Your purpose at Kertos
As a Fullstack Engineer at Kertos the European Champion for Compliance Automation youll play a key role in shaping our platform into a product of its own class.
Collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering peers, youll continuously bring in your own ideas, innovate new functionalities, and refine our development processes making a direct impact on how compliance automation evolves in Europe and beyond.
OUR TEAM SETUP
We work in three cross-functional product squads, each focused on one of our core internal products or solutions:
Squad composition:
- 1 Product Manager, 1 Product Designer, 34 Fullstack Engineers, 1 Tech Lead
- Collaboration style: Flat hierarchies, shared ownership, and strong cross-functional teamwork
TECH STACK
- Backend: Python (Django)
- Frontend: React.js, TypeScript
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, terraform, ArgoCD, Karpenter
- AI: LangChain, LangGraph, Langfuse
- DevOps & Tools: We experiment with cutting-edge tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Raycast and encourage you to push for the best setup for your work
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain Kertos as a new product class with cutting-edge privacy solutions
- Work across our full tech stack from backend APIs to frontend interfaces ensuring smooth, secure, and scalable integrations
- Engage with our privacy-first architecture and contribute to a secure and resilient platform
- Drive innovation by independently developing new features and functionalities
- Collaborate with the team to improve performance, code quality, and development processes
- Share your expertise and ideas to shape both our product and engineering culture
The Skills, Motivation, And Mentality You Should Bring
- Degree in Computer Science, Informatics or equivalent experience
- Proven track record as a Software Engineer with a focus on web applications
- Experience with software testing and quality assurance practices
- Technical knowledge in parts of our stack: TypeScript (React), Python (Django/ FastAPI), databases & migrations, Docker
- Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and a passion for building impactful products
- Experience with AI engineering is a nice to have
Why Kertos
- You are Kertos: Dont like something? Could be done better? You have the freedom to push things forward and contribute to making Kertos a great place to work
- Unique opportunity: Join the growing team of one of Europes most promising early stages companies and to work directly with our CTO Alex
- European funding in the millions: The EU has funded our AI research with a total of over 2 million euros
- Regular Feedback: We foster an open feedback culture and support your growth with regular 1-on-1 meetings
- Full Flexibility: Whether at the Berlin office, our Munich HQ or at your home office we are flexible, and you'll be happy
- Keep growing: To boost your professional and personal growth, we provide you with a Personal Development Budget of 1.500 per year
- Cutting Edge Technology: Leading VCs have invested in our vision to revolutionize how compliance measures are handled sustainably
- Mental Health: We've partnered with nilo to prioritize your well-being, offering personalized mental health support for all employees
- For Sports Enthusiasts: We subsidize your Wellpass membership for your physical fitness for a better work-life balance
- Steep learning curve: With us you get full responsibility from day 1, push topics forward independently and thus learn a lot
- Strong onboarding: No idea about compliance and its automation? No problem, we'll turn you into an expert and provide you with an onboarding buddy
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: We are a strong team that supports each other, and we also have a lot of fun together beyond work and across different locations
Sounds like you are the one weve been looking for?
Perfect, let's have a chat! Just send in your CV. We are excited to meet you soon.
In case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our People & Culture team. We're happy to answer all your questions.
About Us
Founded in 2021 and backed by investors such as Redstone, 10x Founders, Seed + Speed, and xdeck, we are on a rapid growth trajectory. Today, we are a team of over 45 ambitious talents from 15 nations, united by our mission to transform compliance from a challenge into a seamless standard. With our platform, we help companies implement regulatory requirements effortlessly, cost-effectively, and stress-free. From our offices in Berlin and Munich, we are driving this vision forward and this is just the beginning.
