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Become a part of the Contorion-Family as:

Head of Engineering (m/f/d) in Berlin

About us


Contorion is an innovative and fast-growing online shop for professional industrial and trade supply. Thanks to an intelligent and technology-driven business model, Contorion is aiming to offer a wide range of products with high quality of service at fair prices. For making the vision of revolutionising the supply for small and medium sized businesses reality, we’re looking for dynamic and motivated people who want to become part of our team! 

Your Tasks

  • You lead and support the development and growth of the engineering department, which includes all software development professions (Frontend, Backend, Site Reliability Engineering) as well as quality assurance and scrum masters
  • You contribute to the creation of an outstanding working environment which is based on strong commitment, collaboration, as well as respectful and transparent communication 
  • You support your team members in their professional growth 
  • You support the development of workflows and processes in a self-organised Engineering team 
  • You monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems, ensure compliance with security regulations and suggest improvements 
  • You drive the development and execution of our department strategy and tech vision. 
  • You ensure company and department strategies and vision are well communicated and cascaded into the team 
  • You are a part of the Management Team and as such, contribute to setting the company strategy, ensure alignment with other departments and represent the Engineering team 

Your Profile

  • You have 5+ years of work experience in an international and rapid growth environment 
  • Previous experience in building and scaling engineering teams (30+) 
  • Knowledge about professional software engineering (basic algorithms and data structures, advanced concepts of software design, clean code, agile processes) 
  • You are convinced that agile methodologies are the best approach to face the challenges raising from complex environments 
  • You believe that a high level of self-organization is the better alternative to strict hierarchies 
  • You know that to achieve good solutions you need to communicate at eye level and take responsibility for your actions 
  • Strong technical background and a good understanding of modern technology trends 
  • Lead by example and inspire the team to progress towards a common vision 
  • You are self-motivated and able to motivate others 
  • You seek growth for yourself and support others in their development 
  • Fluent in English. Additional language skills are a plus 
  • Experience in the E-Commerce domain is a plus 

Your Chance

When you choose Contorion, you decide on these four points:

The team
  • Your voice will be heard - communication is one of the main priorities of our team. Everybody's opinion matters - there is no "top-down" decision making
  • "Flat hierarchy" is not just a buzzword for us. You will not have 5-6 managers who you need to report to daily. On the contrary - everybody are equally important, everybody matters
  • Our workflow is very flexible, nothing is set in stone. We strive to locate "pain points" in our processes and work on improving them
The tech
  • We do not have the "let's use everything because it's cool and trendy" mentality. Every tool in our stack has been carefully evaluated and implemented after a lot of testing
  • We are constantly improving our codebase and infrastructure. The IT team dedicates a lot of time and effort for updating libraries and internal tools to the latest version
Your personal development
  • We have a budget for education and trainings. You can visit conferences, buy books or get online tutorials
  • Whether it is a complex technical discussion or a change in our Scrum process, you can be a part of the decision process
  • If you would like to switch from a Site Reliability Developer to a frontend developer, a backend developer, a Scrum master or a QA - that's also possible. We welcome people who want to develop different skills
Company
  • Health offer: We want you to feel good and therefore subsidize the majority of a Gymondo (sport & fitness) or Headspace (meditation) subscription
  • Cozy lounge: (soccer, playstation and table tennis will give you fresh ideas in between)
  • Regular team events: (joint events brings us together)
  • Kita cooperation: Thanks to our cooperation partner we can support you in your search for a Kita (daycare facility) for your child(ren)
  • New Work Model: You decide how often you want to come to the office or work from home