Junior Software Engineer – Frankfurt

Rapid Pioneers Group

Junior Software Engineer contributing to a digital platform for cross-border car transport in Europe. Responsibilities include improving booking systems and carrier workflows.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeFrankfurt • 🇩🇪 GermanyJuniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You’ll contribute across the system that powers: Dealer & customer-facing booking + tracking flows (portal + updates)
Carrier-facing workflows (jobs, pricing, documentation, negotiation)
Internal tooling: route planning, admin panel, pricing operations
Typical tasks: Fix production issues, improve reliability, and reduce manual ops effort
Ship small-to-medium features across frontend workflows, backend logic, and automation
Improve data quality (syncs, validation, edge cases) and observability (alerts, logs, dashboards)
Tighten security + access control (roles, permissions, data exposure)
Help shape the next iteration of the platform as we scale volume and automate more of the journey

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong JavaScript fundamentals, comfortable working across backend scripts and browser-based code
Solid understanding of relational databases (Postgres) and safe schema evolution
Experience working with a backend platform or BaaS (auth, permissions, server-side logic), preferred supabase
Ability to debug and improve data flows and background processes (idempotency, retries, edge cases)
Practical experience with API integrations (authentication, rate limits, error handling)
Clear ownership mindset: you can break work down, deliver incrementally, and keep systems stable
Openness to agentic engineering and active use of AI tools as part of daily development

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real ownership early: you won’t be “ticket-taking” forever
Direct mentorship + a clear handover path to full technical ownership
A product that’s already live with clear market pull and a platform vision spanning dealers + carriers
Competitive salary and employee participation program

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptrelational databasesPostgresbackend platformBaaSAPI integrationsdata flowsbackground processesidempotencyerror handling

Soft Skills

ownership mindsetincremental deliverysystem stabilityopenness to engineeringactive use of AI tools