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About the role

Taktile is a high-growth, post product-market-fit start-up, on a fast trajectory to becoming market leader in the field of automated decisioning. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Decide Team, which is tasked with owning our core decision execution engine at Taktile, complex backend systems involved in feature computation, as well as the overall decision flow canvas. If you’re ambitious, have a strong software engineering background, love doing the simple things exceptionally well, and enjoy propelling a small, dynamic team forward, this role is for you!

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and enhance our core backend services using Python on AWS, taking ownership of our execution engine, feature computation backend, and other mission-critical subsystems.

• Lead architectural discussions, make key design decisions, and champion engineering best practices to ensure our platform is scalable, reliable, and secure.

• Elevate the entire team by mentoring fellow engineers through thoughtful code reviews, collaborative problem-solving, and active knowledge sharing.

• Optimize our development processes, automation, and tooling to improve deployment frequency, system reliability, and the overall developer experience.

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Product and Design, to translate requirements into robust technical solutions and influence the product roadmap.

Requirements:

• At least 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of leading complex projects in a senior capacity (2+ years).

• Deep expertise in building and scaling distributed backend systems, ideally using Python on cloud platforms like AWS, and comfort with the challenges of high-availability, low-latency services.

• Proven ability in system design, experience making key architectural decisions, and a passion for engineering best practices.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders on a shared vision.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience that demonstrates a deep understanding of engineering fundamentals.

• The ability to work in a hybrid model from our Berlin HQ, our London office or the Iasi hub. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

Our Offer

• Work with colleagues that lift you up, challenge you, celebrate you and help you grow. We come from many different backgrounds, but what we have in common is the desire to operate at the very top of our fields. If you are similarly capable, caring, and driven, you'll find yourself at home here.

• Experience a truly flat hierarchy and communicate directly with founding team members. Having an opinion and voicing your ideas is not only welcome but encouraged, especially when they challenge the status quo.

• Learn from experienced mentors and achieve tremendous personal and professional growth. Get to know and leverage our network of leading tech investors and advisors around the globe.

• Receive a top-of-market equity and cash compensation package.

• Get access to a self-development budget you can use to e.g. attend conferences, buy books or take classes.

• Receive a new Apple MacBook Pro, as well as meaningful home office set-up.

Our Stance

• We're eager to meet talented and driven candidates regardless of whether they tick all the boxes. We're looking for someone who will add to our culture, not just fit within it. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underestimated and underrepresented in tech to apply.

• We seek to actively recognize and combat racism, sexism, ableism and ageism. We embrace and support all gender identities and expressions, and celebrate love in its many forms. We won't inquire about how you identify or if you've experienced discrimination, but if you want to tell your story, we are all ears.

About us

Taktile is building the world's leading software platform for running critical and highly-automated decisions. Our customers use our product to catch fraudsters, prevent money laundering, and expand access to credit for small businesses, among many other use cases. Taktile is already making millions of such decisions across the globe every day.

Taktile is based in Berlin, London and New York City. It was founded by machine learning and data science veterans with extensive experience building and running production ML in financial services. Our team consists of engineers, entrepreneurs, and researchers with a diverse set of backgrounds. Some of us attended top universities such as Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford and some of us have no degree at all. We have accumulated extensive work experience at leading tech companies, startups, and the enterprise software sphere.

Our backers include Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and stellar angels such as the founders of Looker, GitHub, Mulesoft, Datadog and UiPath.