• Design, develop and test new features for the platform while maintaining a consistently active technical role. • Maintain and improve the existing codebase, quickly fixing bugs and refactoring problematic code when needed. • Write clear, well-structured code based on separation of concerns and the project architecture, following the correct semantics of the team's subdomains. • Promote standards and best practices, balanced testing guided by the testing pyramid, and consistent code reviews to raise overall quality. • Lead research and experiments when tackling new and challenging requirements. • Perform complex tasks such as capacity planning, load testing and security improvements. • Conduct regular 1:1s, define and follow Individual Development Plans (IDPs), perform performance reviews and support team well-being and workload balance. • Structure and continuously improve team rituals: planning, daily stand-ups, reviews/demos and retrospectives, ensuring cadence and predictability. • Co-define the technical roadmap with Product, making decisions about trade-offs between scope, cost and delivery time, and ensuring alignment with company objectives. • Coordinate reliability initiatives (observability, performance, security) and execute risk-prone maintenance with planning and communication to minimize customer impact. • Define, measure and communicate team metrics (throughput, lead time, cycle time, quality, test coverage, availability, technical debt), using them for decision-making and coaching. • Lead incident response within the team's scope, coordinating people, prioritizing actions and ensuring clear communication with stakeholders. • Participate in recruiting/selection, onboarding and identification of future leaders.

Your tasks We are seeking passionate software engineers to join our dynamic team and contribute their expertise to our innovative projects in the e-commerce sector. Be a key player in shaping the future of food retailing at KoRo! - Develop high-scalability products using PHP hosted on a cloud-based infrastructure - Build and maintain the future of the KoRo e-commerce platform - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver new components and features - Contribute to architectural decisions and explore cutting-edge technologies - Share your knowledge with fellow developers, fostering team growth - Participate in discussions and planning for new features and roadmaps Your profile - At least 4 years of hands-on experience with modern PHP, and some of them with Symfony - Shopware experience is a plus, but not required - Proven track record in building scalable distributed products - Experience with software architecture principles, including asynchronous programming and message queue systems. - Proficiency with relational databases, MySQL preferred. - Fluent English communication skills, German is a plus but not mandatory - Based in Berlin or remote - we adapt to you! - Passion for crafting well-structured, efficient, and maintainable code - Open-minded and collaborative approach, thriving in agile, cross-functional teams What you can expect from us - Join a fast-growing and purpose-driven company that's shaping the future of food retail - Extensive onboarding to help you succeed in your role - Flexible working hours and hybrid or fully remote work setup - Modern office in Berlin Schöneberg + BVG public transport ticket fully covered - Subsidized fitness memberships (Urban Sports Club or FitX) - A modern MacBook and the tools you need to do your best work - Well-stocked office kitchen with snacks, fruit, tea, and coffee - 20% discount in the KoRo online store - Regular team events, from low-key lunches to epic company parties Sounds good? Then apply via our website, including all relevant documentation (CV & letter of motivation). We are looking for team members, not just workers. Let us know in a few sentences who you are and what motivates you!

• Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives • Work with your team to deliver new features, then use the results to iterate and improve. • Drive projects from initial ideation all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers • Embrace our open-source culture and contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team’s scope • Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning the reliability, performance, and availability • Be a part of your team’s on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re running • Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the team • Learn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of our cloud product and our customers and getting to know the codebase of a large distributed system

• Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives • Work with your team to deliver new features, then use the results to iterate and improve. • Drive projects from initial ideation all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers • Embrace our open-source culture and contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team’s scope • Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning the reliability, performance, and availability • Be a part of your team’s on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re running • Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the team • Learn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of our cloud product and our customers and getting to know the codebase of a large distributed system