Staff Engineer (m/f/o) Shop/eCommerce
- Mobile Work in Germany
- Stuttgart
- Work experience
- IT
- Fulltime
- Published: 2026-03-31
Job ID: 1884
As our Staff Engineer - E-Commerce, you will take end-to-end responsibility for the technical heart of our commercial operations. You will lead the engineering efforts for our group-wide Subscription Management system and our Shopware-based webshop. In this hands-on role, you will bridge the gap between strategic business goals and technical execution. Your mission is to reduce our dependency on external partners by building strong internal leadership and a modern, sustainable tech stack.
Thieme is a leading supplier of information and services contributing to the improvement of healthcare and health. Employing more than 1,000 staff, the family-owned company develops products and services in digital and other media for the medical and chemistry sectors. Operating internationally with offices in 11 cities worldwide, the Thieme Group works closely with a strong network of experts and partners. The products and services are based on the high-quality content of Thieme's 200 journals and 4,400 books. With solutions for professionals, Thieme supports relevant information processes in research, education, and patient care. Medical students, physicians, nurses, allied health specialists, hospitals, health insurance companies and others interested in health and healthcare are at the focus of Thiemes activities. The mission of the Thieme Group is to provide these markets with precisely the information, services, and products they need in their specific work situation and career.
Department: Information Technology
Start: at the next possible time
Contract duration: permanent
Working hours: Full-time (40h/week)
Your new passion
- Hands-on Technical Leadership: Technically lead a team of engineers (internal and external) responsible for our e-commerce platform and subscription billing engine. You are a practitioner at heart, comfortable working in the codebase as well as driving architectural decisions.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary technical partner for key stakeholders across Finance, Customer Success, Sales, CRM, and Product. You ensure that technical solutions are aligned with business requirements across the entire customer lifecycle.
- Modernizing the Ecosystem: Oversee the strategic modernization of our Shopware setup. You will drive the reduction of historical technical debt, improve performance, and ensure our frontend and backend architectures are best-in-class.
- Driving Subscription Management: Lead the integration and rollout of our subscription management solution. You will ensure integration into a seamless "Quote-to-Cash" process and support complex B2B and B2C billing models.
- Ecosystem Integration: Ensure our e-commerce stack is deeply integrated into the Thieme landscape, including our central Identity Provider, our ERP systems, and the data platform.
- Vendor Management: Act as the primary technical lead for our external implementation partners, ensuring their output aligns with our long-term architectural standards and strategic goals.
You inspire us with this
- Experience in building and scaling e-commerce platforms. You understand the complexities of checkout processes, payment integrations, and order management.
- Proven experience with modern SaaS subscription management tools (e.g., Chargebee, Zuora, or similar) and an understanding of recurring billing cycles and revenue recognition.
- You have successfully led engineering teams as a staff engineer or an engineering manager. You enjoy being "close to the metal", contributing to the codebase, and mentoring engineers.
- You don't just "build features"; you understand the business impact of technical decisions and can communicate complex topics to diverse stakeholders.
- Fluency in English is required; German is a significant advantage to seamlessly interface with internal stakeholders.
Additional Information:
- Non-tariff compensation
- Adriane Hendlmeier
- Talent Acquisition Manager
