Backend Developer - 2 Openings in Köln bei CheMondis GmbH

CheMondis is the world’s leading B2B online marketplace for the chemical industry – the 4th largest industry in the world with sales of € 5 trillion. Backed by Lanxess, we’re a corporate spin-out with the DNA of a start-up and an international, intensely motivated and ambitious team of go-getters on a mission to build CheMondis into a global B2B tech champion.

... coding, CheMondis will be love at first sight.

Join us as a Backend Developer and be part of our agile, cross-functional and growing international team. You will drive the ongoing development and enhancement of the CheMondis marketplace, leveraging our five years of progress and established position as Europe’s largest chemical marketplace.

• Ownership for the whole development cycle - from improving code quality for our infrastructure codebase to maintenance of our marketplace platform
• Challenging, and refining requirements as well as translating them into effective, maintainable, and scalable technical solutions
• Participating in regular cross-team discussions about technical improvements, best-practices and standards to iteratively improve our software architecture and development process
• Collaboratively writing high-quality code following the test-driven development process
• Practicing continuous deployment, iterating rapidly, and deploying new features to production on a daily basis
• Ensuring high product quality by close collaboration with the product manager and frontend development colleagues in an agile work environment
• Working in a data-driven culture where the software development process is constantly optimized
• Fostering a culture of sharing knowledge and promoting collaboration and communication within your team
• Evaluating the potential of new technologies to ensure we never stop innovating

• Degree in computer science or relevant professional experience
• Profound knowledge of software engineering patterns and best practices
• Expert level experience with Python, practical experience with other languages is a big plus
• Proven experience in designing RESTful APIs
• Deep practical experience with SQL Databases
• Experience in working with caches, messaging queues, data streaming platforms and search engines (PostgreSQL, S3, Redis, Kafka)
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, container orchestration, cloud platforms and distributed systems is a plus
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills along with the ability to work in a fast-paced startup-like environment
• Flexible and independent way of working as well as willingness to learn new technologies to continuously broaden your horizon
• Excellent English language skills, German is a plus

• You'll work on an innovative product and be able to shape the success story of a „greenfield” project – with a great team of driven experts
• You have the opportunity to top up your salary with our bonus system - quarterly KPIs will help you measure and manage your personal and our collective team success
• We offer a unique combination of start-up flexibility with the stability of a corporate investor
• We share our knowledge and keep it up to date by hosting and participating in conferences, meetups and hackathons
• We offer an agile environment with a start-up mentality, flat hierarchies, flexible working hours and a competitive salary
• Our brand-new office is located at the heart of Cologne.
• Last but not least, we offer recurring team events, off-sites, parties and provide free drinks, fruit, snacks, etc.