Staff Engineer (in Berlin)

About Staffbase

In a polarized world, we inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication so they can thrive in the Narrative Age. Our award-winning communications channels – intranet, employee app and email – deliver experiences that drive engagement and inspire hearts and minds.

We’re headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in many locations throughout the world, including New York, London, Berlin and Dresden. Our international team counts more than 750 employees from 45+ nationalities and we have a growing base of 2200+ customers that want to transform their employee experience. We are rapidly scaling, post-Series E ($115 million funding), have strong-growing revenue, and our customers love us.

Hey there! We're on the lookout for a talented Staff Engineer to join our Staffbase team and help us build an awesome product that enables our customers to inform, engage and inspire their employees. We're looking for empathetic and motivated team players who are passionate about technology, growth, ownership, and mentoring others. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a key role in driving technical excellence and strategy, while also contributing with your advanced Developer skills.

Our Tech Stack Includes: React.js, TypeScript, Kotlin, Go, MongoDB, Terraform, Kubernetes, and more.

Our Environment:

  • Work with skilled professionals in a team that values diversity, inclusivity, and knowledge-sharing.
  • We promote a flexible and agile work environment that values well-being and work-life balance.
  • We foster a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where your expertise is valued, and ownership is encouraged. As part of our team, you’ll be empowered to make a real impact, bringing your skills and insights to help shape our technology and engineering practices as we scale. 
  • We are enthusiastic about leveraging technology to make a positive impact on the world.
  • We follow a "You build it, you run it" approach and take pride in ownership across all phases of development.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Staff Engineer, you'll:

  • Lead technical strategy and architecture for our Mission Control offering which provides the hub of our product portfolio, helping communicators plan and execute strategic communications.
  • Mentor and guide engineers, providing leadership, feedback, and fostering growth through code reviews and technical discussions.
  • Design scalable and robust systems, driving long-term solutions and infrastructure planning to accommodate future growth.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality SaaS product that is reliable, easy to use and delights our customers.
  • Continuously improve and refine our development processes, CI/CD pipeline, and automation practices.
  • Take ownership of major technical decisions, proactively addressing system bottlenecks and ensuring product quality.
  • Contribute to and maintain technical roadmaps with engineering leadership to align project priorities and business goals.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the team. Role modeling and developing others in the craft of Product Software Engineering

What You Need to Be Successful:

  • Proven track record as a Staff Engineer or Technical Lead with strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
  • Expertise in Java/Kotlin and ideally Go. 
  • Knowledge of architecture and design patterns (e.g. event-driven architecture, distributed services, domain-driven design).
  • Ideally, you have worked with MongoDB, Terraform, Docker before, next to that, you are passionate for Test Driven Development.
  • Previous experience working alongside Product and Design Leaders to deliver customer value in an Agile environment.
  • Ability to drive technical direction, including making decisions on architectural trade-offs and evaluating the long-term impact of technical choices.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and a commitment to improving operational efficiency.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to various stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.
  • A passion for diversity and inclusion, and the ability to foster a culture where the team can move forward at speed while ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard and they can contribute their best.


What you'll get 

  • Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including an Employee Stock Option Plan.
  • Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560.
  • Growth Budget - all employees get a yearly budget for external training of €1000, and one day off for growth per year (increase to two days in 2nd year).
  • Wellbeing - in addition to our yearly vacation of 30 days, we’re running a 4-day-work week every year in August with full payment.
  • Support - we’re offering a company pension scheme.
  • Sports & Health - join our sport courses in the offices or lease a bike with Staffbase. The offices are equipped with fruits, drinks and snacks.
  • Team Building - Regular team and office events including the yearly Staffbase Camp.
  • Volunteers Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project. We will donate a small amount for that project in addition.
  • Employee Referral Program - one of your friends is a fit to one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid.

 

Berlin

Also available in Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig

Engineering