Rep.Guide

Backend Engineer, TypeScript, Platform

Rep.Guide

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Hamburg • Germany

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Tech Stack

ElasticSearchGraphQLTypeScript

About the role

  • Own and evolve key parts of our TypeScript-based backend architecture
  • Design and refine our GraphQL APIs (schema design, performance, authentication, data modeling)
  • Integrate external and internal systems (REST and other interfaces)
  • Build services and automations to manage and transform complex data
  • Contribute to AI-assisted approaches for data structuring and internal tooling
  • Ensure maintainability through clean architecture, testing, documentation, and best practices
  • Balance rapid feature delivery with platform stability in a small, highly collaborative team

Requirements

  • Strong backend experience with TypeScript
  • Solid understanding of API design (GraphQL and/or REST) beyond just “making it work”
  • Commitment to clean code, sound architecture, and long-term maintainability
  • Interest in using AI meaningfully in development workflows and product features
  • Proactive ownership mentality rather than waiting for instructions
  • Comfortable balancing “shipping fast” with “building it right”
  • Enjoy working in small teams where responsibility is shared
  • Bonus: Experience with platform, multi-tenant, or international systems
  • Bonus: Interest in complex data structures
  • Bonus: Hands-on experimentation with AI tools in software development
  • Bonus: Experience with Elasticsearch
Benefits
  • 30 days of vacation
  • Holiday and Christmas bonus
  • Flexible working hours
  • Modern office in Hamburg (5-minute walk from main station)
  • Option to work from home regularly — while valuing on-site collaboration
  • Hardware of your choice
  • Employee discounts and team events
  • Capital-forming benefits (Vermögenswirksame Leistungen)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
TypeScriptGraphQLRESTAPI designdata modelingclean architecturetestingdocumentationAI-assisted developmentElasticsearch
Soft Skills
proactive ownershipcollaborationresponsibility sharingbalancing feature delivery and stabilityinterest in AI