Location: Come and join us in Hamburg!
We are looking for a talented and motivated Backend Engineer (Mid-level) (m/f/d) for our Supply Operations Intelligence team.
Our team is dedicated to building frontend tooling that powers and scales the operational side of our mobility platform. We focus on automating workflows, supporting seamless driver onboarding, and enabling efficient operations and support systems—all with a strong emphasis on quality, trust, and continuous improvement. This includes driving automation across critical processes and enhancing internal user experiences with data-driven, reliable solutions.
Be ready to join a multinational, diverse, and collaborative team that strives for excellence while having fun and growing together.
YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:
Own the Feature, Own the Code – feel responsible for what you create. It all starts with bringing in your feature ideas, goes over development, testing and ends in deploying your code and monitoring it
Design and develop systems based on product requirements or refactorings
Maintain and improve the existing systems by finding bottlenecks and performance issues and improving resource usage (DB access, cache, messaging, etc.)
Collaborate with your team members in an Agile environment, contribute to and live our agile ceremonies
You care about teamwork: Be accountable for all topics above, but work together with the team on them
Stay on top of the latest technology trends and bring best practices to our daily work
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:
Passionate about Java or Kotlin
Experience with the quirks of Spring Boot or similar frameworks, automated tests and CI/CD tools
Familiarity with monitoring tools (i.e., Grafana, Datadog, Kibana etc.)
Knowledge of microservices architecture
Keen about principles and practices of scalable web applications, such as RESTful API's, dealing with transactions, and resiliency
Familiar with messaging by using RabbitMQ or Kafka
High level of creativity; there's all the freedom to think outside the box
Be communicative, proactive, and always collaborative
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Nice to have:
Experience working with AWS or similar cloud service providers
Familiar with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
BENEFITS \& PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:
Flexible working arrangements
LinkedIn Learning
Sabbatical \& special leave policies
WeRoad partnership
Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
Short term EU work policy
Mobility Credit
Health Insurance
Employee assistance program
DIVERSITY, EQUITY \& INCLUSION:
Freenow is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.
We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.
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ABOUT FREENOW:
We are Freenow, the European taxi app with the broadest multi-mobility offering, available in 9 markets and over 180 cities. Our app gives millions of passengers the freedom to move with a wide choice of services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and public transport.Headquartered in Hamburg and led by our CEO Thomas Zimmermann, we are on a mission to make urban mobility more efficient, sustainable and inclusive.Since July 2025 we have been part of Lyft, a global mobility platform connecting riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together we are building a more caring and connected world, creating new opportunities for innovation, growth and impact.