Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Service Orchestration) (f/m/x) Join elevait as a Senior Software Engineer – Backend & Service Orchestration (all genders) and help us build the future of enterprise AI About elevait The mission of elevait GmbH & Co. KG (elevait) is to empower enterprises to unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for their business. Our unique approach is providing AI technology in an easy-to-integrate and easy-to-use software product - and that leads to swift business values for our customers. To achieve this, we bring together state-of-the-art machine learning approaches, powerful semantic web concepts, as well as modern web and DevOps technologies in our user-friendly products. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Backend / Service Orchestration) (all genders) for one of our teams in Dresden. In this role, you will take ownership for creating, improving, and orchestrating our generic, atomic AI building blocks into the powerful ensemble that brings our customers processes to the next level. You will be working with our orchestration layer in order to define the data flow and incorporate required microservices, putting needed monitoring and alert functionalities into place, and evolving its overall architecture further with scalability in mind. Your Role
You`ll design, develop, and maintain microservices that can ease both the general processing of incoming data objects and applying ML processing to them.
You take ownership to extend and improve the overall architecture of our service orchestration layer with robustness, scalability, and efficiency in mind.
You make sure that the delivered software meets previously identified requirements and is of high quality by following or improving robust quality assurance processes and practices.
You support in debugging issues in our data flow pipelines, ensuring that the service orchestration is working as expected, as well as identifying potential future improvements to mitigate the encountered challenges by design.
You will design and implement layers for database interaction with MongoDB and GraphDB as well as push towards improved database schemas. Your Skills Must-have qualifications Substantial experience in professional backend development and in leading the design or architecture of software systems
You are proficient in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Typescript or Python) and in both object-oriented design and reactive programming
Experience in Git, PR reviewing, Docker and familiar with tools, technologies, and practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) Nice to have Experience in designing and building distributed systems and service orchestration platforms
You have experience with message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka) and/or data pipeline tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, Dagster, Apache NiFi)
Familiarity with non-SQL database tools (such as MongoDB), GraphDB or semantic web (RDF, SPARQL, SHACL)
Fluent English; German is a plus, not a must What you can expect at elevait
Friendly atmosphere, no ego culture – just impact, ownership, and continuous learning
A passionate, skilled and diverse team that truly enjoys their work as well as collaboration – in code and in coffee breaks
You will have the chance to work with and around state-of-the-art technologies to build cutting-edge products
Access to latest tech, learning budgets, and time for innovation
A modern agile development environment where your voice matters
Flexibility in how, where, and when you work – with an optional office in Dresden Please note: at the moment, we can only consider candidates with valid EU work authorization, as we cannot support relocation and VISA processes from abroad of the EU. Ready to shape the future of AI with us? Apply now with your CV – no cover letter needed. We look forward to hearing from you