THE ROLE AND THE TEAM
As a key member of our team, you will primarily focus on backend development (approximately 80% of your role), architecting and enhancing our robust pricing platform built on Golang microservices and Kubernetes infrastructure. While your expertise will be predominantly applied to backend systems, you'll also contribute to TypeScript frontend applications as needed, ensuring seamless integration across our technology stack.
This platform is the foundation of our article lifecycle optimization, enabling automated data and decision-making that drive business success. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring seamless operations, which are essential for bringing articles online.
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)
Design, develop, and maintain microservices within our Golang-based, event-driven architecture that powers our automated pricing platform.
Collaborate with our frontend-focused senior engineer to support the development of frontend systems that manage commercial price steering, alerting, monitoring, and tracing required to process up to 1Bn near real-time price change events per day for 17 markets.
Own the whole development cycle: from architecture design to implementation, testing, and maintenance of productivity tooling for internal teams that scale and are easy to use.
Collaborate with other engineering, data science, and business teams to ensure that our solutions are well integrated in the larger context of Zalando.
Share knowledge and mentor team members regarding best practices, code quality, and tech frameworks.
WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF
You have 5+ years of experience in professional, backend-focused software development and 2+ years of experience with Golang.
You have 2+ years of experience developing frontend solutions using React and ideally 1+ years of experience in Typescript.
Experience with PostgreSQL is a plus.
You are familiar with Node.js and have experience working with frameworks such as Express (or similar).
You are experienced in working with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes and Docker.
You have a business mindset, a strong sense of ownership, and are continuously thinking about new ways to improve your systems.
You keep your eyes on the latest software design, architecture, and web services developments and are passionate about well-structured, readable, and testable code.
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 Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
Two paid volunteering days a year
A hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week. Actual practice is up to each team to support their collaboration best
Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
27 days of vacation a year to start
Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
Family services, including counseling and support
Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
Mental health support and coaching are available
Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review
Learn all about Zalando and our values here:
https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us
ABOUT LOUNGE BY ZALANDO
Lounge by Zalando is an online outlet for fashion and lifestyle products in 17 European countries. We offer our members daily, time-limited sale campaigns with discounts of up to 75% off the recommended retail price. However, Lounge by Zalando is so much more than discounts. Our strength lies in our focus on fashion: from sought-after labels to niche brands, from famous international names to trendy luxury brands, we make sure to meet the fashion taste of all our customers, who are always on the hunt for the best products at the best prices. Working with our brand partners, we're pioneering innovative supply-chain and production processes and offer them an impactful and smart solution, creating a new way to shop for fashion - and a new way to sell it.
