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In this role, you will lead a team, conduct code reviews, and develop new backend and frontend features using Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL, while mentoring junior engineers and fostering their growth.
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Your role in the team
- As a Lead Software Engineer at Acture, you'll combine hands-on development with team leadership.
- You'll guide a team of 3–6 engineers while remaining deeply involved in building and improving our platform.
- Lead, mentor, and support engineers through regular 1:1s and feedback sessions, fostering both professional and personal growth.
- Drive hiring efforts by conducting technical interviews, making hiring decisions, and onboarding new team members.
- Act as a technical sparring partner within the engineering team through code reviews and pair programming.
- Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of the Acture platform.
- Design, build, and ship new features across both backend and frontend.
- Collaborate closely with the VP of Engineering to define features and enhance the user experience.
- Ensure high-quality releases through testing and QA.
- Work with a modern tech stack including Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Capybara, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, and Tailwind CSS.
- Maintain and improve a clean, efficient, and sustainable codebase.
Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You're a seasoned engineer who enjoys both writing great code and helping others grow.
- Strong full-stack expertise in Ruby on Rails.
- Bachelor-level thinking and working ability.
- Solid understanding of relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL), MVC frameworks, and TDD.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Passion for clean, maintainable code and thorough testing practices.
- Strong communication skills and fluency in English (C1+).
Experience
- At least 6 years of experience in software engineering, ideally at Staff Engineer level.
- Experience with REST APIs, HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript.
- Proven leadership experience—formal or informal (mentoring, onboarding, technical guidance).
What we offer
- As part of the Acture team in Germany, you'll be surrounded by open-minded, smart people who are passionate about working toward our shared mission.
- We place great value on creating a healthy environment for both work and life, including flexible working hours and the option to also work from home.
- In addition to fair compensation and a performance-based bonus of 8%, you'll benefit from extra perks with an annual value of more than €2,300.
- €1,000 annual learning and development budget for online courses, conferences, or professional literature.
- A Deutschlandticket company pass with an annual value of around €720.
- Corporate fitness membership through Urban Sports Club or Wellpass with an annual value of around €600.
- 28 vacation days plus 2 additional days off (Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, or Rose Monday).
- The opportunity to go on a workation, for example by extending a trip after taking vacation days to flexibly combine work and travel.
- The possibility to take additional unpaid vacation days.
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About your employer
Acture Germany GmbH represents the German branch of the Acture Group and offers various health and wellbeing services in Germany. Its main focus is on improving employee health and satisfaction through a human-centered and data-driven approach. The company serves the German B2B market with innovative solutions in the field of corporate health management.
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Healthcare, Social Sector
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