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We love brands and products! \nSalary from 2800 €/gross month (depends on experience) \nAs Staff Engineer / Tech Lead Azure/.NET, you'll own the technical direction of our .NET and Azure platforms - leading the design of scalable, cloud-native solutions across a landscape that spans .NET and PHP-based e-commerce systems. You'll split your time between hands-on architecture work and technical leadership: driving key engineering decisions, mentoring engineers, and pushing the modernization of our platforms forward. 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One thing we can assure you of is that in BBG we know how to party\nCoffee bar - Help yourself to sweets and fresh fruit, sparkling water, tea or coffee to the heart’s content\n Employee discounts - Save 30% on anything from our brands (like Klarstein or Capital Sports). Kitchen appliances, top-notch sound systems, garden furniture ... you will surely choose something from 2500 products we have on offer\n Multisport card - Free access to hundreds of sport centres, wellness centres, gyms or classes (yoga, dance, etc.) all around the country. Almost completely paid for by us\nBonuses for special occasions - We realize, that work is only a part of your life, and will support you on your personal journey as well. And thus, will give you a special bonus on occasions \nSick days - On top of an annual leave, you have a few paid sick days you can use to recover\n Slovnaft BAjk - If you want to commute by bicycle, we will chip in on your Slovnaft BAjk subscription (bike sharing in Bratislava)\n A wide range of courses - Increase your professional expertise, get hang of people skills or anything else that will help your professional (and personal) life. Courses, books or online library is on your fingertips\nEnglish/German/Slovak lessons - Learn new language or step up your game on one of the professional courses. You can join a lessons with a professional lector online from anywhere\nWe offer also place you can leave your bike and after that you can chill in our chill zone, or just took a massage from our massage chair\nWho we are: \nKLARSTEIN creates, builds and scales consumer brands globally. Within the last 17 years we have created and built own e-commerce brand KLARSTEIN\nWe plan to grow even further and reinvest in world-class logistics and fulfilment, innovative digital marketing, e-commerce, marketplace development and other sales channels. To fuel this growth, we are looking for talented and highly motivated colleagues like you to join us in shaping the DNA of KLARSTEIN\nJOIN THE TEAM!\nBecome a member of one of Europe's leading ecommerce companies and fill out the online application below. 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