Backend Engineer, Amboss
(Go)
Learning and clinical decision support system
Open for applications
Learning and clinical decision support system
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower all doctors to provide the best possible care.
Role
Who you are
- If you enjoy tackling complex technical challenges with tangible impact, this role offers the chance to do just that in a mission-driven environment
- Clear communication skills
- Solid understanding of Go, familiarity with Python or PHP
- Knowledge of Kubernetes & familiarity with modern CI/CD tools
- Data Analysis & SQL (Big Plus)
- You understand the data stack or is ready to rapidly learn it
- Ability to run your own data analysis to understand the current state and estimate the impact of changes
- You’re eager to expand your skill set—whether that’s picking up a new language or embracing new technologies in CI/CD
- You value open communication and knowledge-sharing
- You proactively look for ways to improve systems, processes, and security
- You enjoy being responsible for high-impact projects that affect the entire company
- Even if you don’t meet every single point in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. We’d love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- We are AMBOSS and we are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team, and shape the future of medical education with us!
- This role is an exciting opportunity to shape the foundation that powers nearly every AMBOSS product and team
- As part of the Software Platform team, you’ll work at the intersection of scalability, reliability, and developer experience, helping to ensure that thousands of medical professionals can access AMBOSS seamlessly every day
- You’ll contribute to high-impact projects such as overhauling our identity management system, migrating CI/CD pipelines to modern, cloud-native solutions, and improving observability for our GraphQL gateway
- Your work will directly influence the performance, security, and efficiency of our platform, while collaborating across teams to build robust tools and infrastructure that enable innovation across AMBOSS
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
- Contribute to core services such as GraphQL Gateway, authentication service, user service, etc
- Participate, facilitate and make architectural decisions related to the performance and security of AMBOSS
- Own and operate core system services, such as the identity account management, user tracking, GraphQL Gateway, etc
- Provide platform and drive enablement in product teams by addressing developer experience needs and supporting teams with platform knowledge and self-service
Our take
Becoming a doctor is undoubtedly challenging, but it is disheartening when the already demanding journey is further complicated by the intricate web of the medical education system. The current system often imposes restrictions on collaboration, fails to provide integrated resources, and sometimes lacks supportive examination boards.
AMBOSS was founded by doctors initially to help medical students overcome this mess but has now extended to become a knowledge platform for all types of medical professionals.
Today the company‘s products are used by more than a million healthcare professionals in over 180 countries. The strategy to extend their reach even further involves partnerships with major hospital groups like Helios.
The regularly upgraded knowledge base that the company has developed is an incredible growing asset. AMBOSS, however, will not rest on this and will continue to develop its smart learning technology to engage doctors even more deeply with their work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2025
$280.6m
LATE VC
Sep 2019
$35.1m
SERIES B
Total funding: $321m
Company benefits
- Paid Vacation Days: 30 vacation days per year (for everyone working 5 days per week)
- AMBOSS Holiday: A company-wide day off each year (so you do not need to worry about those internal slacks stacking up while you are off)
- Personal Purpose Day: One day for you to follow your purpose. Be it volunteering, something creative, or an activity with your family or friends
- Tenure Days: Every two years +1 day, up to 33 days (Apply after 2+ years seniority)
- bAV Offer: An attractive retirement plan for those living and working in Germany
- A choice of benefits to suit your personal needs
- If you work in one of our German offices for 3+ days per week, AMBOSS pays for your monthly public transport ticket
- Office full of fruit and snacks, and you can take your barista skills to the next level with our amazing Italian espresso machine
- Bring your child to our AMBOSS Daycare in Berlin
- Enjoy a change of pace when you visit our sunny office in Cagliari, Sardinia
- AMBOSS will support you in your visa process. We and our partners are here to take the burden of your shoulders when you move
Company HQ
Kollwitzkiez, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Madjid Salami
(Co-Ceo)Trained as a physician and a serial entrepreneur. Co-founded experimental group-buying platform, TomPower as well as the more successful tech startup, Netempire.
Benedikt Hochkirchen
(Co-CEO)Earned an MSc in Economics from the Otto Besheim School of Management before becoming an Investment Manager at Arcadia in Hamburg.
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