Software Engineer - Fashion Store API (all genders)

Zalando GmbH; Berlin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee shares program

Hybrid work model (60% remote)

Discounts on fashion/beauty

Volunteer days

Relocation assistance

Wellbeing options

Mental health support

Peer reviews

Job summary

Zalando GmbH is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to connect Frontend requests with multiple Backend services in a microservice setup. You will work with Node.js and GraphQL to build scalable APIs, while collaborating with stakeholders to optimize the FashionStore API and related systems.

You will contribute to architecture, improve performance, and support deployment and monitoring practices. A strong focus on reliability, security, and CI/CD will help teams move fast across Europe.

Qualifications

• Develop, improve and maintain features that help the FashionStore API being performant, cost-efficient and simple to integrate.
• Take ownership for parts of the user experience and guide engineers to adopt our products.
• Commitment to do On-call ~once every 2 month

Responsibilities

• Develop, improve and maintain features that help the FashionStore API being performant, cost-efficient and simple to integrate.
• Take ownership for parts of the user experience and guide engineers to adopt our products.
• Closely collaborate within the team and with stakeholders to optimize processes and tools.
• "You build it, you run it" approach: manage services end-to-end from development to deployment to monitoring and incident support.

Skills

Node.js

GraphQL

Python

Go

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Caching

Security

On-call

Job description

As a Software Engineer in the Domain GatewayTeam, you will ensure the seamless connection of clients and backends through the Fashion Store API and ensure effective performance of the system. You will continuously improve our stakeholder’s productivity and developer experience while optimizing the architecture of the API . The product portfolio that you will help getting better every day includes:

Fashion Store API (GraphQL)

Nova (Feature Flagging and Experimentations platform)

PR review and support process

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with ourhiring - 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.

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

Develop, improve and maintain features that help the FashionStore API being performant, cost-efficient and simple to integrate with

Take ownership for parts of the user experience and guide engineers to adopt our products.

Closely collaborate within the team and with stakeholders to identify potentials to optimize our processes and tools.

"You build it, you run it" approach: experience managing services end-to-end, from developing to deploying to monitoring and incident support.

Backend Software Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience in API programming and architecture and resolver implementations

You know how to connect Frontend request to various Backend services - especially in a microservice environment

Strong experience in Node.js and GraphQL, knowledge inPython and/or Go is nice to have but not a must

Experience with modern deployment tools and continuous integration/delivery processes to deploy new features reliably and quickly.

Good understanding of System Fundamentals (Caching, Security, CI/CD, Kubernetes)

Commitment to do On-call ~once every 2 month

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 Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners

2 paid volunteering days per 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

In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview.

Software Engineering

Our Software Engineering teams deploy software extensively, managing a broad set of applications and conducting thousands of deployments per week. The Software Engineering team enables Zalando as Europe’s number one multi-brand, digital platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for our partners and customers. As a Zalando Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a community of thousands of colleagues across Europe.

It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey to build the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Help us offer an inspiring and quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to about 50 million active customers in 25 markets. Or be part of our logistic infrastructure, software or service capabilities to help brands and retailers run and scale their entire e-commerce business, on or off Zalando. Join our Zalando ecosystem, to enable positive change for the fashion and lifestyle industry.