[Hiring] Backend Engineer @Kaufland e-commerce

Role Description

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail:

• Developing cutting-edge technology and designing scalable and robust backend solutions for our Kaufland Marketplaces is a part of your daily work.
• You take ownership of end-to-end feature development, from designing and coding to testing, deployment, and monitoring in production environments.
• You work closely together with different stakeholders and other engineers, communicating effectively to achieve a common goal.
• You contribute to the evolution of our development processes and methodologies, exploring new tools and technologies that can enhance our engineering practices.
• You are writing clean, maintainable, and high-performance code while adhering to best practices.
• In pair programming sessions, you mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Qualifications

• You have an educational level that corresponds to completed university studies in (business) information technology, (business) engineering, mathematics, or physics, or you have comparable practical experience.
• You have extensive experience in backend development, with a comprehensive and profound experience in PHP and/or Golang, which demonstrates your practical knowledge in real-world scenarios.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, databases, and microservices architecture and familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
• You have the drive to continuously develop both yourself and your team further in order to become a little bit better every day.
• You have excellent communication skills, are willing to embrace our company culture and values, and enjoy working in an international, English-speaking team.

Benefits

• 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.
• Employee Discount: You will receive a monthly coupon for Kaufland.de.
• 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!