Teamlead Engineering (m/w/d) - App & Web - onsite in Hamburg or Berlin

Teamlead Engineering (m/w/d) - App & Web - onsite in Hamburg or Berlin

Join us as a skilled Teamlead Engineering (m/w/d) to assume leadership responsibilities and support us in building the fastest & most intuitive shopping app using a brand-new tech stack onsite in Hamburg or Berlin.

The App & Web Team constantly improves the App, Mobile Website and Desktop Website. These big‑scale products are each visited by over 11M active users every month . The team’s focus is on providing our customers the most inspiring, convenient, intuitive, and easy‑to‑use shopping experience and consistently raising the bar of what is “state of the art” in customer‑facing products.

Key Technologies

• JavaScript
• React
• Node.js
• TypeScript

What You Will Do

• Guide the team through complex technical challenges, breaking down large projects into manageable tasks and ensuring timely, high‑quality delivery of new e‑commerce features.
• Mentor and coach Frontend Developers and QA Engineers, helping them grow their technical skills and advance their careers.
• Act as the key technical partner to the Teamlead Product to align engineering effort with business goals, product vision, and user experience requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical contact person for the team and maintain clear alignment with Tech Leads from other teams regarding shared backend architecture, API schemas, and integration contracts.
• Define and communicate the technical roadmap and architecture for the ABOUT YOU website application, ensuring scalability, performance, and security, especially during peak e‑commerce traffic.
• Ensure the team’s technical strategy and delivery methods are aligned with the overall vision set by the App & Web Tech Lead.
• Own monitoring and optimization of the website’s Core Web Vitals and overall application performance, collaborating with operations to ensure high availability and fast load times.
• Take technical ownership of the website application, ensuring short‑ and long‑term maintainability, technology stack health, and adherence to company‑wide standards.
• Actively participate in hiring, interviewing, and onboarding new engineering talent.
• Research, evaluate, and propose new technologies and tools that can improve the customer experience or development efficiency.
• Proactively identify and prioritize technical debt with the Product Lead, balancing feature development and platform longevity.

Who You Are

• 6+ years of programming experience in UI or Web development.
• First experience of leading a discipline or professional team is a plus.
• Exceptional problem‑solving and algorithmic thinking skills, with a deep understanding of software design patterns and clean code principles.
• Expert‑level knowledge and practical experience building modern, scalable web applications using React, TypeScript, and advanced CSS/styling techniques.
• Proven experience in analyzing and optimizing website performance, including deep knowledge of browser rendering, bundling, and techniques to achieve Best‑in‑class Core Web Vitals, using tools such as DataDog or similar.
• Good understanding of API design principles (e.g., REST, GraphQL) and experience architecting robust, efficient data flow between front‑end and back‑end services.
• Good working knowledge of Node.js for modern front‑end toolchains, build processes, and potential BFF services.
• Demonstrated ability to define and implement a robust testing strategy across unit, integration, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Hands‑on experience maintaining CI pipelines for continuous code quality and stable releases.
• Act as a mentor who inspires engineers to prioritize continuous growth and learning while maintaining high team productivity.
• Demonstrate proactive self‑drive and full accountability for the team’s commitments, technical outcomes, and continuous improvement.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing or deeply understanding the nuances of hosting your own application infrastructure (e.g., cloud providers, containerization).
• Basic understanding of database concepts and how they interact with the application layer.
• Direct experience working on high‑traffic e‑commerce platforms, understanding the unique challenges of inventory, checkout, and personalization at scale.
• Hands‑on experience automating development/QA workflows using AI tools.

Benefits

• Frisches Obst täglich
• Sportkurse
• Freier Zutritt zu code.talks
• Exklusive Mitarbeiter‑Rabatte
• Kostenlose Getränke
• Sprachkurse
• Kostenloser Laracasts‑Account
• Company‑Events
• Relocation-Unterstützung
• Mobilitätszuschlag
• State‑of‑the‑Art-Technologien
• Zentrale Lage
• Betriebliche Altersvorsorge
• Hund erlaubt
• AY Academy
• Feedback‑kultur
• Firmenfahrrad

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology – Internet Marketplace Platforms

We take responsibility for creating an inclusive and exceptional environment where all genders, nationalities and ethnicities feel welcomed and accepted exactly as they are. We believe that a diverse workforce essentially contributes to the ABOUT YOU culture. In order to maintain talent and diversity, we emphasize the care for physical health, mental health and overall well‑being. Our values and work ethics essentially contribute to our brand mission: empower acceptance and shape an inclusive, fair and circular fashion culture.

We look forward to receiving your application – preferably via our online application portal!