The Challenge
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing innovative solutions that address the right business challenges. You'll lead by example, leveraging your deep technical expertise and forward-thinking approach to navigate complex problems and drive the project towards success. Embracing our culture of pair programming, you'll collaborate closely with your peers to foster knowledge sharing and collective growth. Your decisions will not only reflect immediate needs but also consider future scalability and cost-efficiency, standing firmly behind the choices made.
We are embarking on an exciting journey to build and launch a groundbreaking product from within the established framework of the wider TradeByte company.
Our project embodies a "you build it, you run it" mentality, encouraging ownership and proactive engagement with the products we create.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, efficient solutions that meet business requirements and are forward-compatible.
- Manage our AWS-based infrastructure, adopting Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) principles via Terraform to ensure robustness and scalability.
- Champion best practices in software development, including continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) using Jenkins (subject to change).
- Engage in proactive problem-solving, addressing both current challenges and anticipating future needs.
- Work within a distributed, highly experienced team, contributing to a culture of excellence, mutual respect, and continuous improvement.
- Maintain and evolve our tech stack, ensuring it aligns with our goals and industry standards.
What were looking for
- Extensive experience in software development, particularly with Java, Spring Boot, and Angular (knowledge of React is a plus as we transition in the near future).
- Proficient with AWS and managing infrastructure with a deep understanding of IaaC using Terraform.
- Experience with Elasticsearch, EMR, MySQL, and Grafana.
- Familiarity with Jenkins for CI/CD processes, with openness to adapting new technologies as needed.
- Bonus: Experience with PHP and ETL processes for analytics.
Top Skills
What We Do
Welcome to Zalando. Here’s some key info about us:
Our position and vision:
- We’re Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle
- Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to more than 50 million active customers in 25 markets; offering clothes, footwear, accessories, and beauty
- Our vision is to become The Starting Point For Fashion.
Our offering:
- Our assortment of international brands ranges from world-famous names to local labels
- Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation, and interaction
- As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners, and friends of our brand.
- Our logistics network with 12 centrally located fulfillment centers allows us to efficiently serve our customers throughout Europe, supported by warehouses in Italy, France, Poland, and Sweden with a focus on local customer needs.
Our beliefs:
- Our ambition is to combine our passion for self-expression through fashion with our unwavering commitments to sustainability and D&I
- We believe that our integration of fashion, operations, and online technology gives us the capability to deliver a compelling value proposition to both our customers and fashion brand partners.
