Senior Full-Stack Engineer (all genders)

About Kaufland e-commerce

We operate the international online marketplaces of Kaufland: Several thousand sellers and millions of products make us one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. Ours is a dynamic corporate culture that merges a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We combine knowledge and many years of experience in e-commerce with flat hierarchies and a highly motivated team. 

We love flexibility! You have the freedom to choose whether you want to work remotely (within Germany) or at one of our offices in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or in our co-working space in Berlin. You decide what works best for you!

Day by day, our Tech & Product Team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. Through innovative technical developments, they not only create an outstanding shopping experience but also lay the foundation for an optimal selling experience for our sellers. Learn more about our division, areas, and cross-functional teams here!

Position

We are seeking an experienced Engineer (all genders) to join our Tech & Product Area Explore & Discover in our Shopping Experience Division and play a pivotal role in advancing our marketplace further. Explore & Discover is our most B2C focussed area and therefore, directly affects and relates to our customers having the best shopping experience possible!

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail

• As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer (all genders) in our team, you proactively develop the Kaufland Marketplace and internal services further
• You connect us to the rapidly growing customer base. Collaborating closely with our UX/UI experts, you will design and implement solutions that deliver an exceptional shopping experience.
• You continuously optimize and maintain existing frontend applications regarding performance, speed, usability, minimizing load times and maximizing interactivity
• You proactively contribute your own suggestions, solutions, and technologies to the development process
• You work on highly scalable and performant SSR Vue 3 frontends serving pages with high traffic
• Based on your well-founded experience and skills, you are committed to continuously improving your colleagues’ know-how, methodology, and quality, and you lead by example
   

Your qualification

Your profile – this is what we expect from you

• You have extensive experience as an Engineer and are used to solving different engineering problems with the tools and frameworks that make sense both for the problem domain and the engineering organization
• You have profound knowledge of our frontend tech stack, which is predominantly TypeScript and Vue.js, or you are experienced and accomplished with other common frameworks 
• Familiarity with backend application development either in Node.js, PHP or other languages is a must 
• You are knowledgeable about testing, debugging, monitoring, and deployment techniques for web applications 
• You have experience with building responsive web applications and using different API paradigms 
• Ideally, you have experience running efficient experiments and validating ideas using A/B Tests in high-iteration cycles 
• You work proactively, take responsibility, and challenge processes 
• You have excellent communication skills, are fluent in English (C1) and enjoy working in an international environment
• You have in-depth knowledge of software development methods and principles that translate into writing code that is easy to understand and maintain
• You are committed to learning and adapting to new technologies quickly, besides training opportunities provided by the company
• You have the drive to continuously develop both yourself and your team further to become a little bit better every day
• You know how and when to document technical specifications and decisions that affect your team or other teams in your area
• You have solid understanding of infrastructure concepts

What we offer

• Create your own work-life balance: You have the flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or our co-working space in Berlin!
• Do you want to move to Germany? No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start. 
• Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios: Get top deals for fitness, swimming, yoga and more
• Mental Well-Being: We support you on your well-being journey with special offerings such as Instahelp, the digital platform for online psychological counseling
• Vacation & Sabbatical: Enjoy 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity to take a sabbatical once you have been part of the team for a certain period!
• Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Buy Pluxee vouchers through us and benefit from tax-advantaged meal allowances!
• ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
• Corporate Benefits: We offer you attractive discounts with top brands
• Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it's up to you
• Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning programs, diverse in-house training, and our automated 360-degree feedback. We cover the costs for relevant conferences, training opportunities, and approved team workshops to strengthen personal interactions
• This is who we are: Our dynamic culture combines flat hierarchies, a start-up mentality, an international team of over 65 nationalities, and the strength of the Schwarz Group to provide you an agile and secure working environment.
• We are team players: From day one, you will connect not only with your team but also with others through our digital onboarding journey, the buddy program, and regular team and company events, all-hands meetings, powerful mornings, and much more!

Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!

Additional details

Job location

Cologn / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf / Berlin / Remote (within Germany)

Diversity at Kaufland e-commerce 

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt (German Diversity Charter) – because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. Read more here!