Backend Developer Salary in Germany

Backend Developer jobs in Germany hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $117,818/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Zeta Global

zetaglobal.com
zetaglobal.com · HQ: New York, United States · Email Marketing · Customer Data Platforms (CDP) & Reverse ETL · Marketing Automation · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2007 · Trust A · Hiring 101, 8 new
HQ: New York, United States · Email Marketing · Customer Data Platforms (CDP) & Reverse ETL · Marketing Automation · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2007 · Trust A · Hiring 101, 8 new
Zeta Global is an American marketing technology company founded in 2007 by former Apple chief executive John Sculley and David Steinberg, built around the idea that a marketing platform is only as good as the identity data underneath it. It combines a customer data platform, campaign orchestration across email, messaging and paid channels, and its own consumer data set covering hundreds of millions of individuals, sold mainly to consumer brands, retailers, financial services and healthcare. Headquartered in New York and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it competes with both the marketing clouds of larger software vendors and with agency holding companies.
David Steinberg · Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
William Margiloff · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
John Sculley · Co-founder · founder
Michael Avon · Director
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Senior Software Engineer — Real-Time Ad Serving

≈ $48k – $102k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Prague · Remote (Germany, Czech Republic) · Senior · English: C1
Lua
C++
Rust
Java
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
AI Agents
DevOps
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AWS
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Customer.io

customer.io
customer.io · HQ: Portland, United States · Digital Marketing · Email Marketing · Marketing Automation · Est. 2012 · Trust A · Hiring 22, 1 new
HQ: Portland, United States · Digital Marketing · Email Marketing · Marketing Automation · Est. 2012 · Trust A · Hiring 22, 1 new
Customer.io, legally Peaberry Software, Inc., is a customer engagement software company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and founded in 2012. The company provides a platform that enables businesses to automate personalized messaging across email, SMS, push notifications, and in-app channels based on real-time customer behavior and data. Serving over 9,000 brands globally, the organization operates as a remote-first company with a focus on data-driven marketing automation and artificial intelligence integration for B2B and B2C enterprises.
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Open 208 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago Long shot · 7%

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

$150k – $200k per year · Equity · Senior · 7+ years exp · Remote (AMER, EMEA) · Senior
Go
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
GCP
AWS
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Open 209 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago Long shot · 7%

Senior Software Engineer, Product/AI

$150k – $250k per year · Equity · Senior · 7+ years exp · Remote (AMER, EMEA) · Senior
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
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Morpho

morpho.org
morpho.org · HQ: Paris, France · DeFi · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 11, 1 new
HQ: Paris, France · DeFi · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 11, 1 new
Morpho is a decentralised lending protocol founded in 2021 by a team based in Paris. It replaces monolithic lending pools with minimal, immutable markets that anyone can configure, layering curated vaults on top for passive depositors. The protocol is used by fintech applications and exchanges to embed crypto-backed lending without operating their own credit infrastructure.
Justine Maze-Colboc · Gérant · decision-maker
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Staff Backend Engineer

≈ $62k – $119k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · Paris · New York · Remote (Europe, United States, UTC+0 – UTC+2 hours) · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
Web3
DeFi
Morpho
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Logicc

logicc.com
logicc.com · HQ: Hamburg, Germany · AI Consulting & Integration · 201-500 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 5, 1 new
HQ: Hamburg, Germany · AI Consulting & Integration · 201-500 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 5, 1 new
Boost your company’s productivity with Logicc, your central and secure AI platform. Leverage leading AI models in compliance with GDPR. Try it free for 7 days!
Caspar Emil Woermann · Vertreten durch · decision-maker
Jacob Benedict Leffers · Vertreten durch · decision-maker
Benjamin Seifert · Vertreten durch · decision-maker
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Backend Developer (Go/ NodeJS/ TypeScript) (m/f/d) - Startup - Hybrid/Remote

$56k – $78k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · Hamburg · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · Middle · English
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Vite
DevOps
GitLab
CI/CD
Docker
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Bestandsfaktor

bestandsfaktor.de
bestandsfaktor.de · HQ: Cologne, Germany · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Supply Chain · 11-50 employees · Hiring 2
HQ: Cologne, Germany · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Supply Chain · 11-50 employees · Hiring 2
Bestandsfaktor is a German AI start-up that helps companies turn idle customer data into recurring revenue and stronger client relationships. Its platform combines systematic cross-selling, automated data quality and premium service for existing customers, and it hires a founding software engineer and senior backend engineers. The company is based in Cologne, Germany.
Thorben Schlätzer · Vertreten durch · decision-maker
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Open 212 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 4%

