(Senior) Full-Stack Engineer [TypeScript - Prototyping]
orcristtechnologies
<div class="content-intro"><p>Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We're handling petabyte-scale data with sub-second queries. Our product is a Kubernetes‑based platform delivered as B2B SaaS or as a self‑hosted on‑prem solution, including air‑gapped deployments. We enable customers across defense, law enforcement, and enterprise to turn mission-critical data into actionable intelligence.</p></div><h3>Role</h3> <p>Build validated prototypes—not throwaway demos. As a Full-Stack Engineer on Innovation, you’ll ship thin vertical slices end-to-end (UI + APIs + data integrations), then package your work so a delivery team can productize it confidently.</p> <h3>What you'll do</h3> <ul> <li>Prototype thin vertical slices across React/Next.js UI, Node.js APIs, and supporting storage/search integrations.</li> <li>Collaborate with PM &amp; Design in time-boxed discovery cycles: iterate quickly, demo often, and validate assumptions.</li> <li>Align prototypes with shared primitives and standards: feature flags, auth flows, auditability, multitenancy assumptions, and basic observability.</li> <li>Integrate workflows touching streaming/orchestration (Kafka/Temporal) and partner with Data/ML engineers when needed.</li> <li>Ship an adoption package: documentation, interfaces, schemas, and an integration backlog that reduces handoff friction.</li> </ul> <h3>About you</h3> <ul> <li>3+ years building production web applications and APIs in TypeScript (React/Next.js + Node).</li> <li>Strong product-engineering instincts: you can turn ambiguity into a tight 1–3 week prototype scope.</li> <li>Practical API and data-layer skills (PostgreSQL; comfortable integrating search when needed).</li> <li>Comfortable working in Kubernetes/GitOps environments and maintaining good engineering hygiene (tests, CI, docs).</li> <li>Security-conscious: you treat access control, privacy/PII handling, and audit expectations as part of “done.”</li> <li>Eligible to work in Germany; EU/NATO citizenship preferred for export-controlled projects.</li> </ul> <h3>Nice-to-haves</h3> <ul> <li>Real-time UI experience (WebSockets/WebRTC, collaborative editing, CRDT/OT).</li> <li>Complex visualization experience (graph/geospatial UX; Cytoscape/D3/Mapbox/Cesium).</li> <li>Some Python comfort for quick data/ML integration.</li> <li>German language (B1+) and/or experience with regulated or mission-critical systems.</li> </ul> <h3>What we offer</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Modern stack: </strong>TypeScript/React, Node, Go, Kafka/Temporal, Postgres/OpenSearch, Kubernetes.</li> <li><strong>High-impact work: </strong>your prototypes shape what becomes product across multiple delivery teams.</li> <li><strong>Remote-first, Germany-wide: </strong>Work from wherever you do your best work, with regular team gatherings in Berlin and other off-site locations.</li> <li><strong>Flexibility by default: </strong>Flexible working hours help you make work fit your life.</li> <li><strong>Your setup, your way: </strong>Get a personal home-office equipment budget to create a workspace that works for you.</li> <li><strong>30 days of vacation:&nbsp;</strong>Take the time you need to recharge and come back with fresh energy.</li> <li><strong>Keep growing: </strong>We invest in your personal and professional development.</li> <li><strong>Get rewarded for impact: </strong>Performance bonuses are tied to agreed objectives and key results.</li> <li><strong>A warm welcome: </strong>Every new team member gets a welcome goodie bag.</li> <li><strong>Good people, good times: </strong>From summer and Christmas parties to regular team gatherings, we make time to celebrate together.</li> <li><strong>A mission that matters: </strong>Work on challenges with tangible impact on public safety and national security.</li> </ul><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>