Senior Backend Engineer Job at GetSafe (Berlin)

Senior Backend Engineer

GetSafe

Location:
Germany , Berlin ▼
Heidelberg

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
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Salary:

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Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our platform team. Our Platform team’s mission is to keep our customers and operations teams happy by building the Insurance Platform parts of which are Policy Management, Claims and Operations systems. In this role, you will work on backend features of our insurance platform while also developing internal tools and automation that improve efficiency for engineering and other teams across the company. This includes building systems and emerging agentic tooling that streamline workflows, reduce operational overhead, and enable teams to move faster.

Job Responsibility:

Collaborate with the team and stakeholders to define and implement the vision for a scalable system architecture for our insurance platform that supports our growing portfolio and customer base
Own and contribute to our evolving list of internal tools starting with Ruby libraries and lately more and more agentic tools in engineering and beyond
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that promotes best practices and enables others
Explore and propose new technologies to streamline processes and improve system efficiency
Champion engineering best practices and help elevate our tech stack to the next level, setting standards for the organization
Create reusable solutions that help teams scale faster and avoid one-off workarounds

Requirements:

5+ years of backend development experience, working on complex systems and platform solutions
Strong passion for building, maintaining, and improving platform tooling, libraries, solutions, and processes that empower multiple engineering teams and enhance the overall developer experience
Solid experience with Ruby on Rails and a deep understanding of how to develop high-quality, reliable software
Good understanding of working with coding agents from planning to delivery
Strong communicator, able to work across teams and translate technical vision into actionable plans
You can break down complex problems into manageable parts and communicate solutions clearly to your team and other stakeholders
Commitment to delivering solutions that are well-tested, reliable, and maintainable

Nice to have:

Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes and AWS is a plus
Proven experience in fintech environments or startups is a plus

What we offer:

Employee Stock Ownership Program (VSOPs)
Monthly €50 flex benefit budget
Monthly Getsafe insurance voucher
Workation for 90 days within the EU
30 vacation days
Annual €1,000 development budget

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 01, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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