(Junior) Backend Developer at Meet5 (f/m/d)

You want to program in a techie-friendly startup and work in our backend team? You want to work hybrid, having the benefit of our social office life and being able to work from home, too? You wish to join an exciting and diverse team that recruits purely based on skills and abilities?

Apply as a Junior Backend Developer at Meet5!

Meet5 is the most popular leisure app for the generation 40+ in Germany. The core of our app is to meet new people at different group meetings. Started in 2017, we have grown to 40+ employees and expanded into several countries.

You'll be supporting our product developers on exciting new development projects for our 900,000+ users. We are in a very exciting phase right now and have ambitious growth goals for many more countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland.

Tasks

• Expose new endpoints to client side, structuring of new data types, minimization of data scraping vulnerabilities
• Develop strategies for data storage that enable scalable retrieval and processing
• Automate some manual processes for our community
• Designing loosely coupled modules in backend for high efficiency and increased scalability
  
  

Qualification

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a backend developer, showcasing your expertise in crafting high-quality, efficient, and reliable solutions
• Proficiency in Java 11+ is a must, and you should have a strong understanding of Springboot, Spring, Java Servlets, and MySQL
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms is highly beneficial and will contribute to creating optimized and performant solutions
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Github is essential, as seamless integration with our existing tech stack is a fundamental requirement for the role
  
  

Preferred Qualifications (in addition to the required qualifications, the following skills and experience will be considered advantageous):

• Hands-on experience with Google App Engine, Google BigQuery, Google Datastore, or other NoSQL databases. Your expertise in these technologies will significantly enhance our ability to handle diverse data requirements and ensure scalability as our platform grows
• Bonus points for candidates who have previously worked on scalable B2C software
  
  

Benefits

• Impact: Meet5 brings together hundreds of thousands of members who, thanks to us, meet new people and start friendships
• Working at eye level: Flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths, a direct line to the founders and a casual interaction with each other. We work productively and have fun doing it
• Remote model: Find your best way of working in your own space.
• Start-up flair: In case you ever visit us: nice and spacious office in Frankfurt, Germany, unlimited coffee, drinks and snacks.
• Team Spirit: Be part of a highly skilled, highly productive, diverse and overall awesome team :)
• Work-life balance: 28 days paid vacation and birthday, Christmas and New Year's Eve, everybody is automatically off