Staff Engineer - Virtual Assembly Line (m/f/d)

1Komma5°

8d•Remote

About The Position

The Virtual Assembly Line (VAL) team at 1KOMMA5° is responsible for building and scaling growth and operations systems, including MarTech, CRM, Payment, Fulfillment, and Installation, to support global scaling with maximum efficiency and quality. This role will own the technical direction for VAL's growth and operations engineering domain, ensuring architecture aligns with product direction and holding the team accountable for execution. The position involves setting the technical bar, tackling complex problems, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions, and architecting systems for AI agents. A key focus will be driving the VAL team's shift to agentic engineering, reshaping workflows for safe agent execution with human accountability. The role also includes mentoring engineers, building a high-performing engineering culture, and embedding security and reliability as customer value. Technologies include AI-assisted development with Cursor/Claude, agentic coding, TypeScript (React, Nest.js, Next.js, VueJS), Ruby on Rails, Flutter, Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud Run, Terraform/IaC, Vercel), Datadog, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, SQLMesh, Looker, Linear, Notion, Figma, and Miro.

Requirements

Extensive hands-on experience in software development with multiple general-purpose programming languages for a minimum of 5 years
A proven track record of architecting scalable and secure systems, demonstrating a strong commitment to quality
Extensive experience designing and implementing APIs that enable seamless integration between systems, as well as for non-human/automated consumers like AI agents
An agile and result-oriented mindset, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork
Experience communicating with stakeholders in business terms and understanding the technical implications of their requirements
Experience driving technical alignment within a team in fast-paced environments, including making and following through on critical technical decisions
Track record of leading a team through a major workflow or tooling shift, with the judgment to know where automation (including AI agents) can run safely and where human sign-off stays mandatory
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in German

Responsibilities

Own technical direction across VAL's growth and operations engineering domain, keeping architecture aligned with product direction, and hold the team accountable for consistent execution of those decisions
Set the technical bar for the teams, stepping into the hardest problems yourself rather than just directing others
Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions that scale as we digitize the installation branches further
Architect our systems and APIs so AI agents operate as first-class users with machine-readable contracts
Drive VAL's shift to agentic engineering, reshaping how the team works so agents execute safely while humans stay accountable
Mentor and challenge engineers within VAL to accelerate their growth
Build a high-performing engineering culture within the VAL team
Embed security and reliability as direct customer value
Own features end-to-end, from rough problem statement to shipped, maintained product, working closely with product managers and business stakeholders across the company