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Breuninger

Multichannel fashion retailer with logistics hub

Engineering Lead - Team Content

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMunich, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Prior leadership experience.
  • Ability and motivation to develop team colleagues personally and technically, and to adapt between context-dependent roles.
  • Ability to recognize and shape team dynamics, listen actively, identify tensions, resolve them constructively, and foster an open feedback and learning-from-errors culture.
  • Several years of practical software engineering experience in complex system landscapes; Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot experience is ideal.
  • Strong software architecture knowledge, especially Domain-Driven Design, with implementation in production environments and prior experience establishing technical standards and driving architecture decisions.
  • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure such as AWS, containerization with Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and modern CI/CD practices.
  • Experience with databases such as MongoDB and PostgreSQL in production environments.
  • Openness to AI-supported engineering practices; practical experience in this area is ideal.
  • Clear, solution-oriented communication, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and providing transparency about business-relevant decisions.
  • Ability to represent technical positions while remaining open and flexible to other opinions.
  • Very good German language skills at least at C1 level.

Responsibilities

  • Create a trusting environment that supports sustainable delivery of high-quality software at a predictable pace.
  • Connect engineering with leadership responsibility, strengthen the team through collaboration, and contribute directly to development when appropriate.
  • Partner with the Product Owner to take responsibility for delivery, direction, and quality; maintain focus, reduce context switching, and continuously improve processes and time to market.
  • Develop technical quality as a business driver by sustainably advancing standards and architectures.
  • Strengthen team autonomy through clear decision-making boundaries, promote ownership, accelerate team decisions, and ensure alignment with other teams and business goals.
  • Support the team's interests and development, strengthen engagement, create opportunities for growth, and foster individual responsibility.
  • Coach engineers in their development and take responsibility for performance and hiring.
  • Work closely with Agile Coaches, Staff Engineers, and Heads of Engineering to continuously develop the engineering organization.

Desired Qualifications

  • Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot experience is ideal.
  • Practical experience with AI-supported engineering practices is ideal.

About the Company

Breuninger

Multichannel fashion retailer with logistics hub

Breuninger is a multichannel fashion retailer with 13 department stores in Germany and Luxembourg, an established online shop (breuninger.com), and Europe’s most modern fashion logistics center. It sells fashion and lifestyle products through both physical stores and online, offering a seamless omnichannel experience with fast, efficient logistics. The company differentiates itself through its strong family-owned culture, clear values (respect, trust, performance), diverse, collaborative workforce, and a startup mindset embedded in the DNA, which supports continuous innovation and customer focus. Its goal is to shape the future of retail in the DACH region by growing responsibly, expanding its omnichannel leadership, and delivering high-quality experiences and products to customers.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$3.4M
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Founded
1881

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