About this role
YOUR ROLE AT SIXT - You design, build, and evolve reliable and scalable backend services in modern Java and Spring Boot across multiple product areas and shared platform capabilities - You stay hands-on in code, lead cross-team technical initiatives, and drive topics from idea to production with clear business impact - You work across REST and gRPC APIs, event-driven flows, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Flyway, and shared platform libraries to deliver robust customer-facing solutions - You raise the bar on architecture, observability, performance, security, testing, and developer experience in a cloud-native environment with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and modern engineering guardrails - You collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional team members across backend, web, and mobile, and you mentor engineers through strong technical leadership, reviews, and knowledge sharing - You use AI-assisted tooling pragmatically where it improves quality, speed, or developer experience, and you help define sensible engineering practices around it YOUR SKILLS MATTER - Experience You have deep experience building backend services with modern Java and Spring Boot, and you are comfortable operating at Staff level across architecture, implementation, and cross-team technical leadership - Architecture You are experienced in microservices and event-driven architectures, and you know how to design for reliability, scalability, idempotency, and long-term maintainability - Data Stores You have worked with PostgreSQL, JPA/Hibernate, Flyway, Redis, and Kafka, and understand how to choose the right persistence and messaging patterns for the problem - Operations You are comfortable owning services in production environments and improving them through observability, metrics, alerting, CI/CD, and Kubernetes-based operations - AI-Assisted Development You are comfortable using AI-assisted tools thoughtfully and know how to apply them in ways that remain reviewable, reliable, and useful in day-to-day engineering work - Curiosity You are collaborative, and product-minded, willing to work across the stack when needed; experience with React, TypeScript, micro-frontends, and end-to-end feature delivery is a huge plus WHAT WE OFFER - Extra benefits Enjoy discounts on SIXT rent, share, ride and SIXT+, attractive vehicle leasing offers, and exclusive deals with partners for travel, tech, fashion and more - Mobility boost We support you with a monthly mobility allowance of 20 per month for even more freedom - Future security We contribute to your retirement plan and support you with capital-forming benefits to ensure you are well covered - Feel-good atmosphere Stay active with our modern SIXT gym, various leisure activities like the gaming area or the SIXT choir, and enjoy our high-quality employee restaurant - Flexibility Enjoy 30 days of vacation and a hybrid working model with flexible hours - Giving back Take one day each year to volunteer at a charitable organization dedicated to supporting children Homeoffice: Umfang: Nach Vereinbarung