Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with. If our Guiding Stars resonate with you, we encourage you to consider joining our team.
- Drive Results: We think big, work smart, and execute fast to transform the future of commerce
- Cultivate Belonging: We welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences, driving positive change through inclusion and teamwork
- Champion Customers: We go the extra mile for our customers to help them unlock their full potential
- Adapt Boldly: We’re curious and innovative, we take risks and grow from our failures
The Opportunity:
As a Senior Software Engineer - SDK Development, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing our existing SDK, ensuring that it remains a powerful and user-friendly tool for developers interacting with the commercetools platform. You will be part of the Developer Tooling team, and join a group of experienced software engineers, working closely with support, product teams, and SDK users to deliver a world class developer experience.Our engineers are part of vertical teams working closely with Product Managers and other software engineers.
You will work within the respective domain and also contribute to the core of our product while engaging with our Open Source libraries where needed. Even more important than your technical qualification: You want to join and learn from a skilled, agile team that believes in having fun, giving back to the community, and collaborating in an open, supportive environment! Sounds good?
This role offers a hybrid work environment with three days a week in our local office.
Your Mission:
- Work collaboratively with a high degree of autonomy in a group of international peers on a rapidly growing product using cutting-edge technologies
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our Java SDK and related observability, ensuring it is high-quality, user-friendly, and meet the needs of internal and external users
- Collaborate closely with support, product, and engineering teams to gather feedback, address issues, and ensure the SDKs and related observability are aligned with the overall product roadmap
- Engage with SDK users, providing support, gathering feedback, and supporting the existing developer community
- Have the opportunity to contribute to some of our open-source projects, their documentation, and releases
- Have dedicated time to experiment with new technologies and ideas (known as Exchange & Exploration time) and a professional development budget to support your growth
- Have the chance to attend and speak at conferences and meetups, write articles, and share your knowledge with the broader developer community
What you need to succeed:
- Strong proficiency in Java development with a deep understanding of object-oriented programming principles
- Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining SDKs or libraries
- Experience working with REST and GraphQL APIs
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Experience with Git and version control best practices
- Be able to speak English fluently to work in an international environment
- Experience with different levels of testing (unit, integration, etc.)
- Ability to bring your ideas and be proactive in proposing solutions and improvements to the codebase and high-level problems
- Ability to weigh trade-offs through discussions working within a cross-functional team
Nice to have:
- Experience with technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of different software design patterns
- Experience with performance optimization and tuning
- A passion for clean code and high standards for quality assurance, including code review, testing, and code linting
- An eye for documentation and a willingness to share your knowledge with others
- A collaborative and open-minded team player who is passionate about building great products
- A mindset to continuously learn and actively improve our work environment and product
We care about your growth and well-being
💰 Competitive Compensation Package:
Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks
☀️ Workation:
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p to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country, with 20 working days per trip
💻 Learning & Development Budget
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Academy:
Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses🙌
Our Benefits:
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Flexibility:
Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees🚀
Mindset & Growth:
A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment
Come grow with us!
We are all different and that is what makes us stronger! We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company better.commercetools celebrates being a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal
opportunity
employer
. If your professional profile aligns with our specific hiring requirements and Guiding Stars, we encourage you to apply. We will assess your competencies, future potential, approach to learning and self-development and passion, and not your age, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, genetics, or disabilities.
