Backend Engineer, Babbel
Ruby
Subscription-based language learning software
Job no longer available
Subscription-based language learning software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create mutual understanding through language.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in building applications using Ruby / Ruby on Rails
- Knowledge about API design and third-party API integrations
- Basic understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, AWS DynamoDB)
- Basic understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture
- Knowledge of analyzing metrics about system health and performance (for example DataDog, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, Rollbar)
- Testing experience on different levels: unit, integration, etc
- Good understanding of lean and agile practices
- Openness to learning new things and reaching outside your comfort zone
- Love for an open, inclusive culture that supports learning and encourages collaboration
- Fluency in written and spoken English
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join one of our Ruby engineering teams!
- Deliver value iteratively by building high-quality services and tools
- Build, maintain, and take ownership of core platform services and tools for internal use
- Own architectural design and constantly propose improvements to the overall architecture
- Ensure that the systems you own are healthy, resilient, and perform well
- Collaborate cross-functionally on feature design, architectural decisions, and assessing technical debt
- Shape our coding guidelines and quality standards
- React, troubleshoot and solve operational events (bugs and incidents)
- Focus on continuous learning and improvement and drive the evolution of our engineering practices
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
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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