Staff Engineer, Retail (m/f/d)

Role overview

This staff-level engineering position sits within an IT development team that powers retail experiences in the pharmaceutical sector. The role belongs to a frontend engineering function and contributes to customer-facing platforms operated from Cologne, Germany.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for frontend systems powering retail pharmacy experiences
• Drive architectural decisions across web platforms and shared engineering components
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering quality standards across the team
• Collaborate with product, design, and back-end teams to deliver reliable customer journeys
• Champion performance, accessibility, and maintainability across the retail stack

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a senior or staff frontend engineer
• Strong proficiency with modern frontend frameworks and the JavaScript or TypeScript ecosystems
• Track record of leading complex, customer-facing web applications at scale
• Ability to influence architecture across multiple teams and align stakeholders

Benefits and work setup

• Permanent full-time contract based in Cologne, Germany
• 40 scheduled hours per week
• Hybrid working arrangement within the engineering organization