The hackathon focuses on solving real-world retail problems, like in-store navigation, using technologies such as AI, machine learning, and augmented reality.
Participants have an open choice of technology with provided Google Cloud workspaces, and AI code assistants like Gemini and Copilot are permitted.
The event features challenge pitches from different business units, one and a half days of coding, and encourages collaboration between internal and external developers in mixed teams.
Participants work with provided test data in a secure, isolated environment and tackle diverse challenges from logistics, e-commerce, and in-store operations.
The core difference between an online giant like Amazon and a traditional retailer is the logistics model, focusing on store replenishment rather than direct-to-consumer warehouse fulfillment.
REWE operates on a hybrid work model and supports its developers with a centralized platform that automates infrastructure provisioning and provides project blueprints.
Beyond networking, the hackathon's primary goal is to foster innovation, with the winning team getting the opportunity to develop their prototype further in dedicated sprints.
The company is actively hiring and contrasts the European "people first" work culture, which prioritizes stability and retention, with the more volatile US tech environment.
The hackathon will host around 80 participants in 14 teams, with on-site support from Google experts and internal business specialists to guide them.
ROSEN Technology and Research Center GmbH
Lingen (Ems), Germany
fulfillmenttools
Köln, Germany
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54:20Rudi Bauer, Ana Gospodinova & Chris Heilmann
26:47Kai Geißelhardt & Volker Zöpfel
44:20Cassidy Williams
43:55Katrin Lehmann & Sead Ahmetovic
54:45Christian Heilmann, Ana Gospodinova & Benjamin Perlzweig
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REWE digital
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Köln, Germany
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