Backend Jobs in Germany
There are 655 open Backend jobs in Germany on freehire right now. 273 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ci-cd.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | year | €77,250 | €80,000 | €125,000 | 19 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 59%
- cloud 41%
- ci-cd 37%
- java 35%
- ai 34%
- docker 33%
- kubernetes 31%
- postgresql 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 212 · 32%
- Remote 111 · 17%
- Onsite 34 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 67% of the 30 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 247
- Lead 29
- Staff 20
- Intern 11
- Junior 8
- Middle 4
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 35
- 501-1000 employees 14
- 51-200 employees 13
- 11-50 employees 6
- 201-500 employees 6
- 1-10 employees 1
Senior Backend Developer
Senior backend developer building and operating the live backend systems for Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus at Snowprint Studios in Berlin. Day to day: feature development and technical design in Java/Kotlin, owning AWS cloud infrastructure with infrastructure-as-code, and troubleshooting live issues including on-call.
Junior Backend Software Engineer (Kotlin / Java) - Banking Platform (m/f/x)
We are looking for motivated entry level backend software engineers to work on our brand new banking platform! Job Description: Build a new exciting banking platform to serve our customers using cutting edge technology…


Senior Backend Engineer - Team Atlas
About the Role Banks and fintechs use Taktile to automate critical decisions, like credit and risk, in real time. We're building the infrastructure that makes financial institutions truly AI-native, and the backend is…
Backend Developer
Builds and maintains core backend systems for a Southeast Asian AI neobank, including APIs, payments, and financial workflows, using scalable infrastructure.
Backend Software Engineer - AI Finance Agent
Backend engineer building the core systems behind BJAK's AI Finance Agent — reliable APIs, workflows and financial product infrastructure (accounts, transactions, partner integrations, reconciliation) for an AI Neobank spanning insurance, payments, wallet, savings and investing. Remote role, but candidates must already be based in Austria; strong English required.
Backend Developer (m/w/div.)
Als weltweit führender Hersteller von vakuumtechnischen Anlagen im Bereich Metallurgie und Wärmebehandlung beschäftigen wir ca. 1.000 Mitarbeiter in 9 Ländern. Wir setzen Standards durch innovative Produkte, modernste…



Backend Engineer (Berlin)
Backend engineer at Trade Republic in Berlin building and testing platform services and products on the JVM stack (Kotlin, Spring, Vert.x, Hibernate/jOOQ), designing highly available, low-latency cloud services on AWS, and shipping them via GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes.



Backend Engineer (Haskell)
Backend Engineer at Trade Republic (Europe's largest savings platform) building and testing services with JVM tools (Kotlin, Spring, Vert.x, Hibernate/jOOQ) and Haskell on AWS, plus automated delivery via GitHub Actions and Kubernetes. Based in Berlin with relocation support.
Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana Alerting | Germany | Remote
Build distributed alerting systems for Grafana Cloud using Go, focusing on reliability, performance, and scalability while collaborating with a global remote team.

(Senior) Backend Software Engineer (Java) - Metadata Platform DB
Mid-to-senior Java backend engineer on Celonis's Metadata Platform DB team, owning Postgres end-to-end — from Terraform/Kubernetes provisioning to Java components (client library, proxy, schema tooling) plus a Rust database proxy. Focus: reliability, performance, security, and maintaining open-source forks in a cloud-native AWS/Azure stack.
Senior Backend Engineer Python (m/w/d)
Senior backend engineer at EWERK Consulting in Leipzig who designs and builds Python backend services end to end (data modeling, APIs, deployment) for critical-infrastructure (KRITIS) clients in energy, utilities and public administration. The role owns technical decisions, mentors the team, acts as the customer's technical contact, and integrates AI features (LLM/RAG) where they add real value.
Softwareentwickler Backend (m/w/d) (Softwareentwickler/in)
Du willst nicht nur langweiligen Code schreiben, sondern moderne Anwendungen schaffen, die wirklich etwas verändern? Und das mit aktuellen Technologien und innovativen Ansätzen? 💻✨Dann bring deine Energie zu…
Backend Developer (w/m/d)
Backend developer at KIND (a hearing-acoustics and optics company, part of Demant Group) building the KINDcloud platform in Azure on a microservices architecture. Day-to-day work uses C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, Azure Functions, Message Queues and CosmosDB in agile Scrum/Kanban teams with DevOps practices.
Senior Backend Engineer (B2B SaaS Startup)
At traide AI, we believe customs specialists deserve smarter, faster workflows and the future of global trade depends on it. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in builing robust, AI-powered…
Systems Analyst KV backend (m/w/d)
Rolle und Aufgaben Sie übersetzen Kundenvisionen in greifbare digitale Lösungen, die echten Mehrwert schaffen. Ihre Konzepte werden zu Produkten, die Millionen von Kunden nutzen. Sie analysieren bestehende…
Backend-Softwareentwickler (m/w/d) (Backend-Entwickler/in)
html Backend-Softwareentwickler (m/w/d) in VollzeitJahresgehalt: 68.000-78.000 €Seit über 50 Jahren entwickeln wir innovative ERP-Software für den Handel. Neben unserer Anwendung betreuen wir auch die dazugehörige…
Lead Backend Engineer - Personalization (all genders)
Wir suchen einen Lead Backend Engineer (all genders) für unseren Bereich Personalization. Hier arbeiten unsere Teams aus Search, Recommendations und Sorting gemeinsam daran, Millionen von ABOUT YOU Kund ein…