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About the DOUGLAS Group, with its commercial brands DOUGLAS, NOCIBÉ, Parfumdreams and Niche Beauty, is the number one omnichannel premium beauty destination in Europe. The DOUGLAS Group is inspiring customers to live their own kind of beauty by offering a unique assortment online and in around 1,900 stores. With unparalleled size and access to customers, the DOUGLAS Group is the partner of choice for brands and offers a premium range of selective and exclusive brands as well as own corporate brands. The assortment includes fragrances, color cosmetics, skin care, hair care, accessories as well as beauty services. Strengthening its successful omnichannel positioning while consistently developing superior customer experience is at the heart of the DOUGLAS Group strategy “Let it Bloom”. The winning business model is underpinned by the Group’s omnichannel proposition, leading brands, and data capabilities. In the financial year 2023/24, the DOUGLAS Group generated sales of 4.45 billion euros and employed around 19,200 people across Europe. It was named the World’s Top Company for Women in 2025 among all retail and wholesale companies by Forbes. The DOUGLAS Group (Douglas AG) is listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

For further information please visit the DOUGLAS Group Website.

For our Douglas Group Technology team we are looking for you as a Software Engineer – anywhere in Germany.

• You develop state-of-the-art software solutions for our international e-commerce beauty platform.


• You engineer, improve & maintain microservices in the e-commerce backbone of our system landscape. By this you make an impact on our customers checkout and fulfillment experience.


• You integrate these services with SAP Commerce Cloud, other backend or frontend components.


• You work in a product driven team setup.


• You are in close contact with your IT colleagues and understand the needs and requirements of a high-performance, secure and stable platform operation.

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer or in a similar role with a clear focus on the Java ecosystem


• Experience in designing, creating, deploying and improving micro services in complex cloud architectures (Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, GCP, RabbitMQ)


• A firm understanding and practical experience in tools and processes to ensure software quality, such as Unit Tests, TDD and Test Automation


• Experience in working with cross-functional teams in an international and agile environment


• Experience in working with eCommerce applications, preferably SAP Commerce Cloud


• You don’t have to know every technology. But you should have fun learning new stuff.


• You are passionate about what you create.


• Very good English skills, German language skills are a plus.


• We are serious: you don’t have to know everything mentioned in this job ad. Most important are a tech background, a growth mindset and being passionate about your job. Please share in your application what you already know, where you might need support and how you would approach any learning challenge.


• Following things are a plus:


• You have a basic understanding of frontends with technologies like TypeScript, React, Node.js and are not afraid of doing smaller frontend modifications.


• Devops knowledge, e.g. Modifying build and deployment pipelines

• Individual work equipment: You can choose between MacOS, Linux or Windows.


• Your personal development: Become part of our mentoring program, use our e-learning platforms and benefit from many other individual development opportunities.


• Open feedback culture: half-yearly meetings & performance reviews (#DOUGLASDialogue)


• 30 days of vacation per year


• Hybrid working model: balance between mobile working & office days in a collaborative environment (approx. 8 days/month)


• Cherry on top: Employee discount both online and in-store, plus further discount opportunities thanks to our corporate benefits.


• In-house canteen & bistro, as well as free drinks


• Positive and motivating environment & celebrating successes at regular company events such as DOClub, summer party, Women's Day, etc.

Then become part of our international company and apply, stating your salary expectations and possible starting date.

As an international employer, we stand for equal opportunities and diversity. We therefore welcome applications from mothers, fathers, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Please let us know if, for example, we should use a gender-neutral pronoun, if you need barrier-free access to our offices or if we should allow more time for the application process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

https://behindbeauty.douglas.de/