Staff Backend Engineer, Customer Plans (all genders)
Core
Re-architecting the mission-critical Customer Plans domain for HelloFresh's global technology backbone to ensure reliability and consistency for millions of users.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Strategic IC)
Builds
Scalable, data-driven microservices systems for customer plans, pricing, and forecasting.
Domain
E-commerce / Subscription-based food delivery / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Microservices architecture, Event-driven patterns, Go or JVM languages, Kubernetes, Cloud-native operations, Database optimization (Relational/NoSQL), Technical leadership, AI coding agents
Preferred skills
GraphQL, E-commerce/Subscription models, Kafka/RabbitMQ/SQS
Technologies
Go, JVM, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, GraphQL, AI coding agents (Claude, Cursor, Copilot)
Responsibilities
Design and strategize complex microservices systems, Drive technical decision-making and architectural reviews, Lead critical cross-team initiatives, Mentor engineers and drive technical standards
Seniority
Staff, strategic IC with mentorship
