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Principal Software Engineer (m/f/d)
With 25 years' experience, Digital River has mastered the ins and outs of global ecommerce. Established and fast-growing brands alike rely on our flexible, API-powered solutions to sell direct to their customers, whether they live around the corner or around the world. Our modular platform, global expertise, and advanced partner ecosystem lets brands focus on creating seamless buyer experiences, while we work behind the scenes to manage orders and fulfilment, process payments, mitigate fraud, and handle taxes and compliance on your behalf. Brands benefit from our unique business model, expertly designed to help brands accelerate global expansion, grow revenue, and protect their business from risk.
Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America. For more details, visit
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team in Cologne.
What You'll do:
You'll be driving the incremental development of our ASP.NET Core + JS web applications for new features and improved user experience; based on incorporating state of the art technologies and methodologies.
Working hands-on as a member of our international agile team, you will develop a deep understanding of our solution and the needs of our clients, perform design and code reviews, lead via exemplary coding, research and present ways to improve our products and be working closely with the product owners and architects to evolve our solutions with a focus on user satisfaction.
With your "Get it Done Right" attitude you will ensure high quality code, maintainability, low redundancy and meet industry standards for security, compliance and high availability. You will own the end-to-end delivery until the new code is deployed in production and running without issues.
What You'll Need to Succeed
*Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Related field or similar qualification
*8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, multi-year experience with C# and JavaScript
*Good understanding of user experience and design for usability
*Extensive understanding of Cloud IT systems infrastructure, Engineering and DevOps practices
*Robust knowledge of software design, development, debug, test practices and web technologies
*Experience guiding development teams and providing feedback
*Fluent English as working language
*Valid work and residency permit for Germany
Preferred Qualifications
*E-Commerce background
*SQL (Oracle)
*.NET Core, Blazor, React
*Scrum, Agile, User Story writing
*German language skills
WHY DIGITAL RIVER COLOGNE:
*Digital River provides numerous benefits to our employees. Benefits include:
*A competitive salary package
*Subsidized daily lunch at in-house canteen serving a wide choice of fresh food (ERGO Gourmet)
*Job ticket (KVB/VRS transit) or job bike
*Brand-new office space with a spectacular view over Cologne (10th floor) and nearby park & gym
*Multicultural international team
*DELL i7 8850H (6 Core) Windows 10 PC (32GB ram + 512G SSD) and dual monitor setup
- Digital River supports and embraces a diverse workforce as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
- RESPECT | INTEGRITY | CUSTOMER CENTRICITY | INNOVATION | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | ACCOUNTABILITY
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Job Facts short and efficient - how Germans like it
Location | Cologne |
Region | Cologne |
Category | Startup |
Employment | full time |
Work-week | 35 - 40h |
Employment start | ASAP |
Salary | negotiable |
Relocation | several relocation benefits, see description |
Language | English or German |
Posted | 1 month, 1 week ago |
Closing in | 2 weeks, 3 days |
Any questions left? Ask our recruiter below for details! |
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