Lead Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders)
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Lead Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders)
SCAYLE
Onsite | Hamburg or Berlin, Germany | Experienced
About SCAYLE
SCAYLE stands for innovation, international collaboration, and a strong focus on data. We believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone and making bold decisions is key to growing both professionally and personally. Instead of seeing problems as obstacles, we approach them as opportunities to find better solutions. We work in an environment that encourages flexibility, creativity, and continuous development. What drives us is the shared motivation to make an impact and actively shape the future of eCommerce.
What To Expect
- Build complex, highly scalable technical solutions in close collaboration with the Tech Lead and Product Lead/Product Manager
- Define architectural decisions and ensure the delivery of reliable, state-of-the-art products
- Lead and mentor a world-class engineering team, collaborating with Product Managers, QAs, and Designers to ship new components and features
- Champion best practices in agentic engineering, efficiently leveraging modern AI tooling
- Work within a dynamic, international, and agile environment (SCRUM/Kanban) characterized by flat hierarchies and very short decision-making processes
Who You Are
- 10+ years of total experience, with at least 5–6 years as a Backend Developer
- Proven experience in leading or mentoring team members
- Extensive experience in modern backend web development, particularly with PHP 8+ in scalable, high-load environments
- Deep expertise in frameworks like Symfony and Laravel, adhering to best practices for building scalable applications
- Strong proficiency in MySQL and Redis
- Deep understanding of engineering principles and software architecture, including event-driven architecture
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS, as well as managing deployment pipelines (e.g., GitLab or similar tools)
- Fluent written and spoken English communication skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Golang or exposure to Generative AI (GenAI) and related technologies is a plus
Salary Range
85k - 95k €
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
- Be part of a team that shapes the future of eCommerce
About the Company
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.
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ABOUT YOU is one of the fastest growing eCommerce companies in Europe and Hamburg’s first unicorn with a value of more than USD 1 billion. Our newest product the ABOUT YOU CLOUD a Infrastructure for High Scale eCommerce; ABOUT YOU CLOUD is an api based and enterprise ready infrastructure solution. Designed for ambitious eCommerce companies with +100m revenue.As a fashion and technology corporation, along with our strong team, our ambition is to digitalize the classic shopping stroll by creating an inspiring and personalized shopping experience on the smartphone. This is why we created ABOUT YOU, a shopping destination where people can discover fashion that really fits their personality from a range of more than 1.200 brands. With its consistent focus on personalization, inspiration and mobile shopping, ABOUT YOU has created sales in excess of €461 million in the fifth fiscal year 2018/19 and is now one of the largest fashion e-tailers in Germany.5 years old — 7 markets in 4 years 461 million EUR revenue in fiscal year 2018/19 > 1 billion USD company value > 500 employees from over 30 nationalitiesShort Video about us:www.youtube.com/... _continue=1&v=acYbrTxdZtIaboutyou.com&cloud.aboutyou.com
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