Senior/Mid-level Backend Engineer

About the Software: WeAre Rooms

WeAre Rooms is more than a VR tool — it’s a game-changing solution for visualizing and interacting with 3D and CAD models in immersive, collaborative environments. Our platform works both in VR and on desktop, allowing teams to collaborate effectively even without VR hardware. By focusing on the critical planning phases of projects such as plant and industrial machine construction, we help prevent costly errors, reduce travel expenses (and CO₂ emissions), and enhance communication and connection across teams.

Our vision is to create tools that are as seamless to integrate as they are intuitive to use, striking the perfect balance between innovation and practicality. With a robust technology stack — Unity, Django, React, and AWS — and core languages and tools including TypeScript, Python, and Docker, we’re building the future of virtual collaboration for the engineering world.

About the Company: WeAre GmbH

Are you looking for a team that values your voice, fosters creativity, and gives you the freedom to shape the future of cutting-edge VR solutions? Welcome to our world.

We are a close-knit and dynamic VR company made up of 10 professionals: a Marketing/Sales team, a VR team and a Full Stack technical team (Backend/Frontend/DevOps). Together, we create immersive virtual reality experiences and innovative digital solutions for B2B clients in the mechanical and plant engineering industry.

We believe that work should complement life, not compete with it. We support each other through personal and professional growth, and we value open, honest communication. With flat hierarchies and a collaborative spirit, every team member contributes to designing and shaping our products. We cherish open communication, value opinions across the entire team, and celebrate personal connections. Work-life balance is a priority for us - whether it’s supporting each other through life’s challenges or coming together for laughter, board games, and good food during our gatherings.

Our values (a note from the CEO & Founder)

Team spirit and collaboration are at the core of our identity; every team member is heard, valued, and respected.

We foster an environment where autonomy, accountability, and entrepreneurial thinking lead to flat hierarchies and mutual respect. While we expect commitment, passion, and a proactive approach, we strongly believe in sustainable performance rather than short-term gains.

We understand that professional success must align with personal well-being. Hence, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, where family, friends, and personal interests have their space, is essential to our culture. We aim to build lasting relationships with our team members. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

If you identify with grounded values, genuine passion, and a readiness to perform, we'd love to hear from you.

Role Overview

This role is part of our full-stack product development team, next to the VR development team, with a primary focus on creating, building and evolving our backend systems.

Do you have strong backend development experience and enjoy solving complex problems collaboratively across teams and departments? Do you take pride in designing well-structured architecture, clean APIs, and thoughtful data models? Do you enjoy building systems that handle background tasks, scheduling, and long-running processes reliably? Do you find joy in writing code that tests well, scales sustainably, and remains maintainable over time? And do you value clear communication and close collaboration with teammates and customers to create a remarkable product that solves real-world problems and improves people’s daily lives?

If so, we might just have an offer to propose to you! 

What WeAre offering to you

• Build From the Ground Up: Take ownership of building core parts of our backend from scratch. You’ll actively contribute to technology and architectural decisions within the full-stack team to shape the future of our backend.

• High Impact Tech Role: Take on a pivotal role in designing and building our new backend and distributed system architecture. With flat hierarchies, you’ll find it easy to make meaningful changes and see your ideas come to life quickly.

• Innovative Technology: Engage with the latest in VR and web technologies, help create our VR collaboration tool for companies in the field of construction, engineering and architecture

• Competitive Salary: Attractive compensation reflecting your skills and experience.

• Flexible Work Hours: We offer flexible work hours, giving you the freedom to better manage your personal life alongside your professional commitments.

• Continuous Learning: Opportunities and support for your professional growth and development.

• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Enjoy the chance to work closely with colleagues from different departments, gaining diverse perspectives and contributing to a more holistic approach to problem-solving and innovation.

• Collaborative Team Spirit: Join a close-knit, supportive team where collaboration is key, and helping one another comes naturally. We believe in creating a positive, open work culture that encourages growth and innovation.

• Remote Work: Enjoy the freedom of remote work combined with occasional in-person meet-ups in Berlin, fostering both collaboration and flexibility.

• Team Events: Regular activities to strengthen team spirit, have fun, and celebrate success together.

What WeAre entrusting you with

• Build robust backend services and APIs using Python and Django, ensuring high performance, security, and reliability
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant system architectures that support real-time bidirectional communication in collaboration with our Full Stack and VR teams
• Write clean, well-structured, and well-documented code, accompanied by meaningful tests
• Participate in regular code reviews and pair-programming sessions to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing
• Support our CI/CD workflows and containerized deployments by collaborating with the team on build, test, and release processes
• Help organize and deploy releases across different environments together with the team
• Continuously evaluate and improve the product in collaboration with team members from different disciplines and selected customers
• Plan and organize your own work in an agile environment (sprints, tasks, story points), taking ownership of your contributions while aligning closely with the team

What WeAre expecting from you

• Excellent communication skills
• 4+ years experience with Python
• 3+ years experience with Django and Django Rest Framework (DRF)
• Solid experience with container technologies (i.e. Docker, CI/CD Tools, SaaS/PaaS/IaaS-Platforms, AWS)
• Understanding the REST API paradigm
• Experience with message/RPC-based architectures, distributed systems and task queues (f.e. Celery, AMQP, RabbitMQ, gRPC and the like)
• Experience with AWS ecosystem
• Experience with database architecture and administration (i.e. Postgres)
• Standard toolkit: shell scripts, git, pycharm
• Know-how in microservice-architecture (self-contained systems), continuous delivery, IT security, configuration-, API- and service management as well as application monitoring

What WeAre very happy about if you have it

• Experience in delivering backend systems in regulated industries: awareness in compliance, audits and security aspects (ISO, Certifications, Pen tests)
• Experience with other Python-based frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, etc.
• Experience with AWS, Linux administration, CI/CD, and deployment optimization
• Experience with Virtual Private Cloud/On-Premise Deployment best-practices
• Experience with CAD, 3D file formats, or 3D data streaming
• Experience in Virtual Reality applications
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and code review workflows
• Experience with project management tools (i.e. Jira, Confluence)