Search & Recommender Engine Lead (all genders)

Kaufland e-commerce; Köln, Düsseldorf, Darmstadt; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join a leading e-commerce company as a Product Lead where you'll create impactful search and recommendation systems that enhance user experience. This role allows the flexibility of remote or office work, encouraging a work-life balance in a diverse team environment, enriched by innovative practices.

Leistungen

Work remotely within Germany

Attractive relocation package

Choice of hardware (MacBook or Lenovo)

Subsidized train season ticket

Top deals for fitness and wellness

Qualifikationen

• Multiple years of hands-on experience in search and recommendation systems.
• Strong engineering and/or data science background.
• Track record in leading cross-functional teams.

Aufgaben

• Define and refine product vision for search and recommender engines.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams.
• Conduct user research and A/B testing.

Kenntnisse

Data-driven

Leadership

Problem-solving

User experience focus

Ausbildung

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Permanent Contract, Full-Time, Remote or Cologne / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf

Who we are

We operate the internationalonline marketplaces of Kaufland: Several thousand sellers and millions of products make us one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. Ours is a dynamic corporate culture that merges a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We combine knowledge and many years of experience in e-commerce with flat hierarchies and a highly motivated team.

We love flexibility! We offer you the best environment to work in a flexible and focussed way: You get to decide whether you want to work in one of our offices in Cologne // Darmstadt // Düsseldorf, but also have the opportunity to work remotely (within Germany) and choose the best of both. We want to offer you the most attractive workplace in e-commerce and maximum flexibility for your personal work-life balance.

Day by day, our development team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. To enrich the lives of our customers, we collaborate in cross-functional teams. Learn about how they are structured and more details about our product areas here: https://kaufland-ecommerce.com/en/team/tech-en/.

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail

• You define and refine the product vision and strategy for both the search engine and recommender engine, ensuring alignment with overall companyobjectivesand user needs
• Youleadand mentor two cross-functional teams,consisting ofengineers, data scientists, and analysts,to deliver innovative and effective search and recommendation solutions
• You conduct in-depth user research and A/B testing to gather insights on user behavior, preferences, and pain points, informing product enhancements and new features
• You analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) related to search accuracy, recommendation relevance, and user satisfaction, using data-driven insights to guide product decisions and optimizations
• You stay on top of advancements insearch and recommendation technologies,leveragingindustry best practices and competitor insights to drive continuous innovation andmaintaina competitive edge
• You prepare and deliver regular updates and presentations to stakeholders, highlighting product performance, roadmap progress, and strategic initiatives

Your profile – this is what we expect from you

• You have multiple years of hands-on experience building,optimizing, and scaling search and recommender engine products in an online marketplace or similar environment
• Youpossessa strong engineering and/or data science background, with a deep understanding ofsearch and recommender systems, including their underlying algorithms and infrastructure
• You have a proventrack recordin leading cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery
• You are highly data-driven and outcome-focused, with the ability to define, track, and analyze key performance metrics, and translate insights into actionable strategies
• You are customer-obsessed, with a strong ability toidentifyuser pain points and derive innovative solutions that enhance the search and recommendation experience
• You are passionate about working in an international, English-speaking team and are eager to embrace our company culture and values

What we offer

• Create your own work-life balance: Work remotely (within Germany) or at one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf!
• Diversity and variety: An international environment with talents from over 65 different nations creates innovative and exciting perspectives
• Do you want to move to Germany? No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start.
• Power meets dynamic: Flat hierarchies and start-up mentality meet the power of a big corporate group, providing you an agile and secure working environment
• Free choice of hardware: MacBook or Lenovo Linux, it's up to you
• We are team players: Our strong bond extends beyond our own team: we stay connected thanks to our many internal offerings, such as our digital onboarding program, our all-hands meetings and regular team and company events
• Mental well-being:We support you with various initiatives on your personal and professional well-being journey!
• Boostyourgrowth: Benefit from our online language learning offers, our various in-house training offers as well as our automated 360-degree feedback to boost your personal and professional growth
• The future is digital: Develop the e-commerce of the future with us and work on a product with millions of users
• ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
• Urban Sports Club: Get top deals for fitness, team sports, yoga and more
• Personal & team growth: We love flexibility in terms of working location, but we also believe that personal interactions are important. That’s why we organise company events, and cover the costs to bring you there and to other (approved) get-togethers with your peers. The same applies to conferences and other learning opportunities. We want everybody to grow personally and professionally, as a team and as a company

Check out ourPrinciples & ourblog for even more insights into our company culture!

Diversity at Kaufland e-commerce

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt (German Diversity Charter) – because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. Read morehere!