THE ROLE & THE TEAM
As a Software Engineer in the Domain GatewayTeam, you will ensure the seamless connection of clients and backends through the Fashion Store API and ensure effective performance of the system. You will continuously improve our stakeholder’s productivity and developer experience while optimizing the architecture of the API . The product portfolio that you will help getting better every day includes:
Fashion Store API (GraphQL)
- Nova (Feature Flagging and Experimentations platform)
PR review and support process
Qkeep (tool to manage GraphQl queries)
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with ourhiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.
We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process.
do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy:
https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
Develop, improve and maintain features that help the FashionStore API being performant, cost-efficient and simple to integrate with
Take ownership for parts of the user experience and guide engineers to adopt our products.
Closely collaborate within the team and with stakeholders to identify potentials to optimize our processes and tools.
"You build it, you run it" approach: experience managing services end-to-end, from developing to deploying to monitoring and incident support.
WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF…
Backend Software Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience in API programming and architecture and resolver implementations
You know how to connect Frontend request to various Backend services - especially in a microservice environment
Strong experience in Node.js and GraphQL, knowledge in Python and/or Go is nice to have but not a must
Experience with modern deployment tools and continuous integration/delivery processes to deploy new features reliably and quickly.
Good understanding of System Fundamentals (Caching, Security, CI/CD, Kubernetes)
Commitment to do On-call ~once every 2 month
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 per 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
