--- title: 'Backend Engineer - Mid Level - Autopilot Team at Staffbase' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/backend-engineer-mid-level-autopilot-team-staffbase-berlin-1154pv8eh547' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-24' --- # Backend Engineer - Mid Level - Autopilot Team at Staffbase - **Company:** Staffbase - **Location:** Berlin, Germany / Chemnitz Sachsen, Germany / Dresden Sachsen, Germany - **Posted:** 2026-09-18 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-24 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/staffbase/jobs/8820173002 ## Job description ## About Staffbase We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels - intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees. Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 550+ employees supports 1,500+ customers—reaching over 14 million employees—in transforming their employee experience. We are proud to be a Unicorn company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication. We're on the lookout for a talented Backend Engineer to join our Autopilot team and help us build an awesome internal communications platform. We are looking for empathetic and motivated team players, motivated by growth and ownership. Our environment - Working with skilled and similar-minded professionals in a team that values diversity and inclusivity. - We aim to create a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well-being and work-life balance of our employees. - We are enthusiastic about technology and committed to using it to improve the world. We follow the "You build it, you run it"-approach and take pride in it. The Team Autopilot is one of the newest and most ambitious initiatives in our product organization. We're building the automation and agent layer for the Staffbase platform: giving customers the ability to configure their own event-driven, rule-based and agentic workflows. ## What you'll be doing - Responsible for developing and improving our RESTful web services, including utilizing and integrating LLMs into our services, with some involvement in our web-based clients - Work in a cross-functional Scrum team and produce high-quality and tested code - Give and receive valuable feedback in our code review process and architectural advisory forums, continuously learning from and sharing knowledge with your peers - Use AI coding tools to move faster without offloading judgment: you'll own the design, keep PRs small and reviewable, and make sure every change is something you can explain and stand behind — whether that review comes from a peer or an AI tool - Take ownership for what you care about: from the features you build, to the quality of our work, to the environment we work in - You work iteratively, frequently pushing code, ensuring a good CI/CD pipeline, and automating where possible ## What you need to be successful - Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment - You are a Backend Engineer experienced in Go, Java/Kotlin and relational databases like Postgres or NoSQL databases like MongoDB - Ideally, you have worked with Docker, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Prometheus or Grafana before and have a good understanding of REST and Microservices - You bring a sound understanding of testing practices, and take responsibility for the quality and correctness of the code you produce - Preferably, you have worked in an agile environment before - You value clean code and learning new things - Good English communication skills - You're a self-starter who takes initiative while collaborating well with others ## What you'll get - Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan) - Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560 - Recharge - with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August - Support - we offer offering a company pension scheme - Volunteers Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project ## About Staffbase ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Staffbase is an AI-native employee experience platform that connects Comms, HR, and IT to deliver trusted, personalized communication and knowledge to every employee, from the corner office to the frontline. - **Entity Type**: Private (founder-led, stage not publicly disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Chemnitz, Germany - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Frank Wolf, Martin Böhringer, Lutz Gerlach [staffbase.com/about-us](https://staffbase.com/about-us) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Employee communications, internal communications, HR technology, digital workplace - **Target customers**: B2B – Enterprise and mid-market organizations across industries (healthcare, retail, manufacturing, etc.) - **Mission/purpose**: “We exist so no employee gets left behind.” [staffbase.com/about-us](https://staffbase.com/about-us) ## Products & Services - **Staffbase Intranet**: AI-powered employee hub that organizes content, knowledge, and tools in one personalized place. (SaaS) - **Employee App**: Mobile-first channel for frontline workers, with tasks, services, and AI-driven updates. (SaaS) - **Digital Signage**: Physical display updates for on-site employees. (SaaS/hardware integration) - **Email**: Governed, personalized email campaigns integrated with existing tech stacks. (SaaS) - **AI Assistant**: Purpose-built assistant that delivers instant answers grounded in trusted company knowledge, with automated governance and content quality checks. (AI/SaaS) - **Service & Knowledge Delivery**: Tools to help employees find answers, access HR services, and complete tasks without back-and-forth. (SaaS) - **Integrations**: Deep partnerships with Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Workday, Google Workspace, and more. (Platform) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Over 1,500 enterprise customers, connecting 14 million employees across 75 countries and 190 languages [staffbase.com](https://staffbase.com/) - **Notable Investors**: Not specified in available sources (backed by a "real guarantee" and founder-led) - **Growth Signals**: - 3x Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions - G2 Leader across four categories (Intranet & Frontline Platforms) - 2026 Clearbox Choice Award Winner across three categories - 30,000+ member community of employee experience professionals - Trusted by high-profile customers like Alaska Airlines and Bethany Children’s Health Center [staffbase.com](https://staffbase.com/) ## Competitive Advantages - **AI Quality Layer**: Ensures every AI-generated answer is accurate, contextual, and aligned with organizational policies before reaching employees. - **Multi-channel single source of truth**: One platform governing intranet, app, email, and digital signage, reducing fragmentation. - **Frontline-first philosophy**: Built from the belief that the hardest-to-reach employee sets the bar for everyone else. - **Governance & compliance**: Automated workflows, content ownership, and compliance features for security-sensitive industries (healthcare, finance, etc.). - **Deep integrations**: Works with existing enterprise tools (Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Workday) rather than replacing them. ## Strategic Focus - Deepening AI capabilities (AI Assistant, automated governance, knowledge quality) - Expanding frontline worker support and mobile-first experiences - Strengthening compliance and security features for regulated industries - Continuing to scale globally while maintaining founder-led culture ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values-driven (“Let’s own it”) with a focus on ownership, growth mindset, authenticity, and customer obsession. Strong emphasis on collaboration and continuous improvement [staffbase.com/jobs/culture](https://staffbase.com/jobs/culture/) - **Work model**: Hybrid work options with flexible working time models; offices in Chemnitz, Berlin, Dresden, New York, London, and more - **Benefits**: - 31 vacation days (incl. one floating holiday) plus fully paid Fridays off during August - Annual flex work allowance of EUR 1,560 / USD 1,608 / GBP 1,356 / AUD 2,400 - Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) and competitive salary packages - Voluntary day off per year for social projects, employee referral bonus - Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for community and awareness - Health and wellness: ergonomic workplaces, office snacks, regular team events - **Engineering culture**: Focus on empowerment, ownership, and technical excellence; roles across product security, platform engineering, and technical product management. Recruitment process includes a “shOWN-time” task to demonstrate skills [staffbase.com/jobs](https://staffbase.com/jobs/) ## Sources 1. [staffbase.com](https://staffbase.com/) 2. [staffbase.com/about-us](https://staffbase.com/about-us) 3. [staffbase.com/jobs](https://staffbase.com/jobs/) 4. [staffbase.com/jobs/culture](https://staffbase.com/jobs/culture/) 5. [linkedin.com/company/staffbase](https://linkedin.com/company/staffbase) 6. 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