Senior Fullstack Engineer, Babbel
Growth - Backend Focused
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
- Quick Learner: A quick learner who is comfortable with uncertainty and shines like a star when the path is clear and certain
- Communication Maestro: A natural communicator who thrives in fostering collaboration
- Tech Explorer: Comfortable navigating NodeJS backends, AWS infrastructure, and tools, with a solid understanding of platforms like AWS lambda, AWS EKS etc
- AWS Aficionado: Familiar and comfortable with AWS Aurora and AWS DynamoDB
- Learner's Ally: Passionate about solving problems for learners and always eager to iterate on solutions
- Experiment Enthusiast: Ready and willing to dive into AB experiments and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) while progressively iternation on solutions and code
- Experience in rapid Build-Measure-Learn cycles and growth-focused teams
- Passionate about the evolving JavaScript ecosystem
- Strong in API design, data modeling, and applying design patterns to model data and improve code
- Proficient in AWS, NoSQL databases, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, CSS (incl. preprocessors and CSS in JS)
- Familiar with component-based frontend frameworks/library, preferably NextJS or custom ReactJS setups
- Testing experience across unit, integration, contract, and E2E levels
- Collaborative mindset, with a can-do attitude for MVPs and short iteration cycles
- Good understanding of lean and agile practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in written and spoken English
Desirable
- Experience with an online learning company with focus on growth
- Experience in a big organization(s) and startup environment
- Strong understanding of Event-Driven Architecture
- Knowledge of analyzing metrics about system health and performance (ideally DataDog, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, Rollbar)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, ideally with Terraform
- Experience with responsive design and working with design teams
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join our office in Berlin!
- Your mission will be to change the future of language learning by ideating and validating a new space for Babbel. You will work in a small team, close to subject matter experts and researchers to bring this mission to reality
- Deliver value iteratively through high-quality applications and features
- Own a dynamic ecosystem of applications and services
- Collaborate within a Growth team on end-to-end customer features
- Architect and propose continuous improvements to services
- Ensure optimal performance and resilience of owned systems
- Collaborate cross-functionally on feature design, technical decisions and assess technical debt
- Shape coding guidelines and maintain quality standards
- Swiftly react and troubleshoot operational events
- Drive continuous learning and evolution of engineering practices
- Contribute to all development phases within a small to medium sized team
- Propose, implement, and validate solutions
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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