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