Permanent contract, Full- or Part-Time, Remote or Cologne / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf / Berlin
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.
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. As Head of Product Engineering in the Order & Buy area, your mission is to build and empower high-performing teams that deliver products our customers love. You’ll begin by contributing hands-on, gaining deep insights into our systems and organization. You are passionate about software development, but you enjoy building the right teams, removing roadblocks, creating alignment, and driving transparency just as much
You lead and support our engineers/managers of up to five product teams in a you-build-it-you-run-it environment
You contribute hands-on part of your time to stay close to technology
You contribute to cross-team strategic initiatives such as raising the engineering bar, improving guidelines, and defining how we work as an organization
You have worked in cross-functional product teams and bring a vast experience in engineering of scalable web applications
You are an experienced (Senior) Engineering Manager used to solving engineering problems with the tools & frameworks that make sense both for the problem domain and the engineering organization; the team's tech stack is predominantly PHP and JavaScript and we expect you to have hands-on experience in these languages as well
Your communication skills are on point, and you know what matters, especially in a remote setup
You have extensive experience in a management role and you are motivated to grow even more in the role of a successful Head of Engineering
You are fluent in English (C1) and enjoy working in an international environment
Benefits
Create your own work-life balance: No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start.
~ 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.MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it's up to you
~ 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.
~ 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!
Diversity at Kaufland e-commerce
We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt (German Diversity Charter) – because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. As we have very international teams, we would highly appreciate it to receive your CV or profile link in English.
Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co.