THE ROLE & THE TEAM As a Backend Engineer, you will be delivering a direct impact to more than 50 million Zalando customers in 25 countries and growing. You will be building systems that will solve major customer challenges around Sports & Beauty in fashion & lifestyle e-commerce and build systems to take customer experience to the next level. In the Customer Engagement team we aim to understand customer needs and interests through proposition-specific profiles (e.g. Beauty & Sports Profile) and Zalando Fashion Assistant (ZFA) and increase customer relevancy in product presentation and recommendations. Find out more about our Software engineer team: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/what-we-do/software-engineering INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce - 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. do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING) Be a part of an agile, experienced cross-functional engineering team to build systems for Sports & Beauty Propositions with a major focus on serving capabilities for our clients. Design, build and maintain large-scale backend microservices using technologies such as Java / Scala, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes. Decide on the technologies and tools to deliver and operate scalable microservice-based applications on AWS. Ensure a state-of-the-art software development methodology. Interact with various teams and stakeholders with different backgrounds and with a large spectrum of competencies. Share your knowledge with your colleagues helping them to grow their technical skills. Help us become better, provide active feedback, mentor and support the development of more junior colleagues. WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF You have 5 years of professional experience software development experience You are experienced in designing large-scale resilient distributed microservices on a cloud infrastructure (preferably Kubernetes and AWS) You are experienced with JVM-based languages (Java, Scala) and NodeJS (TypeScript). You are experienced with REST APIs design and event-driven architectures. You have experience scaling Database systems (SQL or no-SQL). You advocate for agile processes, operational excellence, and coding best practices such as clean code, readability, and test-driven development. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, experience in writing technical documentation. You have experience in collaboration with engineering teams, managers, and product stakeholders from different backgrounds. You have strong analytical skills. If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! 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 a 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