Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d)

About us

A healthier life is a happier life.

Vivy’s mission is to empower users in taking charge of their own health and medical narrative. With our holistic (universal) approach, our Mobile Application transforms users from being passive patients to proactive individuals to take charge of their own health. Adhering to the highest standards of data protection and encrypted technology, Vivy is the one place for users to consolidate with medical professionals, medical documents and health data at their fingertips.

As one of the first technical startups in the healthcare industry, our team is determined on creating real value that benefits our users lives by personalising user centric features. Based in the heart of Berlin as an international team we are always looking for charismatic and ambitious professionals who are ready to rattle the healthcare system.

Are you ready to join the revolution?

Your Role

We’re looking for a skilled ​Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d) to join our team of creators constantly raising the bar on user and customer experiences. Working behind the scenes, the ideal candidate has a unique blend of technical expertise and insatiable curiosity. Do you have a desire to develop, document, and learn about highly distributed, event-sourced systems, code infrastructure the same way as applications, and be able to spawn the entire system on your laptop? If so, we should meet!

  • Develop awesome backend applications in mainly Java 15 as well as other potential languages (like JavaScript and Go) for the infrastructure and network components
  • Take part in all steps of building distributed systems - plan, develop, deploy and maintain event-sourced, microservices oriented systems
  • Improve and further develop the current deployment pipeline (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and infrastructure (AWS CDK, CloudFormation)
  • Maintain, monitor, and improve existing services, libraries, and infrastructure
  • Write code and tests, build prototypes, solve issues, profile and analyze bottlenecks
  • Focus on quality of code through proper testing and developer experience for other team members

Your Profile

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in Backend, preferably in a technology company and/or in the healthcare industry, and be a creative thinker who thrives on owning the process from start to finish. Additionally, the candidate will have:

  • Experience implementing or designing highload, event-sourced or event streaming system
  • Strong experience developing modern Java applications and deploying them in public clouds with full awareness of the infrastructure behind
  • Fluency in testing strategies involving container environment
  • Desire to document new ideas and complex flows with great detail level
  • Growth mindset, challenging status quo to find new solutions and out-of-the-box ideas
  • Fluency in English
  • Have working visa/permit for Germany

Our offer

  • Latest tech stack, including Spring Boot reactive applications using Java 15, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, automated deployment process and the highest security standards in code and processes. You can have a look at our Tech Radar here https://radar.vivy.com/
  • Open and international working environment: Vivy stands for diversity - work in an international team with colleagues from more than 30 nations 
  • Opportunity to shape a product that will enhance the life of millions of people worldwide
  • Career development: Digital learning budgets, mentoring programs and training sessions give employees the opportunity for personal and professional development. In addition, various social networks offer employees a wide range of support and development opportunities within our company
  • Employee discounts: Vivy employees benefit from various employee discounts such as Allianz insurance policies and Allianz pension scheme
  • Possibility to participate in the Allianz Employee Stock Purchase 
  • Competitive compensation and a permanent employment contract 
  • You will be working with the latest technology along with an agile environment to work as efficiently as possible (e.g. brand-new Mac or Windows Laptop, screens, etc.; ergonomic chairs and standing desks)
  • With countless opportunities for team bonding such as regular team events, special events, and parties in winter and in summer, you will be able to strengthen team spirit as well as the professional development of your department
  • Flat hierarchies with a high degree of freedom and responsibility
  • We have a hybrid working model and you will work in a newly designed office in Berlin Mitte with great coffee, soft drinks, fresh fruits and an online canteen (Smunch)