Staff Fullstack Engineer, Retail (m/f/d) Cologne Posted on 22.10.2026

Redcare Pharmacy; Köln; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Redcare Pharmacy seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead two engineering teams responsible for the checkout journey across web, backend and mobile. You will shape the architectural direction, set high engineering standards and drive scalable solutions used by millions of customers across Europe.

Join a fast-paced environment in Germany, with occasional on-site collaboration in Berlin or Cologne, and a tech stack including React.js, Next.js, Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin and Docker/Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of software teams delivering customer journeys at scale.
• Strong hands-on experience with modern frontend/backend stacks and cloud.
• Experience with payments, orders or shipping domains is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across two engineering teams for checkout features.
• Shape architecture and set engineering standards across web, backend and mobile.
• Align across payments, orders, and shipping to deliver scalable solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering

Architecture design

Cross-team collaboration

Full-stack awareness

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Google Cloud

Next.js

React.js

Spring Boot

Job description

About Redcare Pharmacy:

As Europe’s No.1 e-pharmacy Redcare Pharmacy is powered by passionate teams and cutting-edge innovation. We strive to create a healthy collaborative work environment where every employee feels valued and inspired to contribute to our vision “Until every human has their health”. If you’re seeking a career that offers purpose and aligns with your values join us and start your #Redcareer today.

About the role:
As a Staff Software Engineer within our Retail – Transaction domain, you’ll take technical leadership across two engineering teams responsible for one of the most critical customer journeys at Redcare Pharmacy. Combining deep hands-on engineering with Staff-level influence, you’ll shape how our checkout capabilities evolve across web, backend and, increasingly, native mobile experiences while creating technical alignment across connected areas such as payments, orders and shipping.
This is an opportunity to influence beyond individual features or a single codebase: you’ll help set architectural direction, raise engineering standards and turn complex business and technical challenges into scalable solutions used by millions of customers across Europe.

About the tech stack:
React.js, Next.js, Java, Spring Boot, SwiftUI, Swift, Kotlin, Android SDK, ES6, ESI, Varnish, Docker, Google Cloud, Kubernetes.

While this is a remote position based in Germany, it may require occasional on-site collaboration at our offices in Berlin or Cologne, depending on business and team requirements.