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Teamlead Engineering – Supply Tech (all genders)

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Hybrid | Hamburg, Germany | Experienced

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Teamlead Engineering – Supply Tech (all genders) – Hamburg, Germany

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About our Product & Tech Department

Our mission is to digitize the classic shopping stroll, turning it into a personalized, inspiring experience for every customer. Technology and data sit at the center of everything we build. We are not a fashion company with a tech team on the side. Tech drives our product, our strategy, and our growth.
Our proprietary tech stack powers our own shops and SCAYLE, our commerce infrastructure solution that serves over 350 brands globally. Same foundation, bigger stage. The challenges keep things interesting.

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What To Expect

Take full ownership of our core backend applications, defining and communicating a “north star” for a scalable, performant architecture capable of handling complex business logic.
Guide the team through complex technical challenges, like rewriting a large-scale, custom-built middleware, by breaking projects down into incremental, manageable steps.
Partner with the Product Lead to balance the roadmap between mission-critical business features and technical goals such as reducing technical debt and moving toward standardized technologies.
Challenge business requirements and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure both technical sustainability and commercial value are addressed.
Mentor and coach Backend Engineers to simplify system complexity while growing their skills and advancing their careers.
Lead the hiring and onboarding of engineering talent capable of navigating legacy-to-modern transitions.
Serve as the primary technical contact for the unit, ensuring continuous alignment on shared backend architecture, API schemas, and integration contracts.
Research and propose modern technologies—particularly in message queuing, data normalization, and observability.

Who You Are

Proven track record of successfully executing "Strangler Fig" migrations or similar legacy-to-modern architectural shifts.
Deep experience with high-volume data pipelines, normalization, and message queues like SQS or RabbitMQ.
Strong proponent of industry standards with experience dismantling over-engineered custom frameworks in favor of maintainable patterns.
Ability to manage complex project timelines and backlogs within high-pressure, fast-paced e-commerce environments.
Expert mindset regarding logging, tracing, and monitoring to improve system visibility and reduce issue resolution times.
Passionate about people development, mentoring, and fostering a culture where engineers thrive.

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A Place Where You Can Be You

We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter. What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and a fairer approach to fashion.