Senior Backend Engineer, KI-Startup Köln, m/w/d

≈ $66k – $142k per year (Estimated) · Senior · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · Senior · German: C1
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Open 213 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 5%

Founding Software Engineer, KI-Startup Köln, m/w/d

≈ $66k – $126k per year (Estimated) · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · German: C1
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Companion Group

companiongroup.io
companiongroup.io · Gaming Consoles · Likely startup · Trust D · Hiring 12
Gaming Consoles · Likely startup · Trust D · Hiring 12
[ power_up ] [ power_up ] [ power_up ] [ power_up ] About Services Case_Studies Careers Contact About 01 Services 02 Case_Studies 03 Careers 04 Contact 05 Technical minds powered_by Human Collaboration [00] We build reliable and robust solutions that scale alongside your player base.
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Web Developer

$47k – $67k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · Germany · Remote (Germany) · Senior
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Frontend
Next.js
Material UI
React.js
DevOps
Azure DevOps
CI/CD
Azure
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Senior Backend Engineer

$67k – $94k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · Germany · Remote (Germany) · Senior
Go
Node JS
C#
C++
SQL
JavaScript
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
DevOps
gRPC
WebSockets
Rest API
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
CI/CD
Game Dev
Azure PlayFab
Nakama
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Blended

blended.io
blended.io · Hiring 1
Hiring 1
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 212 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 5%

Full-Stack Software Engineer

≈ $65k – $139k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Berlin · Remote (Germany) · Contractor · Senior
JavaScript
SQL
Frontend
Bootstrap
Sass
React.js
Vue.js
Mobile
MVC
DevOps
Rest API
Git
Design
Adobe Photoshop
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Nextcloud

nextcloud.com
nextcloud.com · HQ: Stuttgart, Germany · Team Communication & Collaboration · Cloud Storage & File Sharing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2016 · Hiring 5
HQ: Stuttgart, Germany · Team Communication & Collaboration · Cloud Storage & File Sharing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2016 · Hiring 5
We help you achieve a safe home for all your data. Secure, under your control and developed in an open, transparent, and trustworthy way. We are Nextcloud.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 14%

Back-end Engineer Integration and AI (PHP/Python)

≈ $65k – $125k per year (Estimated) · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time
PHP
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Embeddings
NLP
Whisper
Hugging Face
OCR
LangChain
LLM
Frontend
Vue.js
Svelte
Angular
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
Rest API
Docker
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Restream

restream.io
restream.io · HQ: Austin, United States · Video Marketing · Streaming & OTT Platforms · Virtual Events · 51-200 employees · Est. 2015 · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: Austin, United States · Video Marketing · Streaming & OTT Platforms · Virtual Events · 51-200 employees · Est. 2015 · Trust B · Hiring 7
Restream is a live streaming software company whose cloud platform lets creators, businesses and media teams broadcast video to dozens of destinations at once, including YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn and Facebook. Its products include Restream Studio for browser-based production, multistreaming of pre-recorded video, unified chat and stream analytics, used by millions of streamers and companies. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.
Angelos Angelou · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Oleksandr Khuda · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Apostolos Lerios · Director
Mike Dodd · Director
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Open 217 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Software Engineer - Backend - AI Clips Team

≈ $84k – $188k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Senior · Remote (Europe) · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Redis
DevOps
Docker
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
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Hornetsecurity

hornetsecurity.com
hornetsecurity.com · HQ: Hanover, Germany · Cybersecurity · Information Security · Email Security · 51-200 employees · Est. 2007 · Trust B · Hiring 91, 2 new
HQ: Hanover, Germany · Cybersecurity · Information Security · Email Security · 51-200 employees · Est. 2007 · Trust B · Hiring 91, 2 new
Headquartered in Hanover, Germany, Hornetsecurity is a prominent provider of cloud-based email security, backup, and data compliance solutions. The company specializes in safeguarding Microsoft 365 environments with integrated tools for advanced threat protection, spam filtering, automated encryption, and secure archiving. Serving managed service providers and enterprises worldwide, its scalable platform helps organizations defend against sophisticated cyber threats while ensuring continuous business resilience.
Daniel Hofmann · CEO · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 7 months ago Long shot · 14%

