Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

Who We Are

At BuildingMinds, we drive advanced digital strategies for the real estate industry, creating a positive impact on the planet, people's wellbeing, and sustainable profitability. Our mission is to lift unexploited data treasures that are still hidden in building structures and data silos. A single, centralized, and secure platform with a dynamic Digital Building Twin at its core allows our customers to utilize a new level of data-driven insights, unleash machine learning and AI, and make more informed decisions for a better present and a more sustainable future.

How We Work

Being on the forefront of disrupting an entire industry, we offer the freedom to be creative and forward-thinking. As a start-up in Berlin and with the full backing of Schindler, we also have the stability, support, and resources of an established world leader in the buildings industry. This enables us to bring together the best of two worlds and to create an utterly unique culture of creativity, accelerated innovation, and learning. We value speed, agility, and creativity.

Your Role

In detail, you will:

• Develop cloud-based B2B SaaS applications
• Shape technical specifications based on business requirements and discussions.
• Support the use and implementation of agile tools and methodologies.
• Continuously work to identify and reduce technical debt, while balancing new feature developments.
• Develop and maintain web applications using NestJS and JavaScript, including writing clean, scalable & efficient code with Node.js best practices.
• Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Develop all server-side logic, including data storage to optimize website performance.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs (Including OpenAPI)

Who You Are

We would like to hear from you if:

• 5 years or more of software development experience
• You are fluent in HTTP and REST APIs.
• Agile software development experience
• Experience in building applications written using the NestJS framework using JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Experienced with building cloud native applications
• Nice to have practical experience on technical leadership
• You are passionate about high quality applications and software development.
• You have a strong interest in technology and keeping up with the trends and best practices for modern development approaches.
• You are experienced in working with agile methodologies in a quickly changing environment.
• You understand devops as culture not as a role.
• You are pragmatic and willing to try new approaches looking for the best way to get the right results.
• You have excellent communication skills and understand key drivers behind main architectural decision.
• You are a team player.
• Fluent in English

What We Offer

• A diverse team with people from all over the world, of all ages with a supportive atmosphere.
• A hybrid Berlin work policy (3 days weekly in the office)
• Annual learning budget focusing on people's professional and personal development
• Apple latest technology for your best efficiency
• The opportunity to shape building sustainability
• Competitive compensation and benefits plus a variety of snacks and drinks in the office.
• Unlimited working contract with 30 days of vacation per year
• Free German classes with Goethe Institute