Senior Java Engineer (f/m/d)

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kfzteile24 is Germany's leading digital company for car parts and automotive equipment. We own successful online shops such as kfzteile24.de, autoteile24.de, and carpardoo across multiple European countries, and we provide expert advice, a wide range of products, and fast, reliable deliveries to ensure mobility for our customers.

What we offer

• Permanent employment contract and 30 days vacation
• Possibility of home office 3 days a week
• Internal and external training opportunities
• Up to 50% employee discount in our branches and workshops
• Various health and sport offers (e.g. Bike‑Leasing, VDU glasses)
• Additional benefits such as language courses via Babbel, company pension plan, and corporate benefits

Your responsibility

• Design, develop, and operate Java‑based backend services that power our e‑commerce and logistics platforms
• Own features end‑to‑end from architecture to deployment and monitoring in AWS
• Optimize our systems for performance, scalability and availability, especially in high‑traffic situations like Black Friday
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams (Product, QA, DevOps) to deliver the best customer experience
• Bring in your ideas to shape our technical landscape, challenge the status quo, and support our continuous improvement culture
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate engineering standards across the team

Your skills

• At least 5 years of hands‑on backend development experience, ideally in Java (Spring Boot preferred)
• Strong knowledge of cloud‑native architectures and AWS services (e.g. ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB)
• Solid understanding of microservices, event‑driven systems, and RESTful API design
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (e.g. GitHub Actions, Terraform)
• Strong sense of ownership and quality: you write clean, tested, maintainable code and think beyond just "getting it done"
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative team spirit
• Previous work in agile, cross‑functional product teams
• Fluent in English; German is a strong plus

Bonus Skills

• Experience in e‑commerce or logistics environments
• Familiarity with observability tools like New Relic or Grafana

Apply now!

If you would like to be part of our motivated IT‑Team, apply now for the position of Senior Java Engineer (f/m/d) , stating your salary expectations and your earliest starting date. For questions, please contact Irina Ring at .

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