[Hiring] Senior Backend Engineer @Blinkist
Apr 11, 2025 - Blinkist is hiring a remote Senior Backend Engineer. đź’¸ Salary: unspecified. đź“ŤLocation: Germany, Spain.
Role Description
At Blinkist, we’re on a mission to connect people to powerful ideas from the world’s best nonfiction. As part of our Mobile CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) team, you’ll play a key role in shaping how users experience our app—from onboarding to subscription—and in building the backend infrastructure that powers our paywall, purchase systems, and growth experiments.
We're looking for a Senior Backend Developer with deep technical expertise, a passion for building scalable systems, and a collaborative mindset to help us elevate the way millions of users engage with Blinkist.
What You'll Do:
- Design, implement, and maintain distributed backend systems that serve millions of mobile users.
- Work closely with mobile engineers to deliver seamless backend–frontend integration, especially for onboarding and paywall flows.
- Build and optimize Ruby on Rails services in production, applying advanced performance and refactoring techniques.
- Lead the design and evolution of our microservices, API gateways, and event-driven architectures with a focus on scalability and fault tolerance.
- Take ownership of backend systems that directly impact conversion, such as purchase management, user onboarding, server-driven UI, and subscription logic.
- Improve infrastructure performance and reliability across caching layers, databases, and message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience designing and maintaining backend infrastructure, including API modelling, data systems, and service orchestration.
- At least 5 years of professional experience working with Ruby on Rails in high-scale production environments, including performance profiling, refactoring, and advanced metaprogramming.
- A track record of designing, scaling, and maintaining microservices and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, caching strategies, and asynchronous service communication.
- Collaborative mindset and the ability to partner closely with mobile developers, product managers, and designers.
- Curiosity to explore and improve growth-critical systems like paywalls, onboarding flows, and subscription logic.
Benefits
- A meaningful product used by millions worldwide.
- A culture that supports learning, experimentation, and autonomy.
- A dedicated personal development budget.
- Flexible remote work within Germany or Spain.
- A diverse team that values impact over hierarchy.
- 30 PTO days + Wellbeing days + Learning days.
- Flexible approach to work.
- Monthly work-from-home or transport reimbursement.
- One time work from home office set up budget.
- Employee Stock Option Plan.
- Unlimited access to the Go1 Learning Hub and Blinkist app.
- Professional development fund.
- Volunteer leave to give back to the community.
- Family planning & parental leave, plus support for parents returning to work.
- Wellness initiatives and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
Germany, Spain
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Apr 11, 2025
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| đź“Ť | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Germany, Spain |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
