Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop robust distributed systems using PHP and Golang on AWS, maintain a complex codebase, and work closely with stakeholders to design technical solutions for business needs.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Design, build, and maintain distributed, responsive, resilient, and message-driven systems using PHP, Golang, and AWS services, with a strong emphasis on high availability and fault tolerance in a pricing-critical context.
- Navigate and contribute meaningfully to a large, complex codebase, applying clean code principles, consistent patterns, and thoughtful refactoring where appropriate.
- Actively participate in Pair Programming, Mob Programming, and Code Reviews, fostering a culture of shared ownership and continuous learning.
- Support, maintain, and improve existing services - proactively identifying reliability, performance, and scalability bottlenecks.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to enhance productivity, code quality, and development speed, while exercising sound engineering judgment over generated output.
- Co-create high-value products and features in close collaboration with stakeholders and the wider team.
- Identify opportunities through stakeholder engagement and translate business needs into well-defined technical solutions.
- Contribute to backlog refinement and prioritization, aligning delivery with strategic product goals.
- Strike a pragmatic balance between engineering quality and delivery pace, making deliberate trade-offs transparently.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Comfortable working in and contributing to a large, established codebase - able to read, understand, and improve unfamiliar code confidently.
- Product-minded engineer with a genuine interest in understanding user needs, business outcomes, and stakeholder dynamics.
- Vertrautheit mit KI-gestützten Softwareentwicklungspraktiken und die Fähigkeit, KI-generierte Vorschläge kritisch zu bewerten und verantwortungsvoll zu integrieren.
- Willingness to participate in the on-call rotation alongside the rest of the engineering team.
- Knowledge of Revenue Management Systems (RMS) architecture or pricing platform concepts is a plus.
Experience
- 4+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer with strong, production-grade PHP skills.
- Demonstrated experience working on Platform or API products in a distributed, microservices environment.
- Hands-on experience with message streaming (e.g., Kafka or similar), Kubernetes, RESTful/HTTP APIs, and AWS services.
- Strong communication skills, with experience or interest in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
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What we offer
- Travel perks: 12 free Flix vouchers + 12 discount vouchers for friends & family.
- Work from (M)Anywhere: Depending on your role, work from another location for up to 60 days per year.
- Hybrid work model: We are an office-first company, but we offer flexibility to balance work and life.
- Wellbeing support: Access confidential 1:1 counselling, courses, and stress management for yourself and up to four family members.
- Learning & Development: Take advantage of language classes, training courses, and expert-led sessions to grow your skills.
- Mentoring Program: Connect with experienced colleagues to gain insights and accelerate your career.
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Benefits
Food & Drink
Higher Take-Home Pay
Health, Fitness & Fun
Topics You Will Work On
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About Your Employer
Flixbus
We are a global mobility provider and have been changing the way millions of people around the world travel since 2013 under the brands FlixBus and later also with FlixTrain.
Description
- Founding Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Sports, Leisure
Software Engineer
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