Senior C# / Delphi Developer

≈ $62k – $132k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 3+ years exp · Hanover · Remote (Europe) · Full-Time · Senior · English
C#
C#
.NET
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Software Engineer (macOS platform)

≈ $79k – $203k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Remote (Europe) · Full-Time · Senior · English: B2
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
C#
.NET
Databases
RabbitMQ
DevOps
GitLab
Azure DevOps
Windows
CI/CD
gRPC
Azure
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contentpass

contentpass.net
contentpass.net · HQ: Berlin, Germany · Advertising · Digital Media · 51-200 employees · Est. 2017 · Hiring 2
HQ: Berlin, Germany · Advertising · Digital Media · 51-200 employees · Est. 2017 · Hiring 2
contentpass is a media technology company that offers readers an advertising-free subscription across many publishers. Its single login removes tracking and advertising on participating sites and shares revenue with publishers as a compliant alternative to consent walls, with technology powering multiple billion page impressions a month. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Dirk Freytag · Managing Director · decision-maker
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Open 224 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 7 months ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Backend Engineer – Identity & Core Product (m/f/d)

≈ $66k – $142k per year (Estimated) · Senior · Berlin · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · Senior
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Tocaro Blue

tocaroblue.com
tocaroblue.com · HQ: Pensacola, United States · Autonomous Driving · Machine Learning · Artificial Intelligence · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
HQ: Pensacola, United States · Autonomous Driving · Machine Learning · Artificial Intelligence · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
Tocaro Blue modernizes legacy marine radar with smart software. ProteusCore, machine learning solution for Radar, implements deep neural networks and vessel dynamics algorithms to filter noise, classify objects, and track movements in real-time.
John Minor · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Open 230 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 8%

Staff Software Engineer

≈ $158k – $269k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Staff+ · 10+ years exp · Birmingham · Remote (location not specified) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
C++
JavaScript
Python
C
C
GCC
C++
Qt
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Windows
Docker
CI/CD
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
IoT
MQTT
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Wincent

wincent.com
wincent.com · HQ: Gibraltar · Cryptocurrencies · Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments · Financial AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2017 · Trust D · Hiring 16
HQ: Gibraltar · Cryptocurrencies · Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments · Financial AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2017 · Trust D · Hiring 16
Wincent is a proprietary trading firm that uses algorithmic and quantitative strategies to trade digital assets and act as a market maker, supplying liquidity on cryptocurrency exchanges and trading venues worldwide. It has also expanded into power trading. Its trading, research and engineering teams work from Bratislava, Prague, Brno and Hong Kong. The company is headquartered in Gibraltar.
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Software Engineer - OTC Team

≈ $39k – $78k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Remote (Europe) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
DevOps
AWS
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Software Engineer - Algo Team

≈ $36k – $72k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Remote (Europe) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
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Software Engineer - Trading Core Team

≈ $41k – $81k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Remote (Europe) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
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Deep Slate

deepslate.eu
deepslate.eu · HQ: Berlin, Germany · AI Agents · Speech & Audio AI · 11-50 employees · Est. 2023 · Likely startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: Berlin, Germany · AI Agents · Speech & Audio AI · 11-50 employees · Est. 2023 · Likely startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
Europe's best Speech‑to‑Speech Voice AI Model.. Deploy ultra-fast, GDPR-compliant AI voice agents built for European enterprises.
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Open 236 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

$67k – $89k per year · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · German: C1
Kotlin
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Sora
OpenAI
DevOps
Kubernetes
Management
Jira
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Lobster

lobster-world.com
lobster-world.com · HQ: Tutzing, Germany · Integration & API Management · Data Integration & ETL Tools · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: Tutzing, Germany · Integration & API Management · Data Integration & ETL Tools · Trust B · Hiring 5
Lobster is a German software company that provides data integration and process automation software, with more than 2,000 customers served by its DACH sales team. It hires software engineers, account executives, a technical writer and legal counsel. The company is headquartered in Tutzing, Germany.
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Open 236 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 10%

