Backend Engineer - Content Experiences

Content Experiences (CXP) is a growing multi-disciplinary group of 100+ data scientists, engineers, business developers, product designers, and product managers in Helsinki and Berlin working to inspire each individual customer with meaningful fashion moments beyond transactions in a very personalized way. 

To further strengthen our efforts to improve our platform offering, we are looking for a passionate Backend Engineer striving on the ideas of finely crafted software, operational excellence and building a world class platform.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit. 

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process. 

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups
 

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Consistently ship working, testable, maintainable, readable code/data to production in small and safe iterations. The solutions are performant, scalable and fulfill the set SLOs of the product

• Own and operate backend microservices on top of Kubernetes and AWS 

• Making a positive impact on our engineering culture, encouraging knowledge sharing and driving technical discussions within the team and beyond

• Perform code reviews, share knowledge and provide constructive feedback to team members.

• Actively participate in team discussions, design decisions and requirements clarifications with stakeholders and product managers.

• You keep learning and share your knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies that will help us innovate faster

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You have solid knowledge of JVM based language(s) (Scala, Java, Kotlin), willingness and interest in learning Scala 3 (including libraries like ZIO and Caliban) and knowledge of software patterns and paradigms like continuous integration, test automation and deployment pipelines. 

• You have experience in specifying, planning, developing, maintaining and operating microservices using REST API (OpenAPI), GraphQL, Cloud Platforms (AWS, Kubernetes), PostgreSQL. 

• High level knowledge or interest in data engineering and familiarity with DAGs, data pipelines, S3, Superset, Databricks, or Airflow is a plus. 

• You have good communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working in an international and diverse environment with a positive no-job-is-beneath you attitude as a team player

• You are self-motivated and have a proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.

• You have problem-solving skills and ability to apply logical and analytical thinking to complex problems

• You have worked in international, multicultural companies before
   

OUR OFFER

• Centrally located and accessible office in Kamppi, Helsinki city center, with diverse working and entertainment spaces and healthy snacks and drinks available.

• Hybrid work model of up to 60% remote work and flexible working times.

• 40% Zalando shopping discount for employees, employee share shop, bike benefit, and Edenred benefits for lunch, sports and culture, commuting and massage.

• Extensive occupational health care and child care benefits.

• Additional holidays and volunteering time off.

• Supportive and active international community of colleagues for onboarding, mentoring, continued learning and for having fun through diverse offering of meetups and events, knowledge guilds and Employee Resource Groups with open source commitment.

• Relocation assistance for internationals.
   

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us. For more information about our office and teams in Helsinki, please visit: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/where-we-work/helsinki
 

Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.