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Staffbase - Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-06

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Staffbase is an AI-native Employee Experience Platform helping organizations unlock inspirational workplace communication. The company is a unicorn (valued over $1B) with 550+ employees serving 1,500+ customers across 14 million employees globally. Headquartered in Chemnitz with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul. You'll join a newly formed team building custom solutions that extend the Staffbase platform for enterprise customers. This role combines full-stack engineering with customer partnership and team leadership. You'll own solutions end-to-end: shaping use cases with stakeholders, building across the stack (React/TypeScript frontend, backend services, third-party integrations), validating with users, and mentoring mid-level engineers as the team grows. Key responsibilities include: - Own custom solution development from technical design through implementation, testing, and release - Partner with customers, consultants, and internal teams to define use cases and validate solutions - Build full-stack: React.js and TypeScript UI, backend services (Kotlin, Java, Node.js), REST APIs and third-party integrations - Mentor mid-level engineers and establish engineering standards and practices for the new team - Work in cross-functional, agile teams producing high-quality, well-tested code - Participate in code reviews, share knowledge, and work iteratively with frequent deployments and healthy CI/CD Tech stack includes React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Kotlin, Go, Java, MongoDB, REST APIs & SDKs, Docker, Terraform, Selenium, and Cypress. REQUIREMENTS: - 5+ years professional experience as a fullstack developer, including team environments and owning solutions from concept to delivery - Strong frontend skills: React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript - Solid backend experience: Kotlin, Java, or Node.js - Confidence with REST APIs, SDKs, and external system integrations - Experience mentoring or guiding less-experienced developers and bringing structure to team processes - Ability to work directly with stakeholders, translating business needs into technical solutions - Strong focus on quality, clean code, testing, and continuous learning - Fluent written and spoken English and German (both required for stakeholder and customer collaboration) - Self-starter who works well independently and as part of a team - Appreciation for diversity and inclusivity in the workplace NICE TO HAVE: - Experience with Go, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Prometheus, or Grafana - Background in professional services, consulting, or building custom customer-facing solutions - Enterprise integration knowledge: SSO, SAML, OIDC, SCIM - Understanding of REST and microservices architecture

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