(Senior) Backend Engineer (m/w/d)

C&A; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

C&A academy

Flexible hybrid work environment

20% employee discount in C&A stores

International and inspirational work环境

Zusammenfassung

C&A is seeking a senior backend engineer in Düsseldorf to design and build scalable backend services using Java and modern frameworks. You will contribute to architecture decisions, drive performance, and collaborate with product and platform teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software in a hybrid work environment.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience with distributed systems, event-driven patterns, and cloud platforms, plus hands-on skills in CI/CD, observability, and

Qualifikationen

• Senior backend engineer with extensive Java experience and modern frameworks.
• Experience designing scalable distributed architectures and APIs.
• Cloud and IaC experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and Terraform.
• Strong ownership, leadership, and collaboration.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs with a focus on system architecture and integration.
• Support and evolve event-driven and streaming architectures and data pipelines.
• Shape and maintain cloud infrastructure and IaC practices with platform/DevOps teams.
• Drive architectural decisions across teams for reliability and long-term strategy.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers on design, scalability and performance.
• Champion engineering best practices across code quality, CI/CD, and automation.

Kenntnisse

Backend Java

Spring Boot

Micronaut

Quarkus

Event-driven

Kafka

API design

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

Communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Jobbeschreibung

The future looks like youWith over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. Our Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining the components or integrations of our software products. The owner of this position is passionate about developing software and is experienced with modern software technologies and frameworks. Engineers are the backbone of the C&A organization, creating and developing the tools needed for the business units to meet their goals.

The future looks like youWith over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. Our Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining the components or integrations of our software products, as well as operating them in production. The ideal candidate for this position is passionate about developing software, is experienced with modern software technologies and frameworks, has a strong passion for delivering exceptional user experiences, and has a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Your Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, with a strong focus on system architecture and integration layers
• Support and evolve event-driven and streaming architectures, including data pipelines and asynchronous communication
• Shape and maintain cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code practices in collaboration with platform and DevOps teams
• Drive architectural decisions across teams, ensuring systems are reliable, observable, and aligned with long-term technical strategy
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding engineers on system design, scalability, and performance
• Champion engineering best practices across code quality, CI/CD, and automation.

What You Bring

• Senior-level experience building backend systems in Java, with strong knowledge of modern frameworks (Spring Boot; Micronaut or Quarkus)
• Proven ability to design scalable, distributed, and event-driven architectures, including streaming systems (Kafka, Pulsar, or similar)
• Good understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, API design, microservices, and data stores (SQL and NoSQL)
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code (AWS/GCP/Azure, Terraform), CI/CD, monitoring, and observability
• Great communication skills, with a mindset of ownership and continuous improvement

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will also enjoy:

• Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy
• A flexible hybrid work environment
• An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores
• An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment
• A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture

C&A fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board that is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization where everyone can become their best self.

We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage people belonging to underrepresented groups to apply.