Senior Backend Engineer - Echo (all genders)

The Zalando eCommerce Platform Sciences team assists customers in their fashion discovery journey and helps them find what they are looking for across Zalando. In the echo department, we drive the vision of making Zalando the go-to place for customers to discover quality content, find personalized inspiration, and establish a deeper connection. We are transforming content discovery systems by utilizing innovative approaches and building inspirational experiences for our customers.

As a Backend Engineer, you will:

1. Be part of the engineering team, working with exceptional engineers and applied scientists to enable customers to explore and discover fashion uniquely.
2. Partner with Product teams to define and deliver new discovery features across all Zalando experiences.
3. Build systems that solve major customer challenges related to inspiration and entertainment in fashion and lifestyle e-commerce.
4. Impact over 50 million Zalando customers in 25 countries and growing.
5. Create scalable, critical-path services that enhance customer experience.

We are looking for a strong individual who:

1. Has a proven track record of delivering highly scalable, critical services.
2. Wants to grow professionally by building systems that influence millions of customers' onsite experience.

Our commitment to inclusion:

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, we aim to be inclusive by design. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability. Candidates are evaluated solely on qualifications and merit. We welcome you to omit personal details like picture, age, or marital status from your application. Please inform us of any accommodations needed during the hiring process.

Responsibilities include:

• Building large-scale backend microservices using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Scala, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Deciding on technologies and tools to deliver scalable microservice applications on AWS.
• Collaborating with various teams and stakeholders.
• Sharing knowledge, mentoring, and supporting junior colleagues.
• Designing resilient distributed microservices on cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with JVM-based languages, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and large-scale databases.
• Advocating for agile processes, operational excellence, and best coding practices.
• Communicating effectively in English, including technical documentation.

What we offer:

A culture of trust, empowerment, open source, meetups, game nights, technical guilds, knowledge sharing, and personal development opportunities. Competitive salary, employee discounts, flexible working, relocation support, and more. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building inclusive teams.

Zalando connects over 50 million active customers across 25 markets with a diverse team of experts. For questions, contact Irina Ponomarenko at irina.ponomarenko.external@zalando.de. Please apply via our online form; we do not accept applications via email. We work with headhunters and agencies but will never ask for payment for applying or interviewing. For more info, see our FAQ page.