Senior Software Engineer, GotPhoto
PWF
School photography digitisation
Open for applications
School photography digitisation
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To allow any photographer to run a successful volume photography business.
Role
Who you are
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience with TypeScript, React (or similar frontend frameworks) and Node.js
- Proven experience building distributed systems and working with event-driven architectures
- Ability to take end-to-end ownership of features — from design to deployment and monitoring
- Experience working in asynchronous or remote-first environments with clear communication practices
- A product-focused mindset — you care about building features that solve real user problems
- Strong collaborative skills and fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may refrain from applying for positions if they feel they don't meet all qualifications. We strongly encourage you to apply if you’re interested: we're excited to discover how your distinctive experience can enhance our team!
Desirable
- Experience with AWS services and modern CI/CD pipelines
- Some PHP experience (although not essential)
- Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Sentry, Uptrace)
- Previous exposure to transitioning from monolithic to microservices architectures
- Experience with micro frontends
- Interest in mentoring or supporting more junior engineers
What the job involves
- GotPhoto is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (preferably with a Front End inclination) to join our Engineering Team in Berlin
- Your mission will be to design, build, and maintain scalable software solutions that empower our photography customers to efficiently manage and grow their businesses
- You will be part of a dynamic Engineering team of around 40 engineers, reporting directly to an Engineering Manager
- You’ll collaborate closely with Product, QA, Product Design, Data, and other business stakeholders in a product-first, collaborative environment
- Design, build, and maintain distributed systems and event-driven services as we continue our transformation from a monolithic PHP system toward a modern TypeScript-based microservices architecture
- Design, build and maintain frontends that interact with the services in this new architecture
- Own the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) — from technical design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver impactful and high-quality features
- Contribute to a system that processes 2M+ orders annually, ensuring performance, scalability, and data integrity
- Participate in peer reviews, pair programming, hackathons, and internal tech talks to continuously improve our engineering culture
- Act as a proactive communicator who thrives in an asynchronous and hybrid work environment
- Make thoughtful, mature use of AI tools to increase productivity - without filling our codebase with slop!
- Tech Snapshot TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Microservices
- Microfrontends
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Asynchronous Collaboration
Application process
- Deadline to Apply February 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
Our take
Taking professional photos for events and schools is as much an exercise in administration as it is in photography, with a gruelling and largely manual workload of organising photos, taking payments and shipping out prints eating into a photographer's time. GotPhoto exists to make this process much easier, automating promotions, sales and fulfillment, freeing the photographer to focus on their core business.
Considered the leader in its market, GotPhoto has amassed a customer base of about 4000 small-medium business and sole trader clients across the UK, US and DACH regions. While the company has had strong growth in recent years it still has a large market to grow into, with around 70% of volume photographers still relying on manual systems, and a core market growing by 25% year on year as these photographers start to look to the benefits of automation for their businesses.
GotPhoto was acquired by EQT Growth in 2023, providing investment into the platform's development and adding new features. It will also be able to tap its parent company's commercial connections as it aims to grow its lead in an estimated $5 billion market.
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Insights
58% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid holiday and sick leave
- Subsidised fitness membership through Classpass
- Development & learning opportunities through regular check-ins with your team lead, team exchanges and development reviews
- Education budget, that allows you to grow professionally and explore new ideas
- We’ll provide you with all the relevant work equipment you need in order to successfully from the office or your Home Office
- Yearly team holidays at an awesome location (after successful business year)
- Learning budget for regular trainings and coaching, book- & online course-budget of at least 500 €
- Remote work - You have the freedom to decide whether you want to work from home or from the (dog friendly) office in Berlin (for this position, Spain + Portugal is also an option)
- Education budget, that allows you to grow professionally and explore new ideas
- Urban Sport Club membership discount, to keep active even in these isolated times
- Unlimited holidays (26 days are the minimum)
- SpendIt Card - With a monthly sum to spend on your groceries or whatever you like (after your probation period)
Company HQ
Government District, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Has been CEO since 2019. Before joining GotPhoto was Controller (Business Development & Strategic Projects) for Daimler Truck AG.
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