Backend Engineer - Commerce (f/m/x)

Backend Engineering · Remote, Portugal

HEY THERE!

We are Mercedes-Benz.io. Our mission is to ignite and build the digital solutions for Mercedes-Benz by forming a tribe of digital enthusiasts that drive Mercedes-Benz digital future.

Therefore, we offer 100% flexibility! You can choose if you want to work from your mobile office in Portugal, or from our offices in Lisbon or Braga. It's up to each of us to decide according to our needs.

We don’t care about your shoes, as long as you are wearing the right attitude. At Mercedes-Benz.io we walk the talk and make things happen. We do not digitize for the sake of being digital but for a better tomorrow for our customers. That’s not our job; it’s our passion. Therefore, we love to reflect and challenge everything – the status quo, Mercedes-Benz, and ourselves. We share the same beliefs and stand up for each other and this is why we hire unique people to join our Tribe of digital enthusiasts.

WHAT IS COMMERCE?

At Mercedes-Benz.io, our E-Commerce team focus specifically on the purchasing phase of the customer journey and is dedicated to providing a seamless and luxurious digital sales experience for our customers around the world.

As an integral part of Mercedes-Benz's digital transformation, we lay the foundation for reshaping sales strategies and business processes. Our cloud-based SAP Commerce platform serves as the technological core of our online sales solutions, which we design, operate, and maintain.

With a focus on innovation and customer satisfaction, our program helps Mercedes-Benz stay ahead of the automotive industry, providing customers with the best possible digital buying experience. By working closely with our customers, we ensure that we understand their needs and continuously improve our solutions. If you're passionate about E-Commerce and digital transformation, we are thrilled to welcome you in our team to shape the future of automotive sales.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

Be responsible for the creation and further development of state-of-the-art software that supports Mercedes-Benz business;
Create and maintain micro-services based web applications in Kotlin / Java;
Collaborate in a cross-functional team and other teams on backend related topics;
Live and breathe DevOps principles to create, test and deploy backend solutions;
Discuss problems and achieve solutions in pragmatic ways;
Support the design of software and system architectures in the creation of technical specifications based on known and proven software design patterns. You can demonstrate your demand on highest quality standards and innovative know-how by continually improving and supplementing the software with unit tests and hardening it with the latest security standards.

TO SUCCEED YOU NEED

A BSc or MsC degree in a computer related field
At least 4 years of professional experience in Kotlin or Java programming language or similar language
To write multi-threaded, high-volume transactional code as well as having experience in developing large scale websites
Deep knowledge and experience in Spring, Spring Webflux / MVC, Spring Cloud, Design patterns, simple design and RESTful Services
Experience with source control management (Git), as well as with build tools like Maven and Gradle
Experience with tools like JUnit or Mockito complements your development expertise
To understand complex business-logical challenges and finding simplicity-seeking solutions
To be open to new technologies and modern software development methodologies
Knowledge about CI/CD and build & deploy automation
Comfortable with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
To be constantly looking for new learnings
To have a way of working that is characterized by team spirit, excellent communication skills in English and high quality standards set to yourself for the artifacts produced

OUR TECHNOLOGY STACK

We use the most advanced software solutions, tools and architectures:

Kotlin / Java together with Spring Framework for the development of cloud native web services
Amazon Web Services as IaaS
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) as CaaS
Datadog for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Logging

YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH

Open source software
No top-down hierarchy. We trust in your self-organization
Colleagues that are as smart, hardworking and driven as you
An amazing open-minded and informal culture with the backup of a giant company like Mercedes-Benz
iPhone, MacBook Pro or Dell (your choice) and noise-cancelling headphones
Health insurance for you and your family
Life insurance
Proactive self-development in international Trainings and Conferences
Language Training courses
Wellbeing actions (massages, nutrition sessions, happy hour and more)
Brand Connection Perks
Much more cool stuff …

THIS IS WHAT OUR PROCESS LOOKS LIKE

Screening call with our recruiter to get to know your motivation & your experience 
Technical challenge to be solved at home
Technical interview of 1,5h
Final Interview of 1h
Offer

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT US

Mercedes-Benz.io develops software and technology for the digital platforms of Mercedes-Benz. Our main products are the Mercedes-Benz Website worldwide, the e-commerce platform, digital services and aftersales solutions.

We have a fantastic team with people from all over the world. We encourage frequent collaboration and pairing across disciplines. English is the main working language.

Mercedes-Benz.io is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that diverse experiences and a broad collective perspective lead to a better company culture and better products.

Interested in engaging with a continuously evolving company to work hard, play hard and party hard? If so, please send your resumé (in English and PDF).

THE RECRUITING TEAM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR APPLICATION

Feel free to contact for further information and answers to your questions.

mbio_recruitment@mercedes-benz.com

We care about you

Hardware of choice

Are you team Mac or team Dell? You can be on either team and get the hardware of your choice.

Health insurance

Health insurance for MB.ioneers, their spuse and children.* (*until they are 25 years old. Children with disabilities of 60% or more will still be covered if they are over 25 years old.)

Sick leave support

Social security does not pay for the first three days of sick absences. We got your back on this one!

Lunch allowance

We support your quality time with colleagues during lunch with a little allowance.

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