Backend Engineer - Scala (all genders)

Zalando GmbH; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zalando discount

Relocation assistance

Private health insurance

Hybrid work model

Office in Kamppi, Helsinki

Job summary

Zalando Helsinki is hiring a Backend Engineer to help shape the Digital Experience Composition Platform. You’ll work on Tier 1 services, drive discovery and design, and may contribute to frontend components. You’ll join a small, active team of 6 engineers in Helsinki.

We value learning, collaboration, and delivering high-quality software that scales to millions of users across Europe. The role offers a hybrid working model in Kamppi, Helsinki, with relocation support for internationals.

Qualifications

• Full development cycle from discovery to deployment, monitoring and ongoing improvement.
• Experience with Scala, Finch, React, DynamoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL and Kubernetes in production.
• Experience building and designing high-traffic RESTful APIs and services.
• Strong teamwork, curiosity and willingness to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

• Full development cycle: discovery, design, development, deployment, operation and monitoring of software solutions impacting millions.
• Work with tech stack including Scala, Finch, React, DynamoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL and Kubernetes.
• Participate in planning, write tests (TDD), review code and follow lean rituals.
• Collaborate with multiple teams across locations and with product management.

Skills

Scala

React

RESTful APIs

JVM languages

Functional programming

PostgreSQL

Redis

DynamoDB

Kubernetes

Frontend technologies

Microservices

Finch

AWS

Tools

DynamoDB

Redis

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

AWS

Finch

Job description

The Digital Experience Composition Platform team is the gateway to relevant content selection at Zalando. The team directly impacts on what our 30+ million active customers see during their visit at our Fashion Store (e.g.: www.zalando.fi ). Their aim is to provide the most relevant, engaging user experience for each customer. We do this by combining Machine Learning driven personalization and business driven systems driving content selection decisions. As we are responsible for choosing the content our customers engage with, even one line of code can have a huge impact for our millions of customers.

As a Backend Engineer in this team, you will be working on high-quality cutting edge Tier 1 key services. You will drive discovery, design and development for our new initiatives and collaborate with our stakeholders and downstreams. You have the option to contribute to our frontend components. In this role you are supported by an experienced and engaged team of 6 engineers, which is one of the most active and respected communities at Zalando Helsinki. We not only run critical systems with ruthless efficiency, but also actively meet during free time to go hiking, play frisbee golf, go climbing, play games or do other activities together.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - 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 you’re 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.

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

• Full development cycle: Discovery, design, develop, deploy, operate, monitor and improve important software solutions that impact millions of customers
• Get onboard our tech stack of Scala, Finch, React, Dynamo DB, Redis, Postgre SQL and Kubernetes.
• Participate in planning, writing TDDs, code reviews and our lean rituals
• Collaborate with many teams across different locations
• Work together with product management to clarify contribution to company initiatives
• Together with your peers, represent the team when reacting to incoming requests, mail and chat communications
• You have hunger and ability to learn new skills
• Solid production knowledge of functional and/or JVM languages, ideally with Scala but we are also happy to teach it as long as you are interested in learning
• Experience with specifying and building high traffic production RESTful APIs
• Strong team player who likes to learn from peers, have a fun loving attitude and have the drive to grow others
• You will get extra points from experience with microservices, AWS and frontend technologies, but these skills are not a must

OUR OFFER

• Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback with internal guilds and Employee Resource Groups, knowledge sharing through tech talks and open source commitment, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, meetups, parties and events.
• Competitive salary and employee shares program.
• 40% Zalando discount of products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge and additional discounts from external partners
• Monthly transport, lunch and recreation vouchers, private health insurance and occupational health care services, family services, free beverages and snacks, diverse sports and health offerings
• Centrally located office in Kamppi, Helsinki, with flexible working times, additional holidays and hybrid working model
• Extensive onboarding, mentoring and training opportunities and an international team of experts to work with
• Relocation assistance for internationals

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.