Backend Developer (all gender)

What You'll Be Working On

At Lime Connect, we're continuously evolving one of Europe's leading AI-powered customer communication platforms — and we're looking for a Python Developer (intermediate to senior) to help us take it further.

From intelligent automation to real-time messaging, you'll play a key role in shaping a mature, stable product with new features, smarter AI tools and improved performance.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain our Django-based backend with a focus on scalability, maintainability and performance
• Design and implement new features across our Lime Connect AI platform and customer dashboard
• Build and improve AI-driven automation features — some already live, others built from scratch
• Extend the backend of our mobile app and ensure seamless platform integration
• Handle transaction management and complex APIs powering real-time communication
• Collaborate closely with Frontend, QA, DevOps, Design and Product — collaboration is core to how we build
• Actively contribute to improving our development processes, architecture and tooling

Our setup

• Python · Django · Rust · PostgreSQL · CI/CD
• 16-person dev team · hybrid (3 days Cologne, 2 remote)

What Makes You a Fit

• You write clean, maintainable Python code and have experience with Django or similar frameworks.
• You’re used to working in API-driven environments and know your way around PostgreSQL.
• You enjoy solving real product problems and collaborating across design, frontend, and QA.
• You're independent, pragmatic, and care about building things that actually work well.
• You’re comfortable communicating in English — written and spoken.