koppla is building the go-to scheduling tool for construction projects. By providing an incredibly simple to use scheduling tool that makes collaboration easy, we help construction projects stay on time.
We are looking for a product-minded Senior Backend Engineer in Berlin that helps us build new features for our growing customer base.

Compensation + Equity
Location: Hybrid setup in Berlin

• Work closely with product managers, designers and frontend engineers to concept new features.
• Build the backend and API (REST/GraphQL) for various user-facing features.
• Build and optimize our real-time messaging backend (Kafka) that backs our real-time collaboration.
• Implement best-practices for our infrastructure setup in AWS (S3, Dynamo, RDS, ECS, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda …) with IaC-tooling (Terraform, Serverless)
• Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting for our service so that we can better respond to operational incidents (Sentry, CloudWatch).
• Redefine best-in-class software development processes so that we can build an opinionated product.

Stack: NodeJS, TypeScript, AWS, GraphQL (Apollo), PostgreSQL, Terraform, Kafka. You should be familiar with some of these or similar technologies.

This role is perfect for an experienced engineer looking to join a company that is approaching product-market fit with clear signs of it being already visible (approaching €2M ARR). You are likely a great fit, if:

• You have strong engineering fundamentals, code efficiently, and you know what you're great at and what you're less great at. You know when to make tradeoffs between UX and code quality.
• You care deeply about the user experience and want to deliver an exceptional product.
• You thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, enjoy taking ownership of your work, stay proactive, and think in a solution-oriented way.
• You enjoy collaborating hands-on in a cross-functional team and stand out through strong and clear communication.

• Competitive salary and equity
• A culture with a focus on transparency, respect, ownership, collaboration and the well-being of each team member on this exciting journey.
• An environment that values hard-work while still allowing work-life/family integration through 28 days PTO, flexible working hours and a hybrid setup
• Dog-friendly office in Berlin with free lunch, besides beverages and snacks
• And more: Annual personal training budget of 1500€, Company supported pension Scheme (”BAV”, 30% contribution), Urban Sports Club Membership and more

koppla is building the go-to scheduling tool for construction projects. By providing an incredibly simple scheduling tool that makes collaboration easy, we help construction projects stay on time. To empower construction teams to do their best work, we are building a schedule and project management tool that combines UI elegance with world-class performance.
We are a venture-backed B2B SaaS company founded in 2020, backed by investors like Earlybird, that counts many of the Top-100 construction companies in Germany as their customers and is constantly expanding their market share.