ABOUT THE TEAM

We are an international team building KINEXON OS, the operating system that optimizes visibility and transparency of industrial moving assets. Our platform captures real-time location data and provides dynamic workflows, delivering actionable insights for production and logistics.
KINEXON OS is open, flexible, and scalable, enabling full visibility into supply chains and dynamic tracking of assets for swift operational decision-making. It aggregates position and identification data from various sources and enriches it with contextual information from third-party IT/OT systems such as ERP, MES, and WMS.
Join us to shape the backbone of a platform that powers digital transformation in manufacturing and logistics worldwide.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

For this opportunity, we are looking for someone with:

• Completion of a university degree or comparable qualification
• Solid backend development experience in a compiled, strongly typed language (C++ or Go); openness to Python & Node.js for some services
• Comfortable reading and learning code in other languages in the stack
• Experience with Kafka (producers/consumers, topics, partitions, schema evolution, error handling, monitoring)
• Strong SQL skills (PostgreSQL): schema design, query optimization, indexing, transactions
• Experience with test automation and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Containerization: building/debugging Docker images, orchestration with Docker Swarm; Kubernetes basics a plus
• GitLab CI/CD: writing and maintaining pipelines, build/test automation
• Linux: solid command-line skills, process/network debugging, scripting
• Understanding of distributed system fundamentals: message ordering, fault tolerance, backpressure, eventual consistency
• Clear communication in English (German optional)
• Hands-on experience using GenAI tools for coding and a strong curiosity about AI-driven developer productivity
• Nice-to-have:
• Frontend familiarity (Angular/TypeScript) for debugging and small changes
• Knowledge of other pub-sub or in-memory solutions (Redis, NATS, ZeroMQ)
• Kubernetes hands-on deployment, Helm basics
• Tracing/observability tools (OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Zipkin, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK)
• Security basics: secrets management, TLS in service communication

ABOUT US

KINEXON is a global location-based technology leader that develops groundbreaking hardware and software solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Our vision is a world in perfect, frictionless flow. Wherever assets, people or operations are in motion, we can improve and automate the underlying processes, creating powerful results for our customers. Founded in 2012, and headquartered in Munich, Germany, KINEXON has grown to more than 300 employees across offices in Munich and Chicago.
Being a KINEXIAN means you are willing to create real impact for your team, department, and the company as a whole - all while contributing to our most valued asset, our culture.
At KINEXON we want to establish and guarantee an environment in which each person has equal opportunities and has the ability to shine and develop. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to the success of a company. Therefore our employment opportunities are open to all individuals, no matter which gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, ability, place of origion, or socioeconomic status.
There is no better time to join than NOW. What are you waiting for? Join us on this exciting journey

• Design and implement APIs and data processing workers within our KINEXON OS ecosystem
• Create and evolve backend architectures for scalability and reliability
• Own and plan larger coding projects (refactoring, new features) that require coordination across multiple teams
• Develop and maintain backend services in C++, Go, and Python
• Ensure robust automated testing and CI/CD integration in close collaboration with QA engineers
• Contribute to observability, performance tuning, and security improvements
• Collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions