WeAre | Open Position | Senior Backend Software Engineer

About WeAre Rooms

WeAre Rooms is more than a VR tool—it’s a game-changing solution for visualizing and interacting with 3D models in immersive, collaborative environments. By focusing on the critical planning phases of projects like construction plants, we help prevent costly construction errors, reduce travel expenses (and CO2 emissions), and enhance communication and connection across teams.

Are you interested in bridging cutting-edge VR technology with the needs of traditional industries as well as jumping into users' perspectives? 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, AWS and ElasticSearch — we’re building the future of virtual collaboration for the engineering world.

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 changes 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

Do you have substantial experience in backend development with a passion for full-stack roles and enjoy problem-solving in a team and across departments? Do you find joy in structuring your code so it tests, scales, and maintains well? Do you love properly architected services? Do successful builds from your CI service put a smile on your face? Does digging through server logs and performance stats to optimize runtime and service quality sound like an adventure? And do you love to communicate and work with your 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

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.
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.
Potential Team Lead Role: Opportunity for growth into a leadership position guiding technical direction and mentoring team members.
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

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant system architectures that support real-time bidirectional communication in collaboration with our Full Stack and VR teams
Build robust backend services and APIs using Python and Django, ensuring high performance, security, and reliability
Enhance our CI/CD pipelines, monitoring systems, and alerting mechanisms to improve development workflow and system reliability
Design and implement containerized deployments for our applications with comprehensive regression testing strategies
Organize, build, and deploy releases across different environments as part of our DevOps processes
Writing clean, comprehensible and documented code with dedicated tests
Participate in regular code reviews and pair-programming sessions
Developing new features based on internal & customer specifications
Evaluate and enhance our product in collaboration with all our team members, different departments and selected customers
Plan and organize your work with agile methodologies (sprints, tasks, story points, etc.)

What WeAre expecting from you

Excellent communication skills
7+ years experience with Python
4+ years experience with Django and Django Rest Framework (DRF) and/or FastAPI
3+ experience with container technologies (i.e. Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD Tools, 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

Senior Backend Software Engineer