Staff Engineer, Web & Application Architecture

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Serve as a facilitator for teams and projects, ensuring a sustainable and long-lasting architecture.

• Design and assess scalable architectures specifically for e-commerce, PIM, and CMS initiatives.

• Model domains and data structures while creating interfaces between the frontend, backend, shops, and ERP systems.

• Develop prototypes, perform architecture reviews during pull requests, and participate in pair programming activities.

• Enhance existing systems through migrations, refactoring, and performance improvements.

• Guarantee testability and maintainability throughout extended product lifecycles.

• Take ownership of core application components, reusable parts, and interfaces across projects.

• Contribute to shaping build, deployment, and infrastructure processes, encompassing containers, CI/CD, and cloud hosting.

• Promote AI-assisted development in collaboration with subject-matter experts.

• Define the technical target architecture, standards, and technology priorities in conjunction with the Chapter Lead and Staff Engineers.

• Act as a technical escalation point for Team Leads and developers on critical projects.

• Share knowledge through training, reviews, and technical exchange sessions.

• Clearly articulate technical concepts to clients and executive management, while supporting the professional growth of others.

⛳️ Requirements

• Multiple years of experience as a Senior or Lead Engineer in developing complex web applications.

• Strong proficiency in PHP and Symfony.

• Experience with the long-term development and stewardship of applications.

• Full-stack expertise, covering data modeling and interfaces all the way to the frontend.

• Familiarity with Node.js, TypeScript, and React.

• Experience with reusable cross-project components, baseline setups, bundles, shared libraries, and recurring modules.

• Knowledge of CI/CD, container environments, and cloud operations, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Experience with AI-assisted development and agentic workflows.

• Excellent English language skills.

• Proficient in German.

• Ideally, experience with Pimcore or in a digital agency setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent employment contract.

• Option for hybrid or fully remote work within Germany, Spain, or Austria.

• Flexible working hours that are family-friendly, with no weekend work.

• Exciting team events.

• Collaborate as part of an agile, focused team.

• Engage in diverse and independent work within a flat hierarchy and an environment of mutual trust.