Deutschland | 100% Remote | Vollzeit

Full Stack Engineer - Innovation Team (100% Remote Germany)

About Innocraft & Matomo

Matomo is an open-source analytics platform trusted by enterprises, public institutions, and governments requiring full data ownership. We are expanding our European engineering team and looking for a Full Stack Engineer who wants to help shape and validate the future direction of Matomo’s product offering through innovation-focused product development.

Why This Role

  • Own end-to-end innovation work — from concept and prototyping through deployment and integration into Matomo’s core platform
  • Help shape privacy-first, open-source analytics products used by organisations across 190+ countries
  • Join a profitable, self-funded company with double-digit growth for 5+ years and a steadily expanding global team
  • 100% remote within Germany, with flexible working hours and strong support for work-life balance
  • Work in a high-calibre innovation team using AI-powered development tools to accelerate experimentation, delivery, and impact

What You Will Own

Innovation Engineering & Product Development

  • Design, prototype, and deliver new features across backend (PHP) and frontend (JavaScript) that extend Matomo’s capabilities
  • Work across additional technologies where needed, including Python and Node.js
  • Rapidly explore and validate new product ideas — including but not limited to AI-powered insights and analytics features
  • Identify and develop innovation opportunities across analytics, visualization, integrations, and user experience

End-to-End Ownership & Delivery

  • Own ideas end-to-end, from concept through deployment
  • Balance speed and quality while avoiding unnecessary over-engineering
  • Operate effectively in a small, autonomous team with minimal oversight
  • Proactively identify and resolve blockers to progress, escalating appropriately when support is needed

Product Impact & Technical Excellence

  • Think beyond code — considering usability, scalability, security, and long-term product value
  • Write automated tests, review code, and produce clear technical documentation
  • Maintain awareness of security vulnerabilities and ensure secure implementation practices
  • Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and product trends to bring fresh perspectives into Matomo

Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing

  • Collaborate directly with Matomo’s co-founders and senior engineers using Slack, Jira, and Confluence
  • Share concepts, prototypes, and learnings to spread innovation practices across the company
  • Communicate ideas, rationale, and technical trade-offs clearly within a fully remote, global environment

What You Bring

Requirments

  • 3-5 years experience with backend development in PHP or Python, databases, and frontend development in JavaScript
  • Proven track record of delivering features end-to-end — from concept through prototyping to production
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach to innovation and new technologies
  • Ability to work autonomously in a small, fast-moving team while managing priorities independently
  • A product-oriented mindset, translating user needs and strategic goals into practical, impactful solutions
  • Comfortable balancing rapid delivery with sustainable engineering quality
  • Understanding of security vulnerabilities and how to avoid them
  • Experience writing automated tests, reviewing code, and producing technical documentation
  • Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain ideas, rationale, and trade-offs
  • Comfortable working in a fully remote, global, and agile environment

Strong signals

  • Experience with analytics, reporting, data visualisation, or AI/ML integrations
  • Background contributing to or building on open-source projects
  • Familiarity with UX principles and/or data-driven product design
  • Prior experience in innovation, R&D, or product prototyping environments
  • German language proficiency
  • Experience using AI-powered tools and practices to accelerate experimentation, development, and quality