WebShop Technical Lead (m/f/d), Bucharest (Romania)

Your tasks: You make the difference with us.

This position is located in Bucharest, Romania. 

Join our Webshop team as Technical lead (m/f/d) and be an elementary part of the Tchibo DNA - For us the customer is in the center of our daily work. We as an innovative, cross-functional and agile team support the whole customer journey in the Tchibo e-commerce platform.

Looking for a new opportunity? Interested in building and operating complex web applications from start to finish using a wide range of technologies and programming languages in a modern cloud environment?

You are self-motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic about solving complex problems? Be a creative thinker who loves working on challenging projects and enjoys a fast-paced and dynamic work environment? Then be ready to take your skills to the next level and work with a passionate and driven team, apply now! In detail:

• Take ownership of the requirements from a technical perspective as well as responsibility for the quality of the technical implementation. 
• Actively shape the agile software development process. 
• Evaluate functional requirements from user stories and expand them to include necessary technical aspects. 
• Ensure the completeness, feasibility and testability of user stories by subjecting them to critical appraisal in a backlog refinement and scrutinizing them. 
• Continuously evaluate the software architecture of Webshop, develop it and transfer the system into this target image. 
• Lead the development team and support them with design tasks. 
• Represent the development team in meetings with stakeholders such as steering committees and budget meetings. Therefore, you will also track the budget and progress. 
• Work closely with the Business Product Owner to align the product roadmap and prioritize the product backlog. Develop the Vue.js frontend, the Java/Kotlin 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). 
• 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 have a comparable qualification. 
• You have at least 6 years of practical experience in software development/architecture and bring a passion for new technologies. 
• You are a true team player and are keen to play a role in cross-functional teams, always working together in an agile way (SCRUM/KANBAN).
• You're able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, manage your time effectively, and stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies. 

 Minimum qualifications: 

• You have in-depth knowledge of one or more modern programming language preferred Kotlin, Java and JavaScript/TypeScript. 
• Professional software development experience with Git and automation (CI/CD).
• Experience with object relational databases, knowledge of how to write SQL scripts. 
• Knowledge of web development. 
• You are willing to take the ownership for development and operation of one or more microservices. 
• You are confident in writing and speaking in English. 

 Preferred qualifications: 

• Experience in developing web applications with Vue.js 3 and Nuxt 3 / Vite would be a plus. 
• First experience in software architecture, design and development of self-contained microservices is what sets you apart. 
• You are familiar with cloud development, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), their products (CloudSQL, Pub/Sub, and GKE), DevOps, Terraform, Kubernetes.

 If you are interested in data privacy and software security topics and you bring some first experience, our team is the perfect fit for you. 

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.