Head of Backend Development - Germany
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Location
Cologne
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
€60000 - €80000 per annum
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Contact:
Jamie Wightman
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Contact email:
j.wightman@ioassociates.co.uk
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Job ref:
BBBH61929_1623400257
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Startdate:
ASAP
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Consultant:
Jamie Wightman
Are you a strong manager, a motivating and experienced developer who can inspire, act as a role model and coach for our backend team and who is keen to take on responsibility in a fast-growing company?
Our client, a security start-up, are looking for a Head of Backend Development to oversee the future of their backend, which fuels various applications and plays a central role in their product development. Scaling, quality and security are just a few of the important aspects to consider!!
Become part of a success story!
Your tasks
- Participation in product development from planning to operation of our e-learning, phishing simulation & self-service platform
- Development of new and optimization of existing backend functionalities
- Responsibility for product components and their monitoring in terms of security, performance and scaling
- Conducting code reviews & creating documentation
- Support in team development & development (feedback, coaching, mentoring, recruiting, etc.)
- Management and allocation of resources
- Conception of solutions and decomposition of complex problems
- Disciplinary leadership of the backend team
- Interface to other development teams
- Active participation in agile work processes
- Participation in the design of software architectures and the selection of modern technologies
your profile
- You have a degree with a focus on computer science / business informatics, a comparable training or are a career changer
- You already have experience in leading teams
- You have strong communication skills, and you want to coach and develop your team
- You have experience in backend development (ideally JavaScript / TypeScript / Node.js)
- You may have already worked in a start-up or on a SaaS product
- You are either fluent in English or German
- You have a startup mentality, so you are ambitious, motivated and like to tackle things directly
- You are a team player and open to an (currently only virtual) after-work drink
The tech stack!!!
JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, HTML5, CSS3, webpack, Jest, Cucumber, Cypress, ESLint, RESTful API, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, postfix, VSCode, git, GitLab CI / CD, Docker, podman, Kubernetes, Ansible, redis, RabbitMQ, Zabbix, Sentry, Elastic Stack, Grafana, Postman, Miro, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
Why our client??
- Independent work on exciting projects in the field of cyber security / IT security
- A competitive fixed salary and the opportunity to participate in the company's development through virtual shares (VSOP)
- Steep development opportunities in a rapidly growing company
- Personal development opportunities and contacts through the experience of the founders from 10 years of top management consulting
- A multicultural and cool team (currently> 140 employees) with diverse backgrounds and an insight into a fast-growing, VC-backed startup
- Numerous team activities such as digital team sports, 3x a week social cooking, 1x a month "Friday's Bar", workshops for employee participation, regular get-togethers and tech talks
- A cool, well-connected office in the heart of Cologne