Permanent contract, Full or Part-Time, Remote or Cologne / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf / Berlin
We are the tech powerhouse behind Kaufland’s international online marketplaces and a company within the Schwarz Group. Driven by a start-up mentality and working on an equal footing within flat hierarchies, we develop the best marketplace solutions for our customers, sellers and partners. #FromEuropeForEurope
Day by day, our Tech & Product Team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. Through innovative technical developments, they not only create an outstanding shopping experience but also lay the foundation for an optimal selling experience for our sellers. Learn more about our division, areas, and cross-functional teams here!
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You will work across diverse platforms and technologies, adapting flexibly to the needs of each project and contributing to high-quality mobile experiences
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Together with your experienced cross-functional team, you will tackle complex challenges and continuously improve existing features in close collaboration with backend and frontend engineers
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You will take ownership of the entire feature lifecycle – from concept and design to implementation, testing, release, and monitoring in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
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As part of the Kaufland e-commerce module within our successful retail app, you will align with peers on best practices while enhancing development workflows and application architecture
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Collaborating closely with product managers and designers, you will help shape data-driven, hypothesis-based product experiences that create real value for our users
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With your expertise, you will help scale and strengthen the mobile engineering team, fostering a culture of learning, quality, and collaboration
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You also bring fresh ideas, innovative solutions, and new technologies to continuously improve our mobile application lifecycle
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You have solid experience in core mobile development languages such as Swift and Kotlin, combined with a strong understanding of modern mobile engineering practices
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You possess a deep understanding of SOLID and DRY principles, which you apply thoughtfully in your everyday work
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You have hands-on experience with architecture patterns like MVVM, MVP, and VIPER, and the ability to select the right approach for each project
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You have experience building and maintaining projects in a modular architecture setup
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You feel comfortable working with and debugging large, complex codebases, ensuring stability and scalability
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You have a DevOps mindset, taking shared responsibility for operating, monitoring, and maintaining high-quality software
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You feel driven to improve processes continuously and are focused on long-term, sustainable solutions
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You have a strong grasp of TDD/BDD principles and a commitment to building clean, well-tested, and maintainable code
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You possess a customer-focused mindset — delivering results quickly while making sound, forward-looking technical decisions
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You are experienced working in an agile development environment (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and are passionate about effective collaboration
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You are fluent in English (C1) and enjoy working in a dynamic, international environment
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Create your own work-life balance: You have the flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or in Berlin!
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Do you want to move to Germany? No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start.
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Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios: Get top deals for fitness, swimming, yoga and more
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Mental Well-Being: We support you on your well-being journey with special offerings such as Instahelp, the digital platform for online psychological counseling
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Vacation & Sabbatical: Enjoy 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity to take a sabbatical once you have been part of the team for a certain period!
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Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Buy Pluxee vouchers through us and benefit from tax-advantaged meal allowances!
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‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
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Employee Discount: You will receive a monthly coupon for Kaufland.de
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Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it's up to you
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Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning programs, diverse in-house training, and our automated 360-degree feedback. We cover the costs for relevant conferences, training opportunities, and approved team workshops to strengthen personal interactions
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This is who we are: Our dynamic culture combines flat hierarchies, a start-up mentality, an international team of over 65 nationalities, and the strength of the Schwarz Group to provide you an agile and secure working environment.
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We are team players: From day one, you will connect not only with your team but also with others through our digital onboarding journey, the buddy program, and regular team and company events, all-hands meetings, powerful mornings, and much more!
Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!
We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt (German Diversity Charter) – because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. Read more here! When applying, you can optionally include your pronouns in your resume.
Why are you the perfect fit for this position?
Don't bother with cover letters - we're interested in facts and figures! Feel free to share your Github profile with us in your application.
As we have very international teams, we would highly appreciate it to receive your CV or profile link in English.
We are looking forward to your application!
Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG
Postal address:
Habsburgerring 2
50674 Köln
Your contact person: Kristina Heymann
