Graduate Backend Engineering Programme - Berlin

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Up to 1 year of professional experience, including internships, working student roles, or relevant projects
• Strong foundations in computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, system design basics, and problem solving
• Experience coding in at least one modern programming language
• Curiosity about how large-scale systems work, mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, or data platforms
• Clear communication skills and comfort collaborating in a team
• Ownership mindset, you take responsibility for what you build
• Fluency in English
• You do not need to know our exact stack. We care more about fundamentals, learning velocity, and engineering thinking than a perfect keyword match

What You'll Be Doing

• Contribute to real product features used by millions of customers
• Work across different parts of our stack, backend services, mobile apps, internal platforms, or data systems
• Design, build and test scalable systems with performance, reliability, and security in mind
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, learning how experienced engineers think about trade-offs
• Deploy changes through modern CI/CD pipelines and observe how production systems behave in the real world
• Take ownership of tasks with guidance, gradually moving from contributor to trusted engineer
• Continuously improve code quality, documentation, and team processes
• Learn how engineering decisions connect to business outcomes in a regulated, high-scale environment
• This is not a shadowing program. You ship

What You Can Expect

• Structured rotations across engineering teams
• Dedicated mentorship from experienced engineers
• Exposure to systems operating at European scale
• A fast-moving environment where your work has visible impact
• If you want to start your career somewhere that treats engineering as a craft, expects a lot, and supports you to grow into it, this is your entry point