Grammarly is hiring a
Software Engineer, Back-End in Germany

Summary

Grammarly is a profitable AI writing assistance company looking for Back-End Software Engineers to join their engineering teams. As a Back-End Engineer, you will build core parts of the Grammarly product and infrastructure, collaborate with internal teams, and contribute to an engineering culture focused on documentation, testing, and user experience.

Requirements

• Embodies Grammarly's EAGER values: ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
• Inspired by Grammarly's MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
• Able to collaborate in person if necessary to the hub(s) where the team is based
• Brings at least three years of experience in back-end development, ideally using Java or other JVM languages
• Displays excellent software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Demonstrates perseverance when faced with tough technical issues
• Has some experience with AWS or other cloud offerings (GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Has experience building, deploying, and debugging production systems at scale
• Cares about the end-user experience and strives to ensure high quality

Responsibilities

• Start building and pushing code in your first week and ship impactful features in your first few months
• Build and support production services with high call rates
• Target high availability for consumer and enterprise customers
• Learn how to build infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Collaborate widely with internal teams such as Core, Growth, Enterprise, Trust, and Data
• Contribute to an engineering culture with a strong emphasis on documentation, testing, and user experience
• Evaluate the systems and technology in place today while proposing systems and architecture that can scale for the future
• Have the opportunity to mentor new hires

Benefits

• Professional growth: Grammarly hires people they trust, gives team members autonomy, and supports professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
• A connected team: Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and they apply this mindset to their own team. They have a highly collaborative culture supported by their EAGER values
• Comprehensive benefits: Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package that includes superior health care