Software Engineer - Gift Card (all genders)

Within Zalando’s Gift Card team you enable our customers to share fashion through gifts. This is achieved by facilitating the sale of gift cards on Zalando Fashion Store and by enabling our partners to integrate Zalando gift cards into their assortment. You will join a group of engineers working in close collaboration with Product, Commercial, Customer Care and other engineering teams to design and deliver impactful projects.

We as a team are more than just our services and features, we provide support and expertise in our domain to help solve complex business needs for both our Zalando Customers and external partners.

In this position you will have a great opportunity to grow as a backend engineer*, operational excellence, complex systems design areas and work together with top experts. The technologies we mainly work with are Kubernetes, AWS, Kotlin, Java, Spring, PostgreSQL, Nakadi, Typescript and React.

*Please note, as we are a cross functional team, there is also an opportunity to gain exposure and develop your skills in frontend/fullstack engineering, if this is of interest to you.

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)

• Take ownership for designing, developing, deploying and operating end-to-end customer facing solutions

• Deliver high quality software by paying strong attention to API design, automated tests, scalability and resilience

• Work in a cross functional team consisting of developers, designers, product managers and product analysts

• Operate, monitor and optimize our infrastructure running on Kubernetes and AWS

• Contribute to our growing tech community and encourage knowledge sharing in an agile work environment.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• Knowledge of object oriented programming paradigm and languages, such as Java and Kotlin

• Experience in designing, developing and operating microservices on a highly distributed system.

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer for cloud-based technologies (preferably on AWS)

• Strong passion for developing clean, well maintainable, and testable code

• High enthusiasm for continued personal development in discovering new technologies and software services.

• Knowledge in automated deployment and monitoring through CI/CD pipeline (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)

If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• Employee shares program

• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners

• 2 paid volunteering days a year

• Hybrid working model with 60% (or more) remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration

• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

• 27 days of vacation a year to start

• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

• Family services, including counseling and support

• Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)

• Mental health support and coaching available

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us