Senior Fullstack Engineer

About the role

At HEMA, we are building an efficient and future-proof retail technology landscape. To achieve this, we are establishing a new Engineering Organization. This is your chance to help lay the technological foundation for the most iconic, nearly 100-year-old department store in the Netherlands. Do you want to make a direct impact on HEMA’s digital progress? Then this role is for you!

the challenge

As a senior full stack engineer in our frontend chapter, you'll work in multidisciplinary product teams alongside backend specialists, mobile developers, product owners, and business stakeholders across different domains.

You'll contribute to our scalable commerce backend infrastructure, with a significant focus on backend development as we build our future-proof platform.

As we build our internal engineering organization, you'll play a key role in both shaping our technical direction and helping establish our engineering culture and practices.

You'll work with modern tooling based on MACH architecture patterns, implement patterns like Server-Driven UI (SDUI) for the backend of the HEMA app, and integrate with multiple services including HEMA's APIs, headless CMS platforms, and third-party integrations.

Your work will directly impact the experience of thousands of daily users across our digital channels.

Our tech stack centers on full stack TypeScript development in our AWS-native architecture—you are part of a team building critical customer-facing applications while architecting scalable backend services with Lambda, API Gateway, and event-driven systems. We use Apache Kafka for event-driven architecture and KONG for API management.

We provide AI development tools (like Kiro) to all our developers and actively support teams in using AI effectively. We're building AI-powered features including documentation assistants, and we encourage developers to leverage AI throughout the development lifecycle.

Experience with service-oriented, API-first, and headless systems is highly preferred. Innovation is our lifeblood; we are always searching for the most efficient solution to support our business teams in serving our customers.

what we offer

• 💸 A competitive salary based on your knowledge and experience.
• 🌴 30 vacation days (based on a 40-hour week) and 8% holiday allowance, so you can recharge in time.
• 🎯 A variable bonus of up to 14% of your annual salary – depending on our collective results.
• 💸 A monthly net expense allowance.
• 🎄 A fixed year-end bonus of 4% of your annual salary.
• 🛍️ 15% staff discount on all your HEMA favorites – from tompouce pastries to towels and notebooks.
• 🧓 A solid pension plan, so you're well taken care of later too.
• 🚗 Travel allowance of €0.21 per kilometer (starting from 10 km one-way, up to a max of 30 km).
• 🎡 Access to the ‘benefits at work’ platform, with discounts on top brands, day trips, and other extras that make life more fun.

you'll bring

The ideal candidate brings a minimum of six years of experience in software engineering, with deep and hands-on expertise in Node.js and TypeScript.

You have strong experience working with AWS and serverless architectures, demonstrating a solid understanding of cloud-native design patterns, scalability concerns, and production operations.

Your background includes designing and integrating APIs, as well as practical experience with key AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, and infrastructure-as-code tools like AWS CDK or similar frameworks.

You are proficient with Git and modern version-control workflows and apply strong testing practices, including unit tests, snapshot tests, and integration tests, to maintain high code quality.

The role requires translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions and designing, building, and maintaining backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.

You will actively apply microservices, serverless, event-driven, and infrastructure-as-code patterns and take full ownership of production systems by monitoring, alerting, debugging, and optimizing performance.

In addition to hands-on engineering, the candidate leads technical decisions with a strong focus on solution architecture and quality.

You’ll collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams, working closely with mobile developers, backend engineers, and business stakeholders.

You are comfortable speaking up, giving and receiving feedback, not only on code, but also on team behavior and collaboration.

Clear communication with both technical and non-technical audiences is essential, as it maintains code quality through thorough testing and documentation.

You are consistently applying security best practices, including secure coding principles and awareness of the OWASP Top 10.

Nice-to-have experience includes working with Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) patterns and mobile-first optimization, as well as familiarity with Server-Driven UI (SDUI) concepts and implementations. Experience in a mobile app development context, with an understanding of iOS and Android constraints, is valuable.

Additional strengths include experience with headless CMS platforms such as Contentful or Sanity, CI/CD pipelines and automation, and domain knowledge in e-commerce or retail.

HEMA

At HEMA, over 17,000 colleagues work together to create a better everyday life in a more beautiful world. With products that are more practical, more beautiful, better—and that last longer too. And with colorful stores in towns, cities, and online.

We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but we’re not done yet. HEMA is truly HEMA again and ready for the next step. Our ambition? To become a frontrunner in a challenging market.

We do this together, as one team, with proud colleagues, entrepreneurs, and partners. By playing to win. That means being curious, seizing opportunities, working together with joy, and always aiming for the best result.

You speak up, challenge others, and help each other grow. With your unique contribution, you can help build the HEMA for tomorrow. Are you in?