We are MPB, the world's leading marketplace for photographers & videographers.

With established offices in Brighton, Brooklyn and Berlin we have reached a new phase of growth and are proud to be expanding across a number of departments. As part of these exciting growth plans, MPB are looking for experienced Full Stack Software Engineers to join our dynamic and friendly company where every employee has the opportunity to make an impact and take their careers to the next level.

The role

As a full stack Senior Software Engineer at MPB, you will be responsible for the overall design, development and implementation of front and back-end applications. This will include using React to deliver features for our customer facing website and internal back-office applications, building Python services in a service-oriented architecture with communication over gRPC. We follow innersource principles for code ownership and contribution.

A keen investment in technology is at the forefront of the company’s mission with a clear vision of what our product should be. We take a cloud native approach to development and infrastructure with lots of room for experimentation and improvement. We foster a culture of quality and openness within the team.

This role is based in our friendly office in Bülowstraße, Berlin, with a team of co-located, skilled engineers and product professionals and forms part of a wider Engineering department with further teams based in our UK office.

We currently operate a hybrid working pattern to support days in the office alongside days working remotely (likely Wednesday and Thursday in office). The working language of the team will be English.

Your responsibilities

• Implement new features in Typescript/Javascript and atomic React component libraries
• Maintain and extend existing Python web services based on new feature requirements and business needs
• Collaborate with Product and UX designers to ensure user experience is maintained to a high level of quality
• Provide insight and input into the design and architecture of end to end systems
• Contribute to existing features by fixing bugs and adapting to new requirements
• Collaborate with other Engineers to ensure integrations with APIs are correct and complete

What you'll need

You’d make a great start in the role if you have most of the following

• Proficient in Javascript/Typescript
• Experience using a modern javascript framework (ideally React)
• Proficient with Python
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks, preferably Django.
• Experience with Docker, both building and running images
• Experience working in an Agile / Scrum team
• Comfortable with working outside of your main discipline in order to collaborate across your Scrum team
• A desire to mentor and support others

Benefits:

We support our staff and their careers in every way we can and we offer the following benefits:

• 28 days holiday
• 2 days off per year, to actively volunteer for a charity that is close to your heart, that aligns with the MPB values
• Retirement & Pension Plans (25% employer’s contribution of what you contribute)
• EU Workers Council
• BVG ticket discount
• Employee Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Learning Management System - the MPB 'Learning Lab' where you have access to thousands of free courses to up-skill in any areas you'd like; whether personally or professionally
• Regular social events
• Dog friendly office