Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with. If our Guiding Stars resonate with you, we encourage you to consider joining our team.
- Drive Results: We think big, work smart, and execute fast to transform the future of commerce
- Cultivate Belonging: We welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences, driving positive change through inclusion and teamwork
- Champion Customers: We go the extra mile for our customers to help them unlock their full potential
- Adapt Boldly: We’re curious and innovative, we take risks and grow from our failures
The Opportunity:
As the Staff Engineer for the Connect team, you’ll work on challenging technical problems of an ambitious product. The team is building an advanced and exciting and comprehensive solution providing: a marketplace with curated set of pre-built, ct-certified Integrations, created in partnership with our community, that provide out-of-the-box connections between products and a run-time environment for those integrations, managed by commercetools as part of our infrastructure and provided as a paid service to our customers. Tech stack includes but is not limited to NodeJS, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Run and Google Pub/Sub.
Your Mission:
- Ensure that commercetools’ Connect services are optimised for throughput and scalability
- Guide and collaborate with Connect’s engineering team to build a robust, scalable solution to successfully address Connect’s use case scenarios.
- Understand the challenges of our partners and customers around building and deploying integrations for CoCo.
- Suggest innovative solutions for technical problems for Connect.
- Drive the technical vision for Connect’s services alongside and in alignment with our Principal Engineer.
What you need to succeed:
- A solid technical background and a proven track record in Software Engineering roles (7+ years).
- Proven proficiency in Javascript, TypeScript for enterprise applications.
- Experience working with microservices-based architectures in a leadership role with diverse teams.
- Experience with Kubernetes and GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub). Knowledge of other cloud solutions is also highly desirable.
- Experience in designing and implementing cloud solutions from the ground up. Including infrastructure provisioning through Terraform.
- Ability to analyze complex technical problems and to drive improvements.
- Experience working in an Agile environment for a geographically distributed team.
- Ability to lead by example with a strong focus on knowledge sharing and team collaboration.
- Setting up and facilitating training and onboarding sessions.
- You are highly self-aware.
- You have a very strong sense of technical ownership while continuously work on improving knowledge sharing, delegation and empowerment for team members.
- You believe in continuous learning and you are interested in leadership, new technologies and best practices.
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Fluent English to work in an international environment.
Tech at commercetools:
We Are Open Source And Innovative By Design
🚀 We make rapid progress by being early adopters of React, Scala, and GraphQL
📋 We share & contribute to the open source community: https://github.com/sangria-graphql
⚙️ We <3 Automation and Machine Learning
We care about your growth and well-being
💰 Competitive Compensation Package: Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks
☀️ Workation: Work up to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country, with 20 working days per trip
💻 Learning & Development Budget
📚 Academy: Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses
🙌 Our Benefits: Check them out here
⌚️ Flexibility: Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees
🚀 Mindset & Growth: A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment
Come grow with us!
We are all different and that is what makes us stronger! We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company better.
At commercetools, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to fair hiring practices regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents in the U.S. Global mental-health access via OpenUp further strengthens the health offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is enhanced through Family Leave Plus, with up to 26 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers and 10 weeks for secondary caregivers in the U.S. This extends statutory leave and is positioned as a standout benefit.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexibility includes a Workation program to work up to 60 days per year from another country and an emphasis on flexible working hours and learning. Offices and global offsites support connection and mobility.
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commercetools is the leading enterprise commerce platform, helping global businesses increase revenue and performance across every channel. Our technology powers unified digital experiences that connect B2C, B2B, in-store, and AI-driven commerce at enterprise scale. We’re a hub-based company built on collaboration, learning, and shared success. Our teams work together across offices in Munich, Boston, London, Valencia, Singapore, and beyond to shape the future of commerce — and win together. Trusted by industry leaders including Audi, Danone, Eurail, NBCUniversal, Sephora, and Volkswagen Group, commercetools enables enterprises to innovate confidently, move faster, and deliver measurable impact in a market that never stands still.
Why Work With Us
Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do: Drive Results, Cultivate Belonging, Champion Customers, and Adapt Boldly. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with.
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