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Freenow

Junior Backend Engineer, Rider-Core (m/f/d)

Freenow
Germany · Full-time · Entry

Location: Come and join us in Hamburg!

As of now, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Junior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) to join our Rider-Core team!

YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:

  • Being part of a great team with smart, cool people.
  • Working on topics like login/registration, security, fraud protection, and system interoperability.
  • Ensuring our products are secure, with a high quality and maintainability.
  • Collaborating in a central cross-functional team across locations.
  • Promoting best practices to improve service performance company-wide.
  • Building systems widely used by our teams and customers.
  • Planning and implementing backend microservices.
  • Developing backend solutions primarily in Kotlin with Spring Boot.
  • Working on end to end solutions for our product and teams.
  • Improving performance and stability of the systems in the Rider domain.
  • Working close together with the product and development teams to enable their productivity in shipping new features.
  • Engaging in knowledge-sharing between team and chapter peers.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

  • First experience in working with backend development (e.g., through internships, university projects, or private projects).
  • Familiarity with Kotlin, ideally with Spring Boot framework.
  • A keen interest in the principles and practices of scalable applications, such as RESTful APIs, dealing with transactions and resiliency.
  • Basic knowledge of relational databases.
  • Experience with Go and/or Python is a plus.
  • A passion for software development and a willingness to learn and grow.
  • Be communicative, innovative and collaborative, thriving in an agile team environment.
  • Fluent proficiency in English.

BENEFITS & PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Sabbatical & special leave policies
  • WeRoad partnership
  • Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
  • Short term EU work policy
  • Mobility Credit
  • Health Insurance
  • Employee assistance program

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

FREENOW is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.

We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.

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Posted
Jan 27, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Entry
Location
Hamburg
Company
Freenow

Industries

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Categories

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