Lead Software Developer (f/m/d)

At Front Row, we partner with leading brands to accelerate their ecommerce growth. We leverage our capabilities and proprietary technology to design, market, distribute and accelerate brands on a global scale. We’re continually cultivating functional areas of expertise and retaining the highest caliber of talent — while sharing knowledge and data, creating efficiencies, and looking at every aspect of our client’s business from a 360° perspective. We work effectively to give every client the hands-on support, niche knowledge, and first-access they need to win in the world’s most competitive commerce markets and make each of our six capabilities the first to act on the next big things.

We live for the exchange of energy between brands and audiences, you should too, and we’ve made it our mission to expand every brand’s market share and heart share. Because we believe every transaction has the potential to be transformational.

About our Business Intelligence Team

Our Business Intelligence Team partners closely with clients, crafting solutions that empower brands to make well-informed decisions spanning marketing, logistics, sales, and product management. 

We're on the hunt for a driven Lead Software Developer (f/m/d) who will have the chance to shape architecture, processes and culture while having the freedom to work with modern technologies. The goal is to build a scalable and flexible data infrastructure that supports our in-house team of analysts in analyzing complex business problems. 

This role is available as either part-time (minimum 80%) or full-time, based in Hamburg. We expect you to come to the office at least 2 times a week. 

How would you spend your time if you join us?

• You will be Lead Software Developer for our own Amazon Analytics SaaS solution and will lead all technical decisions

• You understand and translate requirements to technical to-do's, conceptualize technical solutions from scratch, foresee and eliminate risks prior to project start 

• You support in the management of a small but capable team of software developers which you give guidance as sparring partner but also technical project manager

• You will have a large amount of freedom in choosing the frameworks and environments you want to use to realize your projects

• You co-work closely with our Senior Director BI during the continued development of our software 

• You bring 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, with 3+ years leading development teams 

• You have advanced skills in Python, including hands-on experience with its data science stack (e.g., Pandas, NumPy) 

• You have a solid understanding of Linux servers and the ability to create and maintain infrastructure components 

• You have basic knowledge of Azure or comparable cloud infrastructure 

• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to make fast, well-informed decisions 

• Having knowledge of the Amazon domain and experience building data-focused SaaS applications is beneficial 

• You are fluent in English (written and spoken) - German is a plus but not mandatory 

• The chance to constantly work on new projects – it never gets boring
• Free choice of frameworks and tools you want to work with 
• Big data projects with actionable use cases (e.g. Amazon Marketing Cloud) 
• Experienced co-developers as well as very committed and supportive BI-colleagues that will support you from day one 
• Gaining a lot of responsibility for your own projects and great development opportunities 
• Encouragement of your individual career development based on the Gallup StrengthsFinder and an unlimited learning budget
• A positive client relationship – we do not only work at eye level internally, but also with all our clients
• A zero-bullshit attitude – we know what we are doing and strive to be thought leaders in our services
• Diversity and inclusion are fostered in our company values and build our foundation for sustainable business success
• A very positive and truly international working culture with more than 30 nationalities
• Benefit from many company events, afterworks, getaways and internal support – we enjoy working together and it shows!
• A competitive salary and a modern workplace right in the center of Hamburg
• Enjoy flexible vacation options with the freedom to choose between 20 to 40 days off annually, tailored to your work-life balance needs
• Flexible working hours and the possibility for remote work
• Enjoy our yearly sunshine office abroad
• Bike leasing
• An attractive pension plan
• HVV-Deutschland Ticket
• Access to a mental wellbeing platform (OpenUp)
• Lunch allowance
• And much more...