agile practices
• Openness to learning new things and reaching outside your comfort zone
• Love for an open, inclusive culture that supports learning and encourages collaboration
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Nice to have:

• Experience in software development with a focus on identity and access management, authentication, and authorization.
• Experience with Go programming language is a plus

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms. 
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership. 
• Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events. 

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

Sounds good? We are already looking forward to hearing from you! Check out also our jobs page, our blog andour techblogto get an impression about #lifeatbabbel!