Junior Backend Engineer - Risk Management / Risk AI (all genders)

Zalando Payments; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading European e-commerce company is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer in Berlin to design and develop core APIs enabling secure payments. The role involves working closely with data scientists and ensuring compliance with fintech standards. Ideal candidates have a degree in Computer Science and are familiar with the Java ecosystem, microservices, and REST services. This position offers competitive benefits, including hybrid work options and employee discounts.

Leistungen

Employee shares program

40% off fashion and beauty products

Hybrid working model

27 days of vacation

Health and wellbeing options

Qualifikationen

• Degree in computer science or related field, or experienced IT Specialist.
• Interest in building and operating production services.
• Familiarity with the Java ecosystem and frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot).
• Ability to coordinate and communicate effectively within and beyond the team.

Aufgaben

• Design, develop, test, and operate core APIs for secure payments.
• Create scalable solutions and own the entire application lifecycle.
• Share knowledge and support technical decision-making within the team.

Kenntnisse

Java ecosystem

Microservice architecture

REST services

Automated testing

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Jobbeschreibung

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

As Junior Backend Engineer for Zalando Payments you will design develop test and operate our core APIs that allow our customers to pay securely and seamlessly. Fashion retail imposes many interesting challenges on the payment experience that we address through tailored deferred payment options and other products. The services you will build in this role assess the pre-order risk of offering deferred payments and youll work closely with data scientists. You will make sure the product complies with the demanding and high standards of the fintech industry.

WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED

Create highly scalable solutions and own the entire application lifecycle. You will design technical solutions within your teams architecture and you are responsible for implementation testing and operation in the production environment.

You will be part of a team where best practices like continuous integration code quality code reviews test-driven development etc. are kept at very high standards.

Together with your team you will own your code and decide on the technologies and tools to deliver as well as operate large-scale applications on cloud (AWS) based on a microservices architecture.

Share your knowledge with your colleagues helping them to grow their technical skills.

WED LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

You have a degree in computer science or a related field or are an experienced IT Specialist. You are interested in making an impact by building and operating production services. Ideally you have already built and operated production services in the past ideally in the field of e-commerce or payments - if not we will support you on the journey.

Ideally you are familiar with the Java ecosystem and frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot). You know how to find your way around microservice architecture REST services automated testing data structures and algorithmic complexity.

We do expect you to embrace the opportunity to actively learn new technologies and practices.

We are working in a big and complex environment. We expect you to be able to coordinate and communicate effectively with your peers in your team just as well as beyond team boundaries.

Great communication skills and the ability to support technical decision-making with the team

You bring excellent problem-solving skills with a logical and pragmatic attitude

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits heres 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 Lounge by Zalando discounts from external partners

2 paid volunteering days a year

Hybrid working model with up to 60% 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 for full-time employees

Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

Family services including counseling and support

Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub formerly Gympass)

Mental health support and coaching available

Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications merit and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities sexual orientations personal expressions racial identities ethnicities religious beliefs and disability statuses. We only want to know why youre great for this role so please avoid including your picture age and marital status in your CV as well.

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