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NEA X

Backend/Data Engineer

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In-Office
Berlin
Entry level
In-Office
Berlin
Entry level
Build scalable backend functionality, algorithms, and data pipelines for industrial IoT products. Responsibilities include optimizing microservice architecture, collaborating with frontend and backend engineers, participating in architecture through testing and maintenance, and evaluating emerging technologies. The role requires modern API development, serverless and streaming architectures, SQL and NoSQL databases, Linux, and backend DevOps technologies.
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Company Description

As a part of the NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP, NEA X comprises various business and engineering backgrounds with a wide-ranging experience in different industrial sectors. With its digital mindset and startup mentality, the company bridges the gap between traditional engineering and the digital future.

The NEA XPLORE team creates industrial IoT solutions that gather data from machines, push to cloud-based backends for analysis and visualisation. This enables our customers to gain real-time access to the performance of their production, making them faster and more precise in their decisions.

Job Description

As a Backend Engineer with the NEA XPLORE team, you will build the algorithms and data pipelines that enable the next industrial revolution for our customers. Your systems will ensure that that a multi-billion dollar industry is able to detect and respond to failures efficiently and with a targeted approach.

What you’ll do

  • Create scalable backend functionalities and algorithms for our core products in the industrial IoT sector
  • Optimize and maintain the microservice-oriented architecture
  • Team up with Frontend and Backend Engineers in creating scalable and maintainable software solutions
  • Embrace the whole development cycle: From architecture and design to implementation and testing as well as the maintenance of our products
  • Ensure that our tech stack stays ahead of the curve by familiarizing yourself with new technologies and keeping an eye out for upcoming trends and their applicability to our site

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

  • Experience as a Software Engineer in building modern APIs
  • Experience with serverless / Lambda architectures
  • Experience with streaming platforms & engines (Apache Kafka, Spark etc.)
  • Proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL database technologies
  • Comfortable in a Unix/Linux environment
  • Ability to work comfortably with backend and DevOps technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, nginx etc.)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and English 

Additional Information

What we’re offering

  • A unique culture with a strong sense of community and an agile work environment
  • The opportunity for self-driven individuals to have a direct impact on the business
  • The chance to develop personally and professionally due to a strong feedback culture as well as access to training and workshops
  • The freedom to embrace small-scale failures as a path to large-scale success
  • Competitive salary, public transport discounts, great IT equipment, flexible working times and additional holidays

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