Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d)

We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer who serves as a role model within our engineering team—actively advocating for best practices, mentoring peers, and driving cross-disciplinary collaboration. You will interface closely with experts in robotics, artificial intelligence, frontend engineering, and infrastructure, ensuring our backend systems facilitate seamless integration and high performance across our entire technology stack.

YOUR TASKS

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services for autonomous robot management and data processing.
• Design and optimize GraphQL APIs and/or REST in TypeScript and Node.js.
• Ensure efficient data pipelines for high-volume telemetry using NoSQL and SQL databases.
• Collaborate with frontend, cloud, robot and AI teams to provide seamless integrations.
• Drive clean code, testing, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot issues, improve performance, and provide technical guidance.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of backend development experience such as Node.js, TypeScript or similar.
• Hands-on with cloud technology like AWS, Azure, etc..
• Experience with Docker and database technologies like NoSQL/SQL.
• Lead the design and upkeep of high-performance APIs.
• Proficient with Git-based workflows.
• Excellent English communication and problem-solving skills.

• Knowledge of real-time data streaming e.g. RabbitMQ, WebRTC, grpc.
• Familiarity with ROS (robot operating system).
• Experience with event-driven or microservice architectures.
• Residing within ±2 hours of the CET time zone and available to travel to Darmstadt for three days every six weeks for onsite team meetings. All travel costs will be covered by the company.

We believe robots should do the work humans should not—dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks. The robot industry is experiencing rapid growth, powered by AI, cloud computing, 5G networks and falling cost of robot hardware. We envision a transformative decade ahead similar to the arrival of smartphones. With hundreds of thousands and very soon millions of inspections performed across five continents and software trusted by the world's top energy leaders, we’re not just imagining impact—we're delivering it.

We are a team of roboticists, AI experts, and world champions who grew up programming robots and never stopped developing intelligent autonomy software for collaborative mobile robots. With our diverse team of 70+ people from 25+ different countries, our team is uniquely qualified to revolutionize the industry. Our foundation is strengthened by visionary entrepreneurs and committed investors. Additionally, we work closely with notable partners and collaborators such as AWS, Boston Dynamics, DJI, Ericsson, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Nvidia, SAP and many more. Together, we are committed to shaping the future of robotics.

Are you passionate about robotics and eager to make a difference? Join us and be part of a team that is not just witnessing but actively shaping the future of robotics. Energy Robotics is the place for you. Be at the forefront of this groundbreaking journey!