Senior Fullstack Engineer, Babbel
Subscription-based language learning software
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Subscription-based language learning software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create mutual understanding through language.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience building scalable systems and applications using Node.js and TypeScript, ideally hosted on AWS
- At least 3+ years of experience with AWS
- Profound experience building serverless architectures (e.g. AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway) and event-driven architecture
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases, ideally DynamoDB
- 3+ years of experience with a component-based frontend framework like React
- Strong sense for good API design and knowledge of third-party API integrations
- Knowledge of analysing metrics about system health and performance (CloudWatch, PagerDuty, Rollbar)
- Can-do attitude to build MVPs and iterate on them in short cycles
- Testing experience on different levels: unit, integration, contract, and E2E
Desirable
- Experience with
- AWS services i.e. Step Functions, S3
- Monorepo
- Cross-browser development
- Building scheduling systems
- Zoom API
- On-call rotation
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and infrastructure automation, ideally with Terraform
- Hands-on experience with virtual classroom systems
What the job involves
- As part of the B2B Live team, you will help shape the architecture of our scheduling and booking systems and enhance their capabilities while keeping a close focus on maintainability and scalability. You will work in a diverse and fast-paced environment with an up-to-date tech stack based on serverless principles and event-driven architecture
- Collaborate cross-functionally on feature design, architectural decisions, and assessing technical debt
- Shape our coding guidelines and quality standards
- Create user interfaces for a smooth user journey between booking and the virtual classroom
- Build APIs to integrate B2B Live with frontend SPAs, as well as with third-party tools
Our take
Babbel is one of the leading lights in the language eLearning sector. Its premium subscription-based online learning resources cover over a dozen predominantly European languages, at all proficiency levels. They include interactive lessons and podcasts - all developed and delivered by professional educators and linguists.
Learning languages online has become big business in recent years, and this has led to a surge of VC investment in the sector. This diversified the field of competition, tripling revenue for smaller rivals like Busuu and driving up engagement on online tutoring sites. It has ramped up pressure on incumbents like Babbel, and its better established (but pricier) competitor Rosetta Stone, to diversify their offerings.
To get there, Babbel has taken a smart cue from live tutoring sites like Preply, which also saw a surge in engagement over recent years. Babbel has launched its own live tuition offering, and additional B2B services, demonstrating a savvy use of its leading position and strong resources to keep a tight grip on its substantial market share.
Kirsty
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Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2015
$22m
SERIES C
Mar 2013
$10m
SERIES B
Total funding: $33.3m
Company benefits
- 30 vacation days and flexible working hours
- BVG card or Swapfiets bike
- Jobbatical and Sabbatical options
- Many internal & external learning opportunities to choose from
- A yearly Learning & Development budget
- Visa and relocation assistance
- Full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes
- Modern office in the heart of buzzing Berlin equipped with a family, music, faith and nap room
- Various internal communities to be part of including the Femgineers, DEI Ambassadors, Accessibility & Disability Group and more
Company HQ
Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Markus Witte
(Executive Chairman & Co-Founder)Currently a Partner at Wachstumsbegleitung, a Fellow of JoinPolitics and was Previously an Independent Board Member at Blinkist.
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