Senior Backend Engineer - Fulfillment Services (all genders)

ABOUT YOU is one of Europe’s fastest growing e-commerce companies. Based in Hamburg and Berlin, we operate at the intersection of fashion and technology. Our mission is to rethink online shopping and make it personal and seamless. This takes more than good ideas. It takes people who take initiative and challenge the status quo. We believe in flat hierarchies, direct communication, and pragmatic decisions. No long approval chains. Just ownership, trust, and clear responsibility. We work hard, but we also believe in enjoying the ride together - over team lunches, afterwork drinks, company events, or a quick coffee in between meetings. If this sounds like you, ABOUT YOU could be the right place to bring in your perspective.
Our Fulfillment Tech Team is responsible for efficient and stable system solutions connecting our internal systems with external logistics driven systems, e.g. warehouse management systems and carrier connections. With a great sense for logistical business processes and deep knowledge of our systems they ensure the processing of thousands of parcels per day and a smooth customer experience across the whole order flow with focus on the delivery process.
Translate business challenges into scalable technical solutions, collaborating with product managers and other engineers to ensure high-quality design, planning, and delivery
Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs (internal and external) that power fast, reliable, and frictionless backend services
Apply modern agile methodologies and XP practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), pair programming, and continuous integration
Continuously learn and experiment - exploring new technologies, improving system reliability, and evolving our architecture for performance and maintainability
Contribute your ideas and take ownership - we value creativity, flat hierarchies, and quick decision-making that empowers engineers to make an impact
Technical Skills:
Strong, hands-on experience with PHP (Laravel)
Proven experience in designing and developing distributed, high-traffic / high-load backend systems
Solid experience with AWS services, especially Fargate/K8S,, S3, SNS/SQS, RDS, and Redis
Deep understanding of SQL performance optimization, including efficient query design, data types, indexing strategies, and schema optimization
Demonstrated ability to own services end-to-end - from development and automated testing to deployment, monitoring, and incident response
Strong skills in breaking down complex technical challenges into manageable, maintainable, and easily deployable components
Soft Skills:
Hands-on, Self-motivated, responsible, passionate and eager to learn
Can perform complex technical tasks independently
Can handle pressure in critical situations (e.g. technical emergencies) by remaining calm and finding pragmatic solutions and clearly communicating these
To be a multiplier of team efforts, ensuring that the results of team work are as expected and are technically sound
Being able to write bullet proof technical concepts based on business requirements
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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.