Senior Software Engineer - Java

≈ $80k – $206k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 3+ years exp · Remote (Germany, Netherlands) · Full-Time · Senior · German · English
TypeScript
Java
Kotlin
Java
Netty
Vert.x
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
Oracle
MS SQL
MySQL
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
gRPC
WebSockets
TCP/IP
Rest API
IoT
MQTT
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Connectly

connectly.ai
connectly.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Conversational AI · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Conversational AI · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
Automate every touchpoint — from acquisition to care — with personalized WhatsApp flows that drive activation, efficiency, loyalty, and satisfaction.
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Open 240 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 6%

EU GO Senior Software Engineer

≈ $49k – $94k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Remote (EU, Europe) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Go
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
DynamoDB
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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Udacity

udacity.com
udacity.com · HQ: Emeryville, United States · Corporate Training · Vocational Education · EdTech Platforms · E-learning · 201-500 employees · Est. 2011 · Trust C · Hiring 18
HQ: Emeryville, United States · Corporate Training · Vocational Education · EdTech Platforms · E-learning · 201-500 employees · Est. 2011 · Trust C · Hiring 18
Udacity is an online education company headquartered in Emeryville, California, and founded in 2011 by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky after a free Stanford artificial intelligence course. The company sells Nanodegree programs in areas such as programming, data science, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and autonomous systems, built together with industry partners. It shifted toward enterprise and government reskilling contracts and was acquired by Accenture in 2024.
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≈ $145k – $281k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 5+ years exp · Remote (MENA, APAC, Europe, United States, Canada, APAC time zones hours) · Contractor · Architect · English: C1
Machine Learning
QA
Pytest
SpaceTech
SysML
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Work & Travel Guide

workandtravelguide.org
workandtravelguide.org · HQ: Hamburg, Germany · E-learning · Travel Technology · 11-50 employees · Est. 2025 · Hiring 1
HQ: Hamburg, Germany · E-learning · Travel Technology · 11-50 employees · Est. 2025 · Hiring 1
Work & Travel Guide is a young travel technology startup that helps people plan work and travel trips. Its product lets users choose a route, find jobs on the road and travel with a job guarantee, and the startup hires backend engineers working with Django. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany.
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Open 248 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 8 months ago Long shot · 4%

Senior Backend Engineer (Django), High Ownership

≈ $85k – $218k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Senior · Remote (likely Germany) · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Go
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
AI/ML
Claude Code
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
CI/CD
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Plotdesk

plotdesk.com
plotdesk.com · HQ: Monheim am Rhein, Germany · Custom Software Development · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · 51-200 employees · Hiring 1
HQ: Monheim am Rhein, Germany · Custom Software Development · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · 51-200 employees · Hiring 1
Plotdesk is an AI company combining AI strategy, engineering and a dedicated enterprise AI platform for German mid-sized businesses and corporations. Clients named in its job adverts include Melitta, Böllhoff and Kaefer, and it hires PHP and Laravel developers who work with AI coding tools on the platform. The company is based in Monheim am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Jens Polomski · Managing Directors · decision-maker
Niklas Coors · Vertreten durch · decision-maker
Torben Leuschner · Managing Directors · decision-maker
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Open 254 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 8 months ago Long shot · 8%

PHP Vibe-Coder (Laravel) - KI-Plattform (m/w/d)

≈ $65k – $125k per year (Estimated) · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · German: C1
PHP
JavaScript
PHP
Laravel
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Claude
Copilot
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Git
Docker
CI/CD
Management
Agile
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softup.co · HQ: Tirana, Albania · Est. 2017 · Likely startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: Tirana, Albania · Est. 2017 · Likely startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
AI transformation and expert engineers. Softup helps companies adopt AI and provides AI-native QA, Software and Cloud Engineers, plus PLM and SAP expertise.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 257 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 8 months ago Long shot · 5%

Java Engineer

≈ $65k – $124k per year (Estimated) · Remote (Germany) · Full-Time · English: C1
Java
Kotlin
Java
Spring Boot
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
RabbitMQ
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Rest API
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
Management
Agile
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Open 365 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

.NET/C# Software Engineer

≈ $64k – $136k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Remote (EU) · Full-Time · Senior · English: C1
C#
SQL
C#
.NET
Databases
MS SQL
DevOps
TeamCity
Bitbucket
Unix
Linux
Management
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Backend Developer Salary in Germany
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