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Medium Backend Engineer

72% Flex

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Salary:

6 - 48K yearly

Work from:

Germany

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience in software engineering in a startup environment, Strong interest in consumer products, Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL, Obsession to serve the user and deliver results.

Key responsabilities:

Build and maintain a product used by 13M+ users
Work on integrating new features and running tests for improvements
Design and plan new features, solve technical challenges
Contribute to the expansion of an EdTech startup

Knowunity

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Job description

Your missions

About us

We are Knowunity, Europe's fastest growing EdTech app.

Our goal is to create a future where every student can access, enjoy, and benefit from quality education. Since our founding in 2020, we have been committed to revolutionizing how students learn and engage with educational content globally. Today, we are the daily learning companion of over 13 million students across 10 countries in Europe and the Americas. We bring together a global peer-to-peer community that supports each other throughout school, with a goal to expand this community to 20 million students by 2024 and beyond.

With over $25 million in funding from leading venture capital firms and angel investors, including Project A, Redalpine, Stride, Mario GÃ¶tze, and Verena Pausder, we are heavily focused on building the AI-driven daily learning companion for students worldwide. Together, we are leading the transformation to make education accessible, social, and impactful for all.

Become part of our educational revolution - we are ready to change the world!

Your mission

We are looking for a motivated Backend Engineer who has a strong product interest and is hungry to grow their knowledge and career in a fast-paced environment. You will be part of a 20 person Engineering Department, reporting directly to our CTO and Co-Founder Lucas Hild.

Your mission will be to...

Build a product that is used by 13M+ users
Work with a cross-functional product squad on integrating new features and iterating existing ones
Run A/B tests to improve core product metrics
Plan and design new features
Solve exciting technical challenges (e.g. scalability)

This mission is awesome, because you willâ¦

Have the opportunity to grow and learn within an experienced team
Operate in a fast-paced start-up environment
Work with state of the art technologies (e.g. LLMs)
Play an integral part in the expansion of Europeâs fastest growing EdTech Startup
Have direct impact with your decisions on millions of students from around the globe

Your story

You thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
You have experience with software engineering in a start-up environment
You have a strong interest in consumer products
You are experienced with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
You believe in the power of speed and execution and love to get your hands dirty
You are obsessed to serve the user and strive to deliver over sticking to processes

Bonus if you haveâ¦

Experience working with Golang
Interest in working with LLMs (e.g. GPT, Claude 3)

What we offer

Weâve got benefits, perks, and, perhaps most importantly, heart. We support and help each other, just as Knowers do on Knowunity. And, yeah, we also have other cool offers like a hybrid work policy, Urban Sports Club, a packed team events calendar, and more. Check it out below!

Memberships:Â Urban Sports Club, become.1, Likeminded
Discounts:Â corporate benefits, FutureBens, Plantclub
Events:Â Team events, company events, sports & wellbeing events
Development:Â Personal development budget, hackathons, mentoring
Office:Â Breakfast, fruits & snacks, coffee, tea & soft drinks, dog friendly
Remote:Â Hybrid work, travel budget, team workations

Our Tech Stack

How to apply

Did we spark your interest to join our educational revolution? Click on "Apply for this job" and submit our short application form. We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements.

We can't wait to hear from you!

At Knowunity, we actively foster an inclusive and diverse workplace that ensures equal opportunity for all qualified applicants, regardless of nationality, ethnic or national origin, skin color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or marital status. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.

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