Lead Software Engineer - Python

About momox

Amazing work happens when everyone enjoys the journey. This is why we at momox, Europe's leading online buying-and-selling service for books, CDs, movies, games, and fashion do everything to set you up for success. We know that your ideas grow best in a challenging environment where a team of passionate professionals from diverse backgrounds come together to think outside the box.

Our Mission

We are on a mission to save our planet - one second hand product at a time. Join our momox team in our Berlin headquarter as a Lead Software Engineer (m/f/d) and bring our IT teams forward. Learn more about working in our IT teams in this VIDEO.

Your Mission

• Professional and disciplinary leadership of a group of up to 10 developers
• Further development of the technical vision and strategy
• Promotion of a self-organized and independent way of working in the product teams
• Support of the product teams in the conception of the software architecture (team-internal, across teams)
• Optimization and further development of our CI and CD processes
• Drive new topics forward and support in critical projects

Your Profile

• Several years of experience in developing software, ideally with Python and JavaScript, as well as MySQL/Mongo DB databases
• Ideally, you have worked with one of the front-end technologies React, Angular, VueJS or Backbone
• First management experience with an agile leadership style, ideally with employee responsibility
• Know-how of Docker and Kubernetes, experience with Cloud Services (GCP, AWS) and continuous delivery
• Experience with agile methods like Scrum or Kanban
• Comprehensive experience in the conception and implementation of agile and scalable software architecture (Domain Driven Design, UML)
• Excellent communication and team skills, as well as fluent English skills
• Training or study in the IT field (e.g. IT specialist, or comparable knowledge)

You Can Look Forward To

• Exciting tasks and challenges in the center of Berlin
• Use 10% of your time for your passion projects: One day of a 14-day sprint is yours! Personal development, your own projects or learning new technologies – it’s up to you!
• Work in an agile environment (Scrum) with flat hierarchies
• Be part of a motivated, open-minded team and bring in new impulses
• We support you in creating open source projects
• Grow with space and budget for your professional development
• Enjoy a good work-life-balance with flexible working hours
• Prefer a MacBook or a Lenovo Thinkpad? Get your preferred hardware and Bose noise-canceling headphones
• Benefit from a discounted public transport ticket, shopping vouchers for our medimops.de shop, yoga and workout sessions, team events etc.
• Work in the best conditions with perks like an open space office, height-adjustable desks, table football, PS4, free snacks, fruit, drinks, coffee, etc.
• Join a company with a sustainable business model – “We give used goods a new home”