(Junior) PHP Engineer (all genders)

Job Description

We operate the international online marketplaces of Kaufland: Several thousand sellers and millions of products make us one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. Ours is a dynamic corporate culture that merges a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We combine knowledge and many years of experience in e-commerce with flat hierarchies and a highly motivated team. 

We love flexibility! We offer you the best environment to work in a flexible and focused way: You get to decide whether you want to work in one of our offices in Cologne // Darmstadt // Düsseldorf, but also have the opportunity to work up to 100% remotely (within Germany). We want to offer you the most attractive workplace in e-commerce and maximum flexibility for your personal work-life balance. 

Day by day, our development team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. To enrich the lives of our customers, we collaborate in cross-functional teams. Learn about how they are structured and more details about our product areas here: https://kaufland-ecommerce.com/en/team/tech-en/.

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail

• As a (Junior) PHP Engineer (all genders), you proactively develop the Kaufland Marketplace and internal services further
• In our cross-functional, independent teams, you regularly work with colleagues from other disciplines to develop products that make our customers happy
• You learn about cutting-edge technologies and innovative processes and stay up-to-date on current trends in the engineering world
• In pair programming sessions, you have the opportunity to gain and share knowledge with your team and continuously learn new things
• You actively contribute in planning & building scalable and reliable software solutions

Your profile – this is what we expect from you

• You have an educational level that corresponds to completed university studies in (business) information technology, (business) engineering, mathematics, or physics, or you finished an IT-relevant apprenticeship, or you have equivalent professional experience
• Ideally, you have gained some previous insights into object-oriented programming, preferably with PHP, modern frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, or similar), and knowledge of relational databases (MySQL or similar)
• You understand clean coding principles and best practices to ensure sustainable, reliable, and extendable code
• You have the drive to continuously develop both yourself and your team further to become a little bit better every day
• You are passionate about what you do and have a strong interest in current e-commerce trends and developments
• You have excellent communication skills, are willing to embrace our company culture and values, and enjoy working in an international, English-speaking team

What we offer

• Create your own work-life balance: Work remotely or at one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf!
• Diversity and variety: An international environment with talents from over 55 different nations creates innovative and exciting perspectives
• Power meets dynamic: Flat hierarchies and start-up mentality meet the power of a big corporate group, providing you an agile and secure working environment
• Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it’s up to you
• We are team players: Our strong bond extends beyond our own team: we stay connected thanks to our many internal offerings, such as our digital onboarding program, our all-hands meetings, and regular team and company events
• Mental well-being: We support you with various initiatives on your personal and professional well-being journey!
• The future is digital: Develop the e-commerce of the future with us and work on a product with millions of users
• ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
• Urban Sports Club: Get top deals for fitness, team sports, yoga and more
• Personal & team growth: We love flexibility in terms of working location, but we also believe that personal interactions are important. That’s why we organise company events, and cover the costs to bring you there and to other (approved) get-togethers with your peers. The same applies to conferences and other learning opportunities. We want everybody to grow personally and professionally, as a team and as a company

Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!