Senior Software Engineer - Java (All Genders)

zooplus SE; Województwo małopolskie; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Travel opportunities (20 days abroad)

Employee discounts

Wellbeing offerings

Subsidised transport or bike leasing

Discount across all products

Job summary

zooplus SE is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to join the Payments Team, driving secure and scalable payment experiences used by millions. You’ll work across the stack, taking features from concept to production, with strong emphasis on performance and reliability in a microservices setup.

Ideal candidates have Java/Spring expertise, cloud/CI/CD familiarity, and a collaborative mindset. The role offers hybrid work across Europe with opportunities for international exposure.

Qualifications

• Experience building modern software applications at scale.
• Strong knowledge of Java and Spring-based development.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD, and distributed systems.
• Passion for clean architecture and quality engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve scalable payment solutions within a microservices environment.
• Take ownership of features from idea to production.
• Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, and platform teams.
• Improve performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Agile

Team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

With over 25 years’ experience, plus the same enormous passion and ambition we had on day-one, we’re trailblazers in the pet e-commerce industry. Our solutions make over 12 million customers genuinely happier – and that’s something we really care about. We work together to continually adapt; embracing change and the challenges it brings so that we can keep doing better. Join us and discover a place where your potential meets your passion for pets. That’s the power of plus.

Join our Payments Team and help shape secure, scalable payment experiences used by millions of customers every day. This is a high-impact engineering role at the centre of the customer journey, where performance, reliability, and user experience truly matter.

We’re looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, collaborating across teams, and building modern applications at scale. While this is a full stack role, we welcome candidates with either stronger backend or frontend experience who are excited to work across the stack.

What You’ll Do

• Build and evolve scalable payment solutions within a microservices environment
• Take ownership of features from idea to production
• Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making
• Partner closely with product, engineering, and platform teams
• Improve performance, reliability, and developer experience
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

How We Work

• Agile, collaborative teams with high ownership
• “You build it, you run it” mindset
• Code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Continuous improvement in both technology and ways of working

Tech Stack:

Java 17+, Spring Boot,, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

What You Bring

• Experience building modern software applications at scale
• Good knowledge of Java and Spring-based development
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD, and distributed systems
• Passion for clean architecture and quality engineering practices
• Collaborative mindset with a sense of ownership and curiosity

Nice to Have

• Experience in payments or e-commerce environments
• Exposure to observability and monitoring tools
• Interest in AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot

Don’t meet every requirement? We’d still love to hear from you. We value potential, mindset, and engineering fundamentals as much as direct experience.

Headquartered in Munich, with offices across Madrid, Krakow, Wroclaw, London and Vienna, we collaborate because we genuinely love working together - so you’ll be at the heart of an incredible, multinational team. We trust each other to get the job done, which means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 60% of your time in the office and 40% at home. There’s an option to work for 20 days abroad in approved countries too.

Add to that development opportunities that help you to shape your own career path, excellent training and support, wellbeing offers, subsidised transport or bike leasing, plus 20% discount across all our products, and you’ll begin to get a sense of what sets us apart. Find out more about the specific benefits at your local office in our blog posts.

A note on compensation:

We believe in being transparent about salary ranges. The range shown reflects the full scope that the role can grow into over time, depending on experience, skills, and impact. Most offers are positioned around the midpoint of the range, ensuring a fair and consistent approach across our teams.

At zooplus, we believe in equal opportunity and support everyone to fulfil their potential. We recognise the power of listening and learning from each other and embrace diversity and inclusion of all.

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