Senior Software Engineer - Backend (all genders)

At flaconi, we believe that diversity fuels creativity, innovation and growth. It thrives in all its forms of beauty. Our team is a mosaic of individuals from different backgrounds, cultures and life journeys, all united by a shared passion for beauty. Our commitment is grounded in our core values, particularly #trustinpeople. We hold ourselves accountable for creating an environment where every employee feels honestly valued, heard and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives to foster belonging.

flaconi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes and encourages all qualified candidates from all backgrounds and identities, regardless of ethnicity, race, gender identity, migration background, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, or age to apply.

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Shape the future of our customer journey! As a Senior Backend Engineer (all genders), you'll be at the forefront of developing and refining critical customer flow and post-purchase experiences. Collaborating within a dynamic cross-functional team, you'll architect and build innovative, customer-centric solutions in the AWS cloud, directly impacting user satisfaction and our technical standards.

• Participate & Lead the development and continuous refinement of customer flow and post-purchase initiatives in a collaborative cross-functional team setting.
• Work closely with Product Owners, DevOps engineers, and stakeholders to design, develop, and optimize backend services for customer-facing solutions within an AWS cloud environment.
• Identify, overcome, and innovate around technical obstacles, ensuring seamless service functionality.
• Facilitate and drive technical discussions and decision-making processes within your team, always prioritizing customer impact and technical excellence.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical advancement among peers.
• Drive technical discussions and maintain a relentless focus on delivering high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code.

• 5+ years of proficient, hands-on expertise in Node.js / Python, with a strong understanding and deep mastery of backend development principles. Prior experience with PHP is highly advantageous and considered a significant asset.
• Proven excellence in designing and developing complex, distributed systems, ideally within highly scalable cloud environments.
• Solid experience with serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS DynamoDB, S3, Step Functions, or other cloud-native services (e.g., GCP, Azure).
• Deep understanding and experience integrating test automation at various levels (unit, integration, E2E) into your development workflow.
• Database experience with both NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB) and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) in cloud environments.
• Understanding of message queuing systems (e.g., Kafka, SQS, SNS) for building event-driven architectures.
• Excellent communication skills, paired with a proactive, positive, and solution-oriented mindset.
• A strong sense of ownership and drive to tackle challenges pragmatically and efficiently.
• You are passionate about e-commerce and staying up to date with the latest advancements to ensure your skills remain cutting-edge and impactful.

• Full transparency: For this role, we have a salary band between 75,000€ and 95,000€ gross per year. The salary that we will offer you will always be within this span and is based on the skills that you show during the recruitment process.
• Our employees matter to us: We offer you a permanent contract and will cover the costs for your BVG or Deutschland ticket.
• Work-life balance: 29 vacation days plus 2 additional days off on the 24th and 31st December, flexible working hours, up to three days of working from home a week and the possibility of a paid sabbatical.
• flaconi Academy: Actively shape your own career path by taking advantage of our internal and external training opportunities.
• We care about your well being: We want to support you also during difficult times. For this, we offer you and your close relatives counseling sessions with mental health professionals.
• flaconi Fitness: a wide range of sports options & discounts on memberships.
• Family first: Our “emergency-daycare” is there for you in out-of-the-ordinary situations to look after your child on site at our office.
• Thinking about tomorrow together: flaconi subsidizes your savings contribution to the company pension scheme with an additional 20%.
• A comfortable working space with everything you need: High end technical equipment, fruits and drinks, no dress code and dogs are welcome in our office!
• Other perks: Great discounts in our online shop as well with our partner companies, cool team events & company parties!

About flaconi

flaconi is one of Germany’s leading online beauty retailers with an extensive portfolio of almost 1000 brands and 50.000 products. From drugstore over organic cosmetics to premium and luxury, the online shops in Germany, France, Austria, Poland and Switzerland cover all product segments and offers a diverse selection of products for a unique and daily beauty routine.

Founded in 2011 as one of the first online perfumeries, flaconi is honored to work with more than 700 people from 60 different nations at the flaconi headquarters in Berlin-Charlottenburg and its fulfillment center in Halle.

Shape our company’s success with us and apply now online! We look forward to receiving your complete application documents including your earliest starting date.

flaconi will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source (e.g. recruitment agency) other than directly from a candidate.

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