Junior Backend Engineer Technology · Germany · Fully Remote

Jimdo was founded by 3 school friends in 2007 in a farmhouse in Northern Germany. Today, we’re a growing profitable business with a team of 250+ people from 50 nationalities based in over 15 countries.

Jimdo’s mission is to unleash the power of self-employed small business owners, the backbone of the global economy, and help them thrive.

We offer products and services to help founders start, grow, and manage their businesses.

Jimdo started as a website builder and has helped businesses create over 32 million websites. Over the years, our portfolio evolved to specifically serve the unique needs of micro businesses.

In addition to our GDPR-compliant website builder powered by AI, we offer an online store, logo creator, legal text generator, business listings, social media integration, SEO, and more.

We are constantly developing new products and services that make the lives of micro business owners easier and help fuel their businesses.

We have a physical location in Hamburg, Germany, where teams come together for in-person collaboration. If you’re inspired by our mission and like the idea of working for a dynamic remote-first company where you can create impact from day 1, we’d love to meet you!

Your mission :

Brief discussion about the context, mission and challenge of the role

What you’ll be doing :

• Help other team members to create new features to enrich the Jimdo products.
• Share ideas with your peers, and propose new technologies to the most senior engineers so we can always be on the edge of tech standards.
• You are requested to learn every day, and share your progress and knowledge with the rest of the team.
• Organize your work and create proper documentation with the help of senior engineers.

What you bring :

• You are studying a Computer Science related subject or you have 1-2 years of experience as an engineer.
• You love the Terminal.
• You created some web projects for other people, family or friends.
• Some experience with Python, Java, Kotlin, or is required.
• You know all the basics about HTTP, methods, cookies, and headers

Nice to have :

Experience with Cloud computing platforms ( Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)Experience with Git

What we offer :

Meaningful mission :

By helping solopreneurs and small businesses succeed we’re making communities around us more sustainable, resilient, and vibrant.

Flexibility and Trust :

Fully remote work with elements of in-person collaboration.

Flexible working hours. We value outcomes over presenteeism.

Option to work outside of your country of employment for up to 90 days in a year.

Side hustles encouraged.

Diverse international team :

We’re 250+ people representing 50+ nationalities and based in 15+ locations.

Employee-led DEI Council, active ERGs.

Growth and Career Development :

Culture of knowledge sharing supported by our learning experience platform (LXP) HowNow.

Opportunity to share ideas and create impact from Day 1.

Flat hierarchies and short decision-making process.

Competitive benefits, including :

Compensation reviewed at least once a year.

Remote Office Set Up bonus.

Workation Policy.

Employee Assistance Program (resources, counseling).

Up to three free Jimdo websites that you get to keep forever!

Jimdo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means that we don’t discriminate based on race or ethnic origin, color, the language(s) you speak, where you (or your parents) are from, or whether or not you consider yourself to have a disability.

Neither will your age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, or political opinions play a part in your application with us.

We’re a diverse team in so many ways, and we love it that way.

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