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From improving existing systems to designing new services, you'llhave the opportunity to take ownership of meaningful engineering challenges and influence how our products evolve.\nFull-time hybrid in Hanover.\nYour Job\nTake technical ownershipof existing and new applications or services within our cybersecurity product ecosystem.\nDesign, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and maintainablesoftware solutions.\nLead and contribute to architectural decisionsand help shape long-term technical direction.\nCollaborate cross-functionallywith other developers, product management, system engineers, UX/UI, and QA teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.\nMentor and support Junior Developers, fostering best practices and continuous improvement.\nWork across multiple products, contributing to new features, improvements, and long-term maintenance.\nYour Profile\n5+ yearsof professional experience as a Software Developer, with a strong focus on backend development.\nStrong Pythonexperience, experience with Java or Go is a plus.\nExperience designing, operating, and optimizing relational or non-relational databases. 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