- Location
- Germany
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- full-time
- Department
- Professional / Experienced
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor
- Industry
- Technology
- Category
- Engineering
- Role type
- Individual Contributor
- Environment
- Office
- Source
- JOIN
Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer at 7Mind, you'll work on end-to-end backend features for a mental wellbeing platform serving millions of users. You'll write clean, testable code, maintain scalable services, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role requires 5+ years of backend development experience with strong Golang proficiency, knowledge of web fundamentals, and experience with cloud technologies. You'll contribute to a modern tech stack including Golang, Elixir, AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and DataDog while helping shape a reliable, maintainable system following Domain-Driven Design principles.
Description
## Your Impact
As a __Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d)__ at 7Mind, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team building technology that supports mental wellbeing at scale. You work end-to-end on features, take ownership of backend services and help shape a system that is reliable, maintainable and a pleasure to work with.
In 2025, we fully rewrote and relaunched the 7Mind app and backend. Our new platform follows Domain-Driven Design principles and deliberately focuses on _“delightfully boring”_ solutions: simple, robust and built to last.
7Mind is part of the 7NXT Health Group (BuddyFit, Gymondo), bringing together strong engineering culture and a clear purpose: empowering people to live healthier lives.
## Your Mission
- Build and evolve backend features end-to-end: from concept and implementation to deployment and monitoring
- Write clean, testable and maintainable code with a strong focus on long-term quality
- Maintain and improve integrations with third-party services
- Ensure a stable, observable and scalable backend in a B2C environment
- Take and share ownership of your services and share responsibility for the overall system
- Discuss trade-offs openly with product, design and other stakeholders
- Contribute to a strong engineering culture through code reviews, documentation and knowledge sharing
## Our Tech Stack
We use modern, well-proven tools and value pragmatic choices over unnecessary complexity:
- __Golang__
- __Elixir (with Phoenix, Broadway)__
- __AWS,__ Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Google PubSub, OpenTelemetry, Terraform
- Github, Github Actions, Linear, DataDog, Google Cloud, Cloudflare
## Your Story
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on backend development
- Proficiency in Golang with at least 4+ years writing production code
- Solid understanding of web fundamentals (HTTP, REST, caching, cookies, WebSockets, asset loading)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployments
- A strong sense for clean architecture, maintainable and testable code
- Product mindset: you balance technical excellence with user value and business impact
- Clear communication and documentation skills in English
Nice to Have:
- Experience or interest in mobile or web development
- __Experience with Elixir (Phoenix, Broadway)__
- Kubernetes configuration or administration
- Linux system administration
- Google Cloud
## Our Benefits - Just for You
Success requires positive energy. That's why we ensure the right conditions are in place - physically, mentally, and within the team:
- 30 days of vacation per year
- 2 additional days off: December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 31 (New Year's Eve) are officially recognized as paid holidays.
- Hybrid working model (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)
- 4 weeks of work from abroad per year
- A free Urban Sports Club M membership & access to Nilo Health for mental health and personal development
- Free access to our digital wellbeing products (7Mind & Gymondo)
- Monthly mobility budget of €30 via Navit
- Family-friendly benefits: childcare costs & sick days for children
- The office classics: fruit & vegetable basket, muesli & yogurt (also vegan), drinks & snacks
- A wide range of opportunities for personal growth and development - including a €1,000 annual training budget
- Four-legged colleagues are welcome in our pet-friendly office!
## Come as you are
We welcome what makes you unique.
At 7NXT, Gymondo and 7Mind, we believe in diversity, openness and team spirit. No matter which gender you identify with, whether you have a disability, what your neurotype is, where you come from, what you believe in or how you love - you are welcome here.
Don't meet all the criteria? No problem. If you would like to shape the future of health & well-being with us, we look forward to receiving your application.
Do you need a more accessible application process or do you have questions about the procedure? Write to us and we'll find a way.
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About 7Mind
7Mind is the leading mindfulness and mental wellbeing app in the German-speaking region, part of the 7NXT Health Group focused on empowering people to lead fit and healthy lives.
