Staff Engineer, Checkout Platform

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

Responsibilities:

  • Design and build Redcare Pharmacy’s future headless checkout platform
  • Create scalable, channel-independent checkout capabilities from technical discovery and design through implementation and production
  • Define APIs, domain boundaries and integration patterns
  • Make pragmatic decisions on scalability, reliability, security, observability and maintainability
  • Collaborate with Checkout, Payment and dependent teams on technical decisions and integration contracts
  • 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
  • Experience working in a greenfield/0-to-1 environment
  • 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 individually arranged work location and up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU
  • Urban Sports Club membership (M package)
  • Fully costed Deutschland Ticket
  • 10% employee discount on over-the-counter, beauty and personal care products in the online store
  • 20% discount on nu3
  • Individual development support through in-house and external training
  • Company pension scheme
  • Dedicated external consultant for pension guidance and advice