Lead Backend Engineer

vor 4 Wochen


Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland Candis Vollzeit

About Candis:

We are a fintech scale-up operating in a sector poised for transformation: accounting and bookkeeping. Candis empowers organizations to take charge of their accounts payable workflow (think: invoice collection, data entry, pre-account assignment, and payments). By offering a well-crafted and user-friendly application, we aim to enhance working lives—not just for accountants, but for every employee.

We enable finance teams with software that generates financial insights to aid decision-making and facilitate business growth... all while making a significant sustainable impact by minimizing paper waste.

Our Values:

We adhere to one straightforward principle: YES WE CANDIS

YES: Positive Thinking & Persistence - "Optimists find solutions, pessimists find problems." We believe there is always a solution.WE: Collaboration & Humanity - The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We operate as a cohesive unit while respecting each individual. We are empathetic and humble.CAN: Learning & Improving - "Try. Learn. Improve." We acknowledge that we do not know everything and act swiftly to enhance our capabilities.DIS: Focus & Ownership - We execute tasks with clear focus and ensure timely delivery.Our Tech Stack: NestJS, Typescript, GraphQL, Mongo, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, AuthZed, Elastic APM.

We are seeking a Backend Team Lead with a product-oriented mindset to join us at Candis. This role combines hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities. You will play a crucial role in translating intricate product requirements into actionable technical solutions while also mentoring and guiding a team to achieve consistent performance and growth. This position demands not only profound technical expertise but also strong leadership skills to cultivate a collaborative and supportive team atmosphere. Your contributions will directly influence the efficiency, quality, and innovation of our development processes, driving the success of our product and team.

Why is this role essential?

We require a Backend Team Lead to assist in converting product requirements into deliverables while bringing expertise in developing SaaS solutions. This position is vital for enhancing our development processes, release cycles, and continuous feedback mechanisms. Furthermore, you will support team members in their professional growth and development while improving collaboration within the team and across departments, ensuring smoother workflows and more efficient project delivery.

What makes this role appealing?

This position offers significant freedom to implement impactful changes and bring your ideas to fruition without unnecessary bureaucracy. You'll be part of a supportive team, addressing complex technical challenges and contributing to the ongoing enhancement of our software development practices. You will have the opportunity to influence the product's direction and quality. Additionally, you'll have the chance to upskill your team, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.

At Candis, we have one product, which is our software. The product we develop, we market, meaning here, Tech is closely aligned with Go-To-Market and significantly contributes to value creation.

What are the primary challenges?

Key challenges include owning a product work-stream and leading a team responsible for a specific domain. You will need to navigate our domain-service based architecture, tracing and resolving issues that likely span our tech stack from one end to the other. This necessitates a deep understanding of system design and the ability to troubleshoot and optimize performance issues. Additionally, fostering a collaborative, ego-free environment and contributing to your team members' professional growth are crucial for building a united and high-performing team.

What will be accomplished in six months?

Within six months, you will have become a key and valued member of the team, advancing backend implementations and making significant improvements in our product development. Decisions would be made on implementation strategies based on product requirements. You will have actively shared knowledge within the team and the broader backend chapter, proposing best practices for maintainable and extendable systems.

By continuing to nurture our collaborative environment, conducting code reviews and one-on-ones for feedback, you will empower the team's skills and support them in their progression.

Lastly, you will make substantial contributions to our processes, such as enhancing on-call management, refining feedback loops, and developing robust testing strategies. Your efforts after six months will result in a more efficient development process and a higher quality product.

What qualifications will best equip you for this role?

Fluent in English to communicate effectively with your team and the wider organization. Strong understanding of collaboration between Team Lead, Product Manager, and Product Designer. You are an experienced leader with a product-oriented mindset, skilled at leading teams of 4-5 members with confidence to support their professional growth. You'll be coding in our primary backend technology which is Typescript, Node, and NestJS, so expertise in these areas is essential for contributing to backend development. Possessing a product mindset and being a strategic thinker, ensuring that you consider the business impact in decisions made and demonstrating an ownership mentality. You will be heavily involved in distributed systems and cloud-native environments to enhance scalability and performance. You'll assess complexity in areas where you may have limited knowledge, such as Frontend, so some exposure to React will be beneficial.

Bonus points if you have the following:

Infrastructure knowledge: Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux OS. CI/CD knowledge: ArgoCD, GitHub Actions.

We value your motivation and potential—your qualifications are important, but we know that perfect candidates don't exist, so even if not all of this applies to you, we'd love to learn more about you.


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