Full Stack Developer

YOU & AHEAD

At ahead, we're building the next generation of healthier snacks – making it easier for people to enjoy better choices without compromising on taste.

Our DTC webshop, Shopify Plus ecosystem, and internal tools are key growth drivers. We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer who helps us build, improve, and scale the digital foundation behind our business.

This is a role with real ownership: you’ll work closely with E-Commerce, CRO, Marketing, and IT to turn ideas into fast, reliable, and customer-facing solutions.

YOUR TASKS

• Shopify Plus Development & Optimization: Build and improve our Shopify Plus storefront, including Liquid, JavaScript/TypeScript, theme architecture, and custom functionality. Support projects across checkout, cart flows, apps, and customer experiences.
• AI-Enabled Development & Automation: Use modern AI coding tools as your daily driver to accelerate development, improve workflows, and help build internal tools and automations that make our teams more effective.
• CRO & Experimentation: Create and iterate on A/B tests and conversion improvements, working closely with our CRO and E-Commerce teams. Turn insights into practical changes that improve the customer journey.
• Shopify Ecosystem & Integrations: Contribute to our Shopify Plus infrastructure, including custom apps, Shopify Functions, APIs, tracking integrations, and automation workflows.
• Performance & Quality: Help keep our webshop fast, stable, and scalable by improving Core Web Vitals, code quality, accessibility, and overall frontend performance.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with CRO, E-Commerce, Trade Marketing, and IT to translate business needs into clear technical solutions.
  
  

YOUR PROFILE

• Shopify & Web Development Experience: You have 1-3+ years of experience building web applications or e-commerce experiences and ideally hands-on experience with Shopify Plus, Liquid, themes, or Shopify APIs.
• Strong Frontend Foundation: You are comfortable with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and modern frontend development. Experience with React, Next.js, Remix, or Tailwind is a plus.

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• AI-First Mindset: You actively use AI tools in your development workflow and know how to evaluate, improve, and validate AI-generated solutions – this isn't optional for the role, it's core to how we work.
• Ownership Mentality: You like taking responsibility, working independently, and turning ideas into shipped features – while knowing when to ask for input.
• Pragmatic Execution: You focus on solving problems and delivering value. You know when a solution needs more depth and when a simple approach is the right one.
• Communication Skills: You can communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and are comfortable working in English.
  
  

What Makes Your Profile Complete

• You enjoy working with unclear requirements and turning them into concrete solutions
• You document your work and care about maintainable code
• You are curious about AI, automation, and how technology can make teams faster
• You want to grow into a developer who creates real impact in a fast-moving environment
  
  

AND WHY AHEAD?

Working at ahead is more than just a job - it’s your opportunity to develop as a professional and as a person, while shaping the future of snacking. Our mission is to make low sugar the new standard, and we pour that ambition into every product we create. You’ll become part of a team where international talent, startup drive, real impact, and true ownership come together.

• Hypergrowth Environment: If you're looking for greenfield, creative freedom, and real impact, you're in the right place. We're a team that is scaling fast - with purpose
• Amazing Team: Young, international, ambitious - inspiring colleagues who collaborate, support each other, and genuinely enjoy working together

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• Career Growth: Develop through cross-functional projects, structured feedback cycles, and a steep learning curve in a dynamic, high growth environment. We offer a fair, attractive salary with role-dependent bonus opportunities
• Great Benefits: Fuel yourself with ahead snacks, drinks, and merch - we’ve got you covered. On top: a €50 monthly allowance to spend as you like - Urban Sports Club, mobility options, or vouchers from your favorite brands (IKEA, MediaMarkt, Lego and more)
• Vacation Days: Enjoy 28 vacation days plus two extra days off on December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
• Events & Offsites: Regular after-work hangouts and legendary annual team offsites you won’t forget
  
  

For this role, you can choose whether to work from our offices in Hamburg or Berlin, or fully remotely from anywhere in Germany. If this sounds like a good fit, we're excited to go ahead with you!

Disclaimer

ahead GmbH is an equal opportunity workplace and is devoted to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

About Us

At ahead, we’re building the snack brand for a new generation – one that loves chocolate, cookies & gummies, but doesn’t love what sugar does to their bodies.

We use cutting-edge food tech to reinvent childhood favorites: no added sugar, no empty carbs – just full taste, better ingredients, and zero compromise.

The result? Everyday indulgence that actually fits your lifestyle.

Let’s make low-sugar the new normal. And fun again.

We’re growing fast, expanding across Europe, and looking for smart, driven, curious minds to join us.

If you’re ready to change how millions of people snack – for good – we’d love to meet you.