Stellenbeschreibung

Westwing is a rapidly growing eCommerce company: Backed by well-known investors, we are the leading Home & Living eCommerce company in the 15 countries we serve. Every day, we inspire 20 mn. members with stylish furniture and accessories from well-known brands they love. In 2014, we reached EUR 183 mn. in annual sales and continue to grow rapidly.Our international team is the secret to our success. Westwing balances style expertise and creativity with a deeply data-driven business and tech mindset. We are proud to be working with inspiring colleagues who are smart, fun, ambitious and looking for the challenge to transform an industry. Do you think this could be you? To pursue our ambitious growth strategy, we are looking for a Head of System Engineering(m/f). In this position, directly reporting to the CTO, you will ensure the performance, availability and scalability of our platform as well as support the developers rolling out new features or new services.Your responsibilities will be:·         Provide leadership to a team of highly skilled, motivated Sysadmins and build them to a winning team·         Serve as a technical expert in system administration in a large and complex eCommerce environment and act as specialist on multiple platforms supporting enterprise wide operations·         Provide a strategic vision of the system growth in one of the fastest growing eCommerce companies in Europe·         Be involved in planning, design, implementation, and support of infrastructure for business-critical production environments including: deployment of servers, monitoring, process improvement, analysis, and resolution of application related issues·         Be accountable for customer satisfaction of delivery of services·         Create and maintain technical documentation as it relates to systems, infrastructure, and processes·         Implement IT standards and best practicesYou come with:·         Deep knowledge of Linux, no matter the flavor (we use Debian and Ubuntu)·         Experience with high traffic complex web applications, ideally built in a scripting language (PHP, Ruby, Python)·         Configuration management tools like Puppet·         Docker·         Services like Solr, RabbitMQ, Memcached (with mcrouter)·         Advanced MySQL administration knowledge (optimization, replication, backups)·         System and application level monitoring tools (New Relic, Nagios, Logstash)·         Experience with AWS administration as a big plus.·         Willingness to get your hands into the code if you need to although you are not a developer·         Up-to-date knowledge of the latest tools and trends and no fear to try them when you have the opportunityWe offer:·         A truly shaping tech position with high degrees of responsibility and autonomy·         Plenty of room for personal growth, professional development and high impact·         A highly talented, dynamic, and international team·         Entrepreneurial experience in a well-financed, high-growth eCommerce company·         Work equipment of your choice