Frontend Engineer (all genders) | Payment/ 4 days ago
Quick Summary
Employment Details
Permanent Contract, Full-or Part-Time, Remote (within Germany) or On-site in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Darmstadt, or Berlin.
About Kaufland e-commerce
We are the tech powerhouse behind Kaufland’s international online marketplaces and a company within the Schwarz Group. Driven by a start-up mentality and working on an equal footing within flat hierarchies, we develop the best marketplace solutions for our customers, sellers, and partners. #FromEuropeForEurope
Our Tech & Product Team, comprising about 400 experts, is dedicated to creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. Through innovative technical developments, we not only ensure an outstanding shopping experience but also establish the foundation for an optimal selling experience for our sellers. Learn more about our division, areas, and cross-functional teams here!
Your Tasks
- Develop, scale, and optimize our highly available checkout and payment infrastructure to ensure a seamless transactional flow.
- Implement highly performant, accessible, and reusable UI components using Vue.js and modern frontend architectures.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate complex payment workflows into intuitive customer journeys.
- Write clean, maintainable code and secure product quality through automated testing, component testing, and thorough code reviews.
- Improve frontend web performance, monitor core web vitals, and help scale our international marketplace platform.
Your Profile
- Approximately 3-4 years of professional experience in modern frontend development, with a deep understanding of the Vue.js ecosystem.
- Proficient in modern build tools, state management, and semantic HTML/CSS.
- Basic familiarity with backend structures, particularly PHP and the Symfony framework, is a strong plus for cross-functional collaboration.
- Motivated by Agile methodologies and thrives in a dynamic, product-focused environment where priorities can shift.
- Fluent in English (C1) and enjoys working in an international, highly communicative tech team.
Benefits
What we offer:
- Work-Life Balance: Flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or Berlin.
- Relocation Support: An attractive relocation package for those moving to Germany.
- Fitness & Well-being: Access to Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios, plus mental well-being support through Instahelp, a digital platform for online psychological counseling.
- Vacation & Sabbatical: 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity for a sabbatical after a certain period with the team.
- Meal Allowances: Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers for tax-advantaged meal allowances.
- Mobility: Subsidized ‘Deutschlandticket’ for public transport.
- Employee Discount: Monthly coupon for Kaufland.de.
- Operating System Choice: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux.
- Professional Growth: Online language learning programs, diverse in-house training, automated 360-degree feedback, and covered costs for relevant conferences, training, and team workshops.
- Dynamic Culture: Flat hierarchies, a start-up mentality, an international team of over 65 nationalities, and the strength of the Schwarz Group to provide an agile and secure working environment.
- Team Integration: Digital onboarding, a buddy program, regular team and company events, all-hands meetings, and powerful mornings to connect with colleagues.
Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!
Application & Diversity
We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin color, 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! When applying, you can optionally include your pronouns in your resume.
We are interested in facts and figures, so no cover letters are needed. Feel free to share your Github profile with us in your application. As we have very international teams, we highly appreciate receiving your CV or profile link in English.
We look forward to your application!
Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG
Postal address:
Habsburgerring 2
50674 Köln
Contact Person
Verena Schilmann