Staffbase

Forward Deployed Engineer

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15 hours ago
Berlin, Germany +2 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own custom solutions end to end, from technical design through implementation, testing, release, and validation.
  • Partner with customers, consultants, and internal teams to define use cases, gather feedback, and refine solutions.
  • Build customer-facing UI, backend services, widgets, plugins, and integrations across the stack.
  • Mentor mid-level engineers and help establish engineering standards and team structure.
  • Participate in code reviews, continuous learning, and a cross-functional agile development process.
  • Maintain a healthy CI/CD pipeline, push code frequently, and automate where useful.

Requirements

  • Typically 5+ years of professional full-stack development experience and ownership of solutions from concept to delivery.
  • Strong React.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript skills with backend experience in Kotlin, Java, or Node.js.
  • Experience working with REST APIs, SDKs, and external system integrations.
  • Experience mentoring or guiding less-experienced developers and improving team practices.
  • Ability to work directly with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions and validate outcomes.
  • Strong focus on quality, clean code, testing, continuous learning, and independent and collaborative work.
  • Fluent written and spoken English and German are required.
  • Preferred experience includes Go, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Prometheus, or Grafana.
  • Preferred background includes professional services, consulting, custom customer-facing solutions, SSO, SAML, OIDC, SCIM, REST, or microservices architecture.

Benefits

  • Flexible working time models and hybrid work options.
  • Yearly flex work allowance of €1560.
  • 31 vacation days annually, including one floating holiday, plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August.
  • Company pension scheme.
  • One paid Volunteers Day per year for supporting a social project.
  • Competitive compensation packages including an LTIP unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan.

Tech Stack

CypressDockerGitHub ActionsGoGrafanaJavaJavaScriptKotlinKubernetesMongoDBNode.jsPrometheusReactSeleniumTerraformTypeScript

Categories

Forward Deployed
Staffbase

About Staffbase

501-1,000 employees

Staffbase builds an employee communications and experience platform for enterprises to reach frontline and desk-based workers. Its SaaS suite includes a branded employee app, intranet, email and SMS tools, digital signage, and Microsoft 365/Teams integrations managed from a single console. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, it is privately held and serves customers such as Adidas, Alaska Airlines, Audi, and DHL.

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