Senior Backend Engineer, Karla

Salary not provided

+ ESOP

SQL
MongoDB
Kubernetes
Python
Postgres
Heroku
Git
Senior level
Remote in Germany
Berlin
Karla

Delivery service for online shops

Open for applications

Karla

Delivery service for online shops

1-20 employees

B2BLogisticsDeliveryeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ ESOP

SQL
MongoDB
Kubernetes
Python
Postgres
Heroku
Git
Senior level
Remote in Germany
Berlin

1-20 employees

B2BLogisticsDeliveryeCommerce

Company mission

Karla is on a mission to reshape the frustrating post-purchase experience by making e-commerce delivery simple and enjoyable for consumers, online shops and carriers.

Role

Who you are

  • You are the Swiss army knife of backend software development and technical execution, with the ability to break down product requirements into implementable technical features
  • 5+ years of software development experience in backend technologies and in recent years working with Python and FastAPI
  • Great experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience with web-scraping technologies and data architecture
  • Familiar with principles of APIs, stateful web (single page) applications, developer platforms (Git, Heroku)
  • Experience designing data persistence and caching concepts using SQL and NoSQL DBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
  • A solid understanding of how to design, develop, test, and monitor production-ready data-intensive systems
  • Entrepreneurial / startup experience, willing to learn and help build a tech stack from scratch
  • Strong knowledge of the agile software development lifecycle and continuous integration

What the job involves

  • We’re looking for a versatile Backend Engineer to join our team!
  • Work in collaboration with product and design to use cutting-edge and custom technologies to imagine, build and launch a breakthrough product that disrupts the market
  • Implement new features in a highly collaborative environment with product managers, customer strategists and fellow engineers
  • Create responsive, mobile friendly and beautiful web applications
  • Implement software engineering best practices (e.g. Agile software development, test-driven development, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, etc.) enabling the product and team to scale
  • Build APIs, designing data models, maintaining backend code, and scaling production systems

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Company benefits

  • Competitive salary balanced with 25 days holiday to ensure sufficient rest time as well as a focus on mental health
  • Flexible set up around your personal preferences and life constraints - we encourage flexible working models (eg 4 day work week, part time etc.) to make the job fit your life, not your life fit the job
  • Attractive ESOP package for long-term partnership and incentivisation
  • Remote and flexible working set up with an attractive office for brainstorming and co-location in Berlin Mitte
  • The opportunity to work first-hand with mission-driven founders and a tightly knit team within a flat hierarchy
  • A team of talented, motivated, driven, and fun individuals looking to change the way e-commerce deliveries are experienced and organized
  • We'll actively support your learning & development with an annual budget to use on external courses, study support and desired learning, all chosen by you
  • Full ownership over exciting challenges & the opportunity to shape the company culture right from the start

Funding (1 round)

Feb 2022

$3.6m

SEED

Total funding: $3.6m

Our take

For many e-commerce customers, the post-purchase experience can be opaque and frustrating. Karla is challenging this by providing integrated, seamless and transparent delivery for e-commerce retailers.

Karla is headed up by a former BCG partner, and one of Scorable's founding team. This is part of the reason that the startup has gained impressive momentum among customers and backers alike. Their app taps into growing demand among consumers for increased communication and efficiency throughout the delivery process.

The company faces competition from the likes of Parcello and Parcellab. Karla hopes to differentiate itself by connecting their software directly to online shops and leveraging existing delivery operators and couriers. This will be important if the company wants to draw customers away from its more established rivals.

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Freddie

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