ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG
E-Commerce
BackendEngineer-SupplyTech
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“Backend Engineer - Supply Tech at ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG. Skills: Backend Development, API Development, AWS. Build high-traffic web applications. Build internal RESTful API”
Industry & Context.
Performance optimization
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Excellent coding skills in PHP 8, Experience in designing and implementing E2E, integration & unit tests, Expertise in designing, securing, and scaling RESTful APIs, Experience working with AWS, Experience working with Git, Experience working with Valkey, Hand-on Experience with relational database design, Hand-on Experience with performance optimization, Experience with MySQL 8, Ready to work in an English-speaking environment
Nice to Have
Experience with SQS, Experience with ECS Fargate, Experience with YII 1. 1
What You'll Do.
Build high-traffic web applications
Build internal RESTful API
Build external RESTful API
Build Background Jobs
Engage in decisions on application architecture
Explore new technologies
Lead technical conception of features
Support business processes
Take full ownership of features
Ensure features run smoothly in production
Be responsible for feature health
Be responsible for feature performance
Be responsible for feature maintainability
Ship code using CI/CD Pipeline
Learn from other developers
Present ideas in Tech talks
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Pragmatic agile team; Highly skilled team
Communication Scope
Tech talks
Process & Methodology
Agile
Full Job Description
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 Purchasing Interface Team is the main system for the operational processes of our buying, procurement, private label & fotostudio business teams. * Build high-traffic web applications with PHP (Laravel) * Build internal & external RESTful API as well as Background Jobs (peak times: > 1 million jobs per hour) * Engage in decisions like application architecture, together with the Lead Engineer, and explore new technologies * Lead the technical conception of features that support a newly designed business process. * Take full ownership of the features you build, from the initial code commit to ensuring they run smoothly in production. You'll be responsible for their health, performance, and long-term maintainability. * Ship code with confidence multiple times a day using our CI/CD Pipeline (Gitlab) to our hosting platform (AWS Elastic Container Service) * Monitor applications with industry-standard tools (Datadog, Sentry) through Dashboards & Alerting * Learn from other developers in a highly skilled team and present your ideas in our regular Tech talks * Join a pragmatic agile team that values shipping quality code over the full SCRUM ceremony ## Qualifications * Excellent coding skills in PHP 8 (Laravel) * Experience in designing and implementing
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