Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Python/Django, Vue.js

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. Own features end-to-end from problem understanding and solution design through implementation, testing, deployment and production verification .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeBerlin • GermanySenior💰 €65,000 - €90,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating production systems using Python and Django, with a strong focus on backend services, API development, and database management. Proficient in designing CI/CD workflows and ensuring production observability while integrating AI technologies responsibly.

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Python DevelopmentDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQL Database ManagementCI/CD Workflow DesignAI Integration

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Hard Skills

Backend DevelopmentAPI DesignDatabase Query PerformanceAsynchronous WorkloadsAutomated TestingPerformance OptimizationSystem ArchitectureIncident InvestigationFeature OwnershipIntegration Design

Soft Skills

Proactive CommunicationProblem IdentificationTechnical JudgmentCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

DjangoRedisCeleryElasticsearchAWSVue 3TypeScriptPytestVitestPlaywright

Industry Keywords

Production SystemsCloud InfrastructureObservabilityScalabilityDistributed Workflows

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoElasticSearchERPPostgresPythonRedisTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own features end-to-end from problem understanding and solution design through implementation, testing, deployment and production verification
Design and build backend services and APIs using Python, Django and Django REST Framework
Work with PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery and Elasticsearch on reliable, scalable application and background-processing workflows
Implement and debug Vue 3 and TypeScript frontend functionality when necessary
Build and maintain integrations with ERP/accounting platforms, authentication providers, billing systems, Slack and Microsoft Teams
Develop AI-powered product features and integrate LLMs responsibly into production workflows
Investigate production issues across browsers, APIs, background workers, databases and infrastructure
Write automated tests using pytest, Vitest and Playwright
Improve performance, reliability, monitoring and deployment safety
Participate in architecture discussions and make technical decisions
Review code and maintain high engineering standards
Proactively identify technical improvements, flaky tests, slow endpoints, missing metrics and repetitive manual processes
Use AI coding agents for implementation, investigation, testing, review and understanding unfamiliar systems
Communicate proactively in a distributed working environment, document decisions and surface blockers and risks early

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong professional experience building and operating production systems with Python and Django, ideally Django REST Framework
Deep understanding of PostgreSQL, including data modelling, migrations, query performance, indexing and diagnosing database-related production issues
Experience designing and evolving asynchronous and distributed workloads, ideally with Celery and Redis, including retries, idempotency, failure handling and long-running tasks
Strong understanding of software architecture and system design
Experience owning features and systems from design through production, including deployment, monitoring, verification and incident investigation
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD workflows and deployment strategies, ideally including independently deployable components, safe rollouts, automated quality gates and rollback strategies
Strong experience with production observability, including metrics, logs, error tracking and profiling
Experience identifying and solving performance and scalability problems across applications, databases, background workers and infrastructure
Experience working with AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure
Enough Vue/TypeScript or comparable frontend experience to own a feature across the full stack
Experience designing and maintaining external integrations, including failure handling, authentication, webhooks and third-party API behaviour
Strong engineering judgment and ability to make pragmatic architectural decisions
Ability to proactively identify technical problems and improvements
Ability to challenge requirements, existing architecture and technical decisions and communicate the reasoning clearly
Experience using AI coding agents while remaining responsible for understanding, reviewing, testing and operating shipped work
Currently based in Berlin or willing to relocate to Berlin

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible hybrid work with the freedom to work from home while being part of the Berlin-based team
Office in the heart of Berlin with drinks, snacks and communal lunches
Trust-based working hours
High degree of technical ownership and autonomy
AI-native engineering workflows; modern coding agents encouraged
Modern production stack across backend, frontend, infrastructure and observability
Flat hierarchies and short communication paths
Opportunity to shape engineering practices while the team and product grow
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