Senior Full Stack Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain dependable backend services and APIs utilizing Python, Django, and PostgreSQL.

• Make targeted enhancements to React Native applications using TypeScript.

• Leverage AI coding agents for feature implementation, code refactoring, and test generation.

• Establish tasks and constraints, provide necessary context, and validate AI-assisted modifications through code reviews, automated testing, and application-level verifications.

• Take into account the interactions among mobile clients, APIs, data models, and infrastructure when making technical decisions.

• Take ownership of backend delivery from architecture and implementation to testing, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.

• Continuously enhance CI/CD pipelines.

• Optimize backend services, APIs, and database performance and reliability.

• Integrate AI-assisted development with engineering and design tools via MCP.

• Safeguard patient data, credentials, and other confidential information from unauthorized tools and workflows.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Medical teams to deliver patient-focused features for regulated digital health products.

• Maintain architecture, code quality, security, and compliance with IEC 62304, BSI TR-03161, and MDR standards.

• Mentor developers and elevate the team’s technical proficiency.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong emphasis on backend development.

• Proficient in backend development using Python, TypeScript, Java, or PHP.

• Familiarity with React Native and TypeScript.

• Knowledge of relational databases, API design, distributed systems, and services.

• Experience in writing and maintaining automated unit and integration tests for backend services and APIs.

• Understanding of backend security and privacy, including authentication, authorization, secrets management, and the secure handling of personal and patient data.

• Practical experience with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architecture.

• Familiarity with major cloud providers such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.

• Hands-on experience with AI coding agents for implementation, refactoring, and automation of tests.

• Experience in connecting AI coding agents to engineering tools via MCP.

• Ability to define AI-assisted tasks, verify outcomes, and manage tool permissions and sensitive data.

• A pragmatic product mindset with the ability to work collaboratively with non-technical stakeholders.

• Candidates must reside in Germany to join Cara Care.

• Nice-to-have: Knowledge of Linux administration and monitoring/observability.

• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with tools such as Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Ansible, or similar.

• Nice-to-have: Experience in networking, mobile CI/CD, release automation, or application monitoring such as Sentry.

• Nice-to-have: Background in regulated industries, healthcare, or security-conscious environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular pay reviews.

• Necessary equipment to perform your best work.

• A friendly and supportive work environment.

• Regular in-person team events.

• Remote-first working model with the flexibility to work from home or the Berlin office.

• 30 days off annually: 26 vacation days plus 4 company-wide mental health days.

• Flexible working hours.

• Discounted access to Urban Sports Club.

• Resources and services for mental health and personal wellbeing through OpenUp.

• Corporate Benefits with discounts and exclusive offers.

• An opportunity to make a significant impact and share your ideas.