Staff Engineer, Checkout Platform

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Staff Engineer building Redcare Pharmacy’s Java-based headless checkout platform. Shaping architecture, APIs, and distributed commerce foundations for Redcare Pharmacy, Europe’s leading e-pharmacy.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and evolve the Core Commerce Services platform
  • Create scalable, channel-independent checkout capabilities from technical discovery and design through production
  • Define APIs, domain boundaries, and integration patterns
  • Make decisions around scalability, reliability, security, observability, and maintainability
  • Align technical decisions and integration contracts across Checkout, Payment, and dependent teams
  • Maintain clear ownership boundaries across engineering domains
  • Mentor engineers through pairing, design discussions, code reviews, and technical feedback
  • Raise engineering standards across the team
  • Partner with Product to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
  • Establish foundations for AI-powered assistants, agentic commerce, and emerging channels

Requirements:

  • Strong Java and backend engineering expertise
  • Experience designing and building backend services, platforms, and large-scale distributed systems
  • Hands-on production coding experience
  • Staff/Principal-level experience or equivalent senior technical leadership
  • Strong system design and architecture capabilities
  • Ability to take significant technical ownership with a high level of autonomy
  • Comfort working in greenfield/0-to-1 environments
  • Ability to explore options, evaluate trade-offs, and make pragmatic technical decisions
  • Strong track record of mentoring engineers and leading through influence
  • Experience with headless or traditional checkout, order management, SaaS/platform engineering, e-commerce, or marketplaces is a plus, not a requirement

Benefits:

  • Work from home arrangement, including working anywhere in the EU for up to 20 days per year
  • Urban Sports Club membership (M package)
  • Fully costed Deutschland Ticket
  • 10% employee discount on over-the-counter, beauty and personal care products
  • 20% discount on nu3
  • In-house and external training opportunities
  • Company pension scheme
  • Dedicated external pension consultant