Coffee IQ Software Engineer (m/f/d), Bucharest (Romania)

Your tasks: You make the difference with us.

This position is located in Bucharest, Romania. 

What does the department or team do?

Become part of the Engineering Retail Platforms team and design innovations and processes for more than 20,000 professional coffee machines in B2B operations! Prepare to roll up your sleeves and immerse yourself in the entire software development cycle - from requirements gathering, design, development, testing and deployment on a daily basis. What's more, we use cutting-edge technologies, so you'll never stop growing and improving your professional skills.

What is the main purpose of the job?

As a (Senior) Software Engineer (m/f/d) in our Engineering Retail Platforms team, you and your colleagues will be responsible for building, operating, developing and maintaining our CoffeeIQ (CIQ) platform: the intelligent Tchibo portal for all processes related to the management and operation of B2B coffee machines. You will be at the forefront when it comes to designing rock-solid processes for CIQ that use telemetry data from the coffee machines to enable optimised and automated control. You will support our business customers, sales and service, who can view data and processes from the platform via the portal and use them for control purposes.

What are the main activities/tasks?

• Develop the Vue.js frontend, the Node.js backend and the MS SQL database as a holistic technology stack including cloud infrastructure and CI/CD, write clean and high quality code on a daily basis.
• Ensure a high standard of quality by applying code reviews, pair programming, TDD and direct feedback loops while considering and improving best practices (e.g. code style guidelines, testing methodologies, security principles, provisions for high performance and resilience of the application) - Work and learn together with experienced software developers from other development teams.
• During each iteration, you will have creative time to work on projects that interest you.

Your profile: You keep reinventing us.

• You have a successfully completed degree in computer science/business informatics or a comparable qualification.
• You have at least four years of professional experience in software development and a passion for new technologies.
• You are a real team player and are keen to get involved in cross-functional teams and always work together in an agile way (SCRUM/KANBAN).

Minimum qualifications:

• You have a sound knowledge of TypeScript and at least one other modern programming language (e.g. Java).
• You know SQL well and have experience working with large databases.
• You are familiar with various concepts of software development and can successfully introduce and implement them in the environment of potentially large applications.
• You have seen architectural constructs such as microservices and monoliths before and know the implications.
• You are familiar with Git, DevOps, Terraform, container technologies and automation (CI/CD).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in developing applications with Vue.js and Node.js is a plus.
• Knowledge of how to use AWS or other hyperscalers for a containerised Node.js application.
• Sound knowledge of software design patterns and a software architecture qualification (e.g. iSAQB) round off your profile.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Your benefits: Together we stay different.

• Profit from 26 paid vacation days per year and enjoy a special leave holiday: 1 day off for every employee's birthday. Our flexible and hybrid working policy allows you to balance your work and private life well.
• You will receive a transport allowance of 80 RON per month as well as monthly meal tickets (40 RON per ticket per worked day).      
• Enjoy free Tchibo coffee - you can pick up 1 kg of Tchibo coffee of your choice for private enjoyment.
• Health and Life Insurance are provided to ensure your well-being.