• Eschborn
• Full time
• Unlimited
• Immediately
  
  

From mobile app to parcel routing - there is always sophisticated IT behind it all. As an internal service provider for the GLS Group, we develop, organize and are responsible for the entire IT for around 862 million parcels in over 49 countries worldwide. In the future we will add more countries to our GLS family.

You will be part of the GLS Group IT Solutions & Architecture unit taking care of our microservice architecture, our API products and our web portals for international parcel logistics around the world. We create modern "API first" and "Cloud first" logistics solutions for our internal organization, partners, and customers.

What can you expect with us?

• You will implement and extend scalable, highly-available and resilient microservices – and if you like their associated web applications as well
• You will translate product ideas from our business departments into deployable code based on modern standards and technology
• You will integrate internal and external applications via synchronous and asynchronous interfaces like REST, gRPC and Kafka.
• You will take care of persisting your application data, e.g. using a Managed Database Service
• You will work with well-known Cloud Services from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
• You will be able to put your ideas into action for further improving our development processes.
• You will be part of an international, agile team in a stable economic environment
  
  

What do you bring to the table?

• You have a computer sciences or information sciences degree, or comparable training.
• You have several years of professional experience in software development
• You consider yourself a pro in Java17+, relevant frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot, Quarkus, Micronaut) and REST-based API design
• Experience building horizontally scalable microservices architectures.
• Experience in building multithreading applications and concurrency management.
• Understanding of high-performance systems and tuning JVM for low-latency, high-throughput applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka for stream processing
• Proficiency in working with MongoDB and designing efficient NoSQL schemas
• Familiarity with containerization (e.g. Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes) as well as cloud native application design
• You have experience with hyper-scalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• You know how to work in an agile, remote, CI/CD-enabled environment
• Open-minded and willing to adapt to using new technologies and languages (like node.js, react, angular) if required for certain components of the solution
• Your English skills are fluent and you are able to understand and present complex ideas
  

What do we bring to the table?

• Onboarding
  
  

Onboarding

We will provide you with a comprehensive onboarding, where you will get to know important points of contact.

• Impact
  
  

Impact

The opportunity to actively contribute to the success of GLS and the appreciation of your work are part of our philosophy.

• Flexible Working Hours
  
  

Flexible Working Hours

Organise your working hours according to your needs - whether mobile, in the office or at home.

• Great team
  
  

Great team

An open corporate culture is important to us. That's why a dedicated team is waiting for you, one that will welcome you warmly and be ready to help you.

• Employee discounts via corporate benefits
  
  

Employee discounts via corporate benefits

You get versatile employee discounts at various online portals.

• Attractive working environment
  
  

Attractive working environment

You can expect an attractive working environment close to top management with room for your own ideas, flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths.

Interested?

Take the first step and preferably apply via the Apply button. Benefit from our diverse career opportunities. We look forward to meeting you and are well prepared!

Who are we?

More than 800 million parcels worldwide, over 9,000 employees at around 70 locations nationwide - that's us: GLS Germany. One of the leading parcel service providers in Germany. Our mission? Whether it's filled shelves in shops or happy online shoppers - we make a valuable contribution by connecting people and places. Become part of our success story and shape the future with us!

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