Staff Engineer / Technical Lead, Berlin Brands Group
Azure/.NET
2+ days a week in office
eCommerce marketplace aggregator
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eCommerce marketplace aggregator
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create, build and scale brands globally.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional backend development experience with C# and the .NET ecosystem (ASP.NET Core, .NET 8/10, Entity Framework Core, REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger), combined with a strong architectural mindset for designing scalable, resilient distributed systems
- Proven experience designing cloud-native systems on Microsoft Azure — including microservices, event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and API-first design — with hands-on use of core Azure services (e.g. Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure Functions, App Services, Key Vault, Application Insights)
- Experience designing secure, cost-optimized cloud architectures (networking, identity/access management, application security), and building production systems with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), and observability practices
- Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases (SQL Server, Cosmos DB, MongoDB) and working across heterogeneous systems — integrating .NET services, PHP applications, and third-party/enterprise platforms (e.g. SAP, REST/SOAP APIs)
- Track record mentoring engineers, leading technical reviews, and driving engineering standards across teams, ideally within Agile, cross-functional environments (Product, DevOps, QA, architects)
- Excellent written and spoken English
Desirable
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf) and using them to improve development, testing, and documentation workflows
- Deep grounding in clean architecture / domain-driven design principles
- Direct experience integrating with SAP or comparable large-scale enterprise platforms
What the job involves
- As Staff Engineer / Tech Lead Azure/
- NET, you'll own the technical direction of our
- NET and Azure platforms - leading the design of scalable, cloud-native solutions across a landscape that spans
- NET and PHP-based e-commerce systems
- You'll split your time between hands-on architecture work and technical leadership: driving key engineering decisions, mentoring engineers, and pushing the modernization of our platforms forward
- You'll work closely with Software Engineers, DevOps, QA, and Product, and your decisions will directly shape engineering excellence, reliability, and developer productivity at Klarstein
- Own the architecture and technical direction of critical services, leading the design and implementation of complex backend and cloud-native solutions
- Lead technical investigations, proof of concepts, and modernization/refactoring strategies — identifying technical debt and driving pragmatic long-term platform improvements
- Collaborate across .NET, PHP, DevOps, QA, Product, and external teams, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching
- Drive engineering excellence — best practices in testing, security, observability, and operational reliability, including incident/root-cause support and contributing to engineering standards and documentation
- Promote AI-assisted engineering practices to improve developer productivity and software quality
Our take
Berlin Brands Group (BBG) is a leading player in the competitive realm of eCommerce business aggregation, positioning itself alongside industry giants such as Thrasio, Heroes, and Razor Group. As the market continues to expand rapidly, BBG strives to establish itself as the modern-day equivalent of Unilever.
The company distinguishes itself through its history of successfully scaling eCommerce brands, setting it apart from other aggregators who primarily focus on operational improvements for Amazon businesses. BBG takes a different approach by prioritising fundamental design and production enhancements, alongside leveraging its expansive network of over 100 consumer channels. To match the operational improvements provided by its competitors, BBG aims to build its logistics and fulfilment infrastructure, as well as its tech platform, further enhancing its capabilities in the market.
It will be interesting to witness whether the company can maintain steady growth, transitioning from 14 well-regarded consumer brands to an M&A powerhouse, but also retain its competitive edge in design and production. The ability to strike a balance between rapid expansion and maintaining the core strengths that set the company apart will ultimately determine its ability to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2021
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2021
$350m
SERIES A
Total funding: $450m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Peter Both
(Co-Founder, CGEO & CEO for CEE)Co-founded Berlin Brands Group in 2009, where they have served as the CEO for CEE since. They became the Chief Global Expansion Officer on top of that in 2021.
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