(Senior) Full Stack Developer - Web (f/m/d)

Join us as a (Senior) Full Stack Developer - Web (f/m/d) in Berlin

Our Story

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer (Web Platform) to help shape and scale think-cell’s web platform and enable multiple teams to efficiently manage and publish content.

This is not a role for someone who only wants to work within a fixed web stack or maintain existing templates. We are looking for a web engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, making sound architectural decisions, and building systems that remain robust and maintainable as requirements evolve.

You will work across frontend and backend, improve the technical foundation of our web platform, and help us build scalable solutions that enable our teams to manage and publish content. Along the way, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders across design, marketing, product and engineering but with strong ownership over technical quality, long-term maintainability, and the overall direction of the platform.

Our Values

As part of our team, you will embody and help shape the following principles that define us:

Forward Thinking: We embrace change and challenge the status quo.

Ownership: We take pride in our work and learn from our mistakes.

Customer First: We prioritize delivering lasting value.

Unified Team: We foster collaboration, respect, and integrity.

Strive for Excellence: We set ambitious goals and pursue quality.

What you will do

Design, build, and evolve our web platform features across front-end and CMS back-end.

Solve complex technical problems in a pragmatic way, balancing speed of delivery with long-term maintainability

Drive architectural improvements that make our web ecosystem more robust, scalable, and easier to work with

Build and improve our back-end functionality in PHP and Laravel for integrations, dynamic features, and internal tooling

Extend and optimize our CMS and publishing workflows to support efficient content operations without compromising technical quality

Improve performance, Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and technical SEO foundations across the platform

Work on the evolution of our current web architecture, while also challenging existing approaches when better solutions exist

Collaborate with design, marketing, product, and engineering teams to turn business requirements into well-structured technical solutions

Interface with back-end systems written in C++, ensuring reliable and efficient data exchange across system boundaries

Identify opportunities to improve developer experience, reduce complexity, and raise the overall engineering standard of the platform

Take ownership of technical tasks and help define best practices for modern web development at think-cell

What we are looking for

Strong experience building and shipping production-grade web platforms, applications, or systems

A proven ability to solve non-trivial technical problems and work confidently in complex web related codebases

Strong full stack engineering skills, with solid backend experience in PHP, Laravel, or similar technologies and a frameworks

Strong frontend fundamentals, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and modern approaches to building maintainable user interfaces

Good judgment when making architectural and technical trade-offs

A pragmatic mindset: you know when to build for flexibility and when to keep things simple

Curiosity and confidence to work with unfamiliar technologies or domains when needed

A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for code quality, maintainability, and technical outcomes

Experience collaborating across disciplines and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders in English

Nice to have

Experience with Statamic CMS

Experience with static site generation challenges

Experience with Deployment Tools such as Jenkins or similar tools

Familiarity with Tailwind, Alpine.js, or similar frontend tools

Experience improving performance-critical, SEO-relevant, or content-heavy platforms

Familiarity with Python for automation or tooling

Experience integrating with non-web backend systems or services

Why is think-cell the right place for you?

think-cell is a profitable, fast-paced software company based in Berlin. Our products simplify and enhance PowerPoint, used by over 1.3 million professionals worldwide including top consulting firms and global corporations.

We prioritize code quality, elegant algorithms, and a refined user experience. Owned and led by computer scientists, think-cell offers a developer-focused environment that attracts and retains top engineering talent.