Head of Engineering (all genders) - Explore & Discover

at  Kaufland ecommerce

Anstellungsdetails
Permanent contract, full-time, Remote or Cologne / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf
Info
Who we are
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! We offer you the best environment to work in a flexible and focussed way: You get to decide whether you want to work in one of our offices in Cologne // Darmstadt // Düsseldorf, but also have the opportunity to work remotely (within Germany) and choose the best of both! We want to offer you the most attractive workplace in e-commerce and maximum flexibility for your personal work-life balance.
Day by day, our development team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. To enrich the lives of our customers, we collaborate in cross-functional teams. Learn about how they are structured and more details about our product areas here: https://kaufland-ecommerce.com/en/team/tech-en/.
Aufgaben
As Head of Engineering for the area Explore & Discover, you will lead the development of a set of tools and products essential for the success of our platform, ensuring a seamless and effective experience for all users. More so - you are building and managing the organization to be successful. You are focusing on the Engineering Part and join forces with your corresponding Head of Product. This position reports to a Director of Product Engineering.

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail

• You are responsible for the success of one of our areas, overseeing 3-5 teams with approximately 30 engineers
• You are leading your engineers through a team of engineering managers or directly
• You shape the product and engineering vision for your area, aiming to create tools and products that resonate with our users, align with customer needs, and contribute to the success of our business
• You are setting up the right structure for the area to grow further
• You make sure your area is aligned with the company vision, mission and current objectives and key results
• You make sure that we leverage (new) technology within our product teams to build products customers love and work for the business
• You make sure we are continuously raising the engineering bar with experience and passion for software excellence
• You are responsible for keeping the right balance of time, budget and quality within the area
• You develop, monitor and own the relevant KPIs for the area (cost, SLAs, SLIs….)
• You contribute to our guidelines, policies, standards etc. to improve how we work

Profil

Your profile – this is what we expect from you

• You have built and shaped cross-functional product teams / organizations and bring a vast experience in engineering of scalable web applications and databases in modern environments
• You have profound knowledge of our full-stack tech stack which is JavaScript & TypeScript using Node.js for our backends for frontend (BFFs) - Vue.js / Vue 3 experience is a plus
• You are proficient in utilising monitoring (e.g. Datadog or similar) and profiling tools (e.g Chrome DevTools, Blackfire or similar)
• You are familiar with how a (distributed) search engine works – bonus points for experience with the Elasticstack
• You are a role model in communication, ownership, and execution
• You plan ahead and start working on making your organization ready for tomorrow - today
• You don’t shy away from making tough decisions having the bigger picture in mind
• You are willing to go the extra mile to make your team successful, you give honest feedback, and you are able to discuss, commit and execute
• You certainly embrace and drive change, you lead by example

Benefits

What we offer

• Create your own work-life balance: Work remotely (within Germany) or at one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf!
• Diversity and variety: An international environment with talents from over 65 different nations creates innovative and exciting perspectives
• Do you want to move to Germany? No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start.
• Power meets dynamic: Flat hierarchies and start-up mentality meet the power of a big corporate group, providing you an agile and secure working environment
• Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it’s up to you
• We are team players: Our strong bond extends beyond our own team: we stay connected thanks to our many internal offerings, such as our digital onboarding program, our all-hands meetings and regular team and company events
• Mental well-being: We support you with various initiatives on your personal and professional well-being journey!
• Boost your growth : Benefit from our online language learning offers, our various in-house training offers as well as our automated 360-degree feedback to boost your personal and professional growth
• The future is digital: Develop the e-commerce of the future with us and work on a product with millions of users
• ‘ Deutschlandticket ’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
• Urban Sports Club: Get top deals for fitness, team sports, yoga and more
• Personal & team growth: We love flexibility in terms of working location, but we also believe that personal interactions are important. That’s why we organise company events, and cover the costs to bring you there and to other (approved) get-togethers with your peers. The same applies to conferences and other learning opportunities. We want everybody to grow personally and professionally, as a team and as a company

Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!
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!
Bewerben
Why are you the perfect fit for this position?
Don’t bother with cover letters - we’re interested in facts and figures!
How would you like to be addressed?
Feel free to add the following pronouns “she/her”, “him/he” or “they/them” optionally (e.g. after your name) in your CV.
As we have very international teams, we would highly appreciate it to receive your CV or profile link in English.
Ansprechpartner
Your contact person: Kristina Heymann
Kaufland e-commerce
Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG

• You are responsible for the success of one of our areas, overseeing 3-5 teams with approximately 30 engineers
• You are leading your engineers through a team of engineering managers or directly
• You shape the product and engineering vision for your area, aiming to create tools and products that resonate with our users, align with customer needs, and contribute to the success of our business
• You are setting up the right structure for the area to grow further
• You make sure your area is aligned with the company vision, mission and current objectives and key results
• You make sure that we leverage (new) technology within our product teams to build products customers love and work for the business
• You make sure we are continuously raising the engineering bar with experience and passion for software excellence
• You are responsible for keeping the right balance of time, budget and quality within the area
• You develop, monitor and own the relevant KPIs for the area (cost, SLAs, SLIs….)
• You contribute to our guidelines, policies, standards etc. to improve how we wor