Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) - Checkout

About ABOUT YOU

ABOUT YOU is one of the largest online retailers for fashion and lifestyle in Europe and the leading provider of a personalized shopping experience on smartphones, with over 13 million active customers. In the award-winning ABOUT YOU app and on aboutyou.com, customers across 26 European markets can find inspiration and a range of around 750,000 items from nearly 4,000 brands.

Position

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) to join our Checkout Team within the Checkout Unit – onsite in Hamburg or remotely within Germany.

Our team ensures a seamless shopping experience by managing the entire order lifecycle – from cart to payment, including chargebacks, refunds, and promotions. A key focus is COBA, a core backend service handling orders, payments, and customer data.

What you will do

• You can take a business problem, translate it into a technical problem, and work with the team to ensure it is properly designed, planned, and delivered.
• Help envision and work hand-in-hand with other colleagues to develop a scalable software architecture for our API written in PHP.
• Embrace modern agile software development methodologies and extreme programming practices such as TDD and pair programming.
• Extensive tech stack: use the right tools for the right tasks without being dogmatic about it.
• Plenty of room for your ideas and creations, flat hierarchies, and very short decision paths.

Your qualification

• Proactive problem solver with a strong sense of responsibility and eager to learn
• Able to handle complex technical tasks independently
• Team player, ensuring high-quality, technically sound solutions that amplify team efforts
• 5+ years of experience with PHP, with a strong focus on modern development
• Proven expertise in Symfony or Laravel, following best practices for scalable applications
• Golang experience is a plus
• Solid understanding of engineering principles and software architecture
• Strong experience with MySQL & Redis
• Fluent English communication skills

What we offer

• Hybrid working
• Fresh fruit every day
• Sports courses
• Free access to code.talks
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Free drinks
• Language courses
• Company parties
• Help in the relocation process
• Mobility subsidy
• State-of-the-art technology
• Central Location
• Flexible Working Hours
• Professional training
• Dog-friendly office
• AY Academy
• Feedback Culture
• Job Bikes

*Please find free fruits, drinks and coffee in our lovely Hamburg Office / HQ

Additional details

YOU ARE THE CORE OF ABOUT YOU. 
We take responsibility for creating an inclusive and exceptional environment where all genders, nationalities and ethnicities feel welcomed and accepted exactly as they are. We believe that a diverse workforce essentially contributes to the ABOUT YOU culture. In order to maintain talent and diversity, we emphasize the care for physical health, mental health and overall well-being. Our values and work ethics essentially contribute to our brand mission: empower acceptance and shape an inclusive, fair and circular fashion culture.

We are looking forward to receiving your application – preferably via our online application portal! Thus, we can ensure a faster process and for you it is very easy to upload your application documents. :-)