Senior Backend Engineer; m​/f​/d

Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) at Peter Park

Introduction

What if parking was no longer a hassle? What if city infrastructure worked for people, not against them? We believe city mobility should be smooth, smart, and sustainable. At Peter Park, we're turning outdated parking infrastructure into digital ecosystems, with real-time data, modern cloud architecture, and a team of people who care deeply about quality and user experience. Our backend systems power thousands of parking lots across Europe, replacing tickets, barriers, and waiting with seamless automation.

Your Objectives & Role

• Architecting & Enhancing:
  Develop and refine our core backend systems, the very heart of our car parking solutions, impacting both B2B and B2C users.
• Streamline Deployment:
  Enhance and optimize CI/CD pipelines for both backend and IoT systems, ensuring a seamless, fully automated workflow that reliably delivers high-quality code to production with speed and confidence.
• Elevating Monitoring:
  Enhance our monitoring capabilities with Datadog, gaining deeper insights and proactively ensuring system health.
• Scaling for Impact:
  Contribute to scaling our systems to efficiently manage and operate thousands of parking lots.
• Championing Engineering Excellence:
  Play a key role in shaping our engineering culture, advocating for modern software engineering practices, clean code, robust testing, and efficient solutions.

Your Expertise, Skills & Mindset

• Real seniority:
  Not defined by years of experience but by strive for continuous improvement, direct impact on the business, and ownership.
• Deep Expertise:
  You have a deep expertise in one or more languages (Typescript, Java script, Python, C++) and a proven ability to quickly adapt to new tools and frameworks.
• Production Powerhouse:
  Strong track record with real-world production projects handling high throughput.
• Backend Mastery:
  Proficient with modern backend frameworks like NestJS, Flask, Fastify, or FastAPI.
• Clear Communicator:
  Excellent written and spoken English (C1 level) is essential. German language proficiency is not required.

Technologies We Work With

• Backend:
  Event-driven microservices in Python and NodeJS (NestJS).
• Frontend:
  Monorepo powered by Turbo, pnpm, change sets, and Storybook, primarily using Vue.js.
• Frameworks/Libraries:
  Adoption of Type Script, NestJS, BullMQ, and Prisma for backends in an opinionated monorepo approach.
• Databases:
  Amazon RDS, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3.
• Orchestration & CI/CD:
  We manage our container orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS), using Keda and Karpenter for dynamic autoscaling. Our CI/CD is powered by Git Lab.
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform for AWS provisioning.
• Serverless:
  Leveraging AWS Lambda and the Serverless framework for high-throughput endpoints.

Work Setup

• Hours:
  
  40 hours per week (based on trust).
• Home Office Policy:
  Enjoy a hybrid model with 3 days in the office / 2 days remote.
• Contract:
  
  A permanent contract for long-term stability.
• Location:
  
  Our modern office in Munich, a vibrant city in the heart of Bavaria.

What We Offer

• Your Ideal Setup:
  Mac Book (M4 Pro, 48GB Ram) and a 37-inch curved screen.
• Dynamic Culture:
  Enjoy a true startup atmosphere with flat hierarchies, agile teams, and a diverse, international group of colleagues.
• Flexibility:
  Benefit from flexible working hours and the option to work from home or our state-of-the-art Munich office with standing desks.
• Competitive Compensation: A strong competitive salary that recognizes your expertise.
• Future Planning: A solid company pension plan.
• Foodie Perks:
  Daily meal allowance, weekly free team lunch, a well-stocked cereal bar, and complimentary drinks.
• Health & Wellness:
  Job bike program and access to premium sports and fitness facilities via EGYM Wellpass or Urban Sports Club membership across Germany.
• Continuous Growth:
  Ample professional development opportunities to sharpen your skills.
• Language Support:
  German language learning opportunities.
• Exclusive Discounts:
  Enjoy special discounts on various branded products through Corporate Benefits.

Our Recruiting Process

• Initial Contact:
  We’ll get back to you within 48 hours.
• HR Interview:
  Discuss your experience and expectations with our HR team.
• Live Assessment:
  Compl…