Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer - Zalando Loyalty Program (All Genders)

As a Senior Backend Engineer at the Loyalty Platform team, you will be responsible for developing, testing, operating, and monitoring services that are fundamental to the Zalando Loyalty Program Platform. You will have the opportunity to participate in and contribute to technical solution designs and decisions, especially in new technology stacks for building features for our membership program.

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED

1. Design, develop, deploy, and operate microservices at scale.
2. Choose technologies and tools to deliver and operate large-scale applications on PaaS/SaaS cloud (AWS) based on microservices architecture.
3. Take ownership of the entire development cycle—from architecture design to testing, implementation, and maintenance.
4. Collaborate with software engineers, engineering managers, and product managers to align with our technical vision in an agile environment.
5. Leverage current trends in software design, architecture, and web services.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

1. 5+ years of professional software development experience and mastery of at least one programming language, preferably Kotlin or Java.
2. Experience in designing distributed systems, microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architecture.
3. Practical knowledge of cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and AWS.
4. Skilled in SQL databases, monitoring, alerting, and operational excellence.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
6. Strong analytical skills.
7. Knowledge of engineering practices that ensure well-tested, high-quality code.
8. Eagerness to read code and collaborate with other engineers on refactoring and new feature implementation.

PERKS AT WORK

We offer a culture of trust, empowerment, and constructive feedback, along with open source commitment, meetups, game nights, 70+ internal guilds, tech talks, an internal tech academy, blogs, product demos, parties, and events. Our benefits include a competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, excellent IT equipment, flexible working hours, extra holidays, volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health programs, extensive onboarding, mentoring, personal development opportunities, and an international team of experts. We also provide relocation assistance for international applicants, PME family services, and parent & child rooms in select locations.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that reflect a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

ABOUT ZALANDO

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, connecting customers, brands, and partners across 25 markets. We drive digital solutions across fashion, logistics, advertising, and research, serving over 50 million active customers with diverse skills, interests, and languages.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please complete all applications using our online form; we do not accept applications via email. Our recruiters will contact suitable candidates through official Zalando email addresses (@zalando.de). We work with headhunters and agencies for certain roles, but neither Zalando nor our partners will ask for payment at any stage. For questions about our recruitment process, please visit our FAQ page.