Backend Solution Architect (m/w/d)

ORGA-SOFT

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for people who love challenges! A job in our company can offer you a lot – just no routine. We are an innovation driver and are looking for people who think the same way we do! There are qualities we pay special attention to, because we hire employees who fit our company culture and feel comfortable with us: You are a real team player, a creative mind with your own ideas. You work independently and are highly motivated. You are a strong communicator with a pronounced service orientation. You have a good feel for innovations and a high demand for quality. You are curious, open to change, tackle things, and take responsibility. You have conceptual and analytical thinking skills and look forward to working in a strong team. We are looking for new colleagues for our young start-up "AppComp – The AppCompany"! What do we do? We analyze processes, create prototypes, and realize them for mobile devices with the goal of making our customers' everyday lives more efficient and easier. You will work with us in an agile environment according to SCRUM. Who are our customers? We get our customers from our parent company ORGA-SOFT. Because ORGA-SOFT develops and sells ERP software for the beverage and food industry. And for this reason, we are located in the ORGA-SOFT building in Mainz-Hechtsheim and can use all the advantages of an ORGA-SOFT employee.

Requirements

• Completed IT degree (e.g., Computer Science, Business Informatics, Web Development), training as an IT specialist, or comparable qualification.
• Senior experience in software development, ideally with architectural responsibility.
• Very good knowledge of Java / Kotlin / Spring Boot.
• Experience with databases, especially relational systems (MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL).
• Understanding of frontend topics and interfaces (e.g., JavaScript / TypeScript is an advantage).
• Ability to communicate, moderate, and jointly solve complex technical issues.
• Initiative and genuine interest in actively shaping the product, architecture, and collaboration.
• Fluent German and good English skills (team language is partly English).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with JHipster / KHipster.
• Knowledge of Delphi or experience working with ERP systems.
• Exposure to GraphQL.
• Knowledge in infrastructure / DevOps.

Responsibilities

• As a Backend Architect, you are integrated into the SCRUM team and play a central role at the interface between backend, frontend, and our INTEGRA-ERP.
• You actively shape the backend architecture, make well-founded architectural decisions based on common goals, and ensure that frontend and backend architecture mesh seamlessly.
• You take on a technically defining role with clear architectural responsibility. Without classic personnel management, you can fully concentrate on content, concepts, and their implementation.
• You thoroughly prepare architectural decisions, coordinate them with relevant stakeholders, document them comprehensibly, and confidently represent them to the team, frontend architecture, and adjacent areas.
• Accompany the entire application lifecycle from conception to operation.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize backend web applications, including clean, reusable code, as well as error correction and debugging.
• Responsibility for backend architectural decisions, considering existing systems, product goals, scalability, performance, and technical sustainability.
• Coordinate and align interfaces between frontend, backend, and business-critical ERP systems.
• Close collaboration with frontend developers and the frontend solution architect for the integration of UI elements, services, and functional requirements.
• Mediate, moderate, and resolve functional and technical issues between frontend and backend development.
• Further develop and modernize the existing system using modern technologies.
• Hands-on support of architecture and decision-making, as well as documentation of architectural decisions and technical concepts.
• Regular coordination with internal stakeholders, as well as observation and evaluation of new technologies.

Benefits

• A system that still offers a lot of design freedom.
• The opportunity to truly shape the architecture.
• Short paths, fixed contact persons, and space to not only contribute your own ideas but also to implement them.
• Hybrid or remote work.
• A decision-making role with influence – without classic personnel management.
• Permanent employment with flexibility regarding working hours/location for work-life balance.
• Mentoring program and individual onboarding plan for new employees.
• Further training opportunities on technical/personal topics.
• A responsible and exciting work environment with diverse tasks within a dedicated team.
• Very good working atmosphere with nice colleagues.
• Company and team events, fitness facilities in the main building.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Ergonomic workstations (adjustable desks, working standing or sitting) with modern work equipment.
• Central location with good transport links.
• Pro-rata capital-forming benefits (from the 1st month of employment).
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths / "duz" culture.
• Family-like interaction.
• Device leasing (e.g., smartphone or iPad) and bike leasing.
• Company pension scheme (health and disability insurance).
• Company parking / bicycle parking.
• Holiday / Christmas bonus.
• Bonus schemes.
• Table football / fruit baskets / cafeteria (without catering).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree