Senior Platform Engineer (all genders)

Location
Ansbach, Cheltenham
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Software Engineering - Backend

ABOUT TRADEBYTE

At Tradebyte you work hand in hand with the biggest players in e-commerce – from hip fashion brands to big online shops. We offer you an open work structure and an incomparable team spirit. We believe that work and passion are compatible and for that we offer the appropriate surroundings. With continuous growth, we are looking for new colleagues who share our passion for work. Love what you do – do what you love. Become part of Tradebyte, an independent company within the Zalando Group!

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM

In this role, you’ll become a key member of Tradebyte’s Digital Foundation, joining a professional and agile team committed to shaping the future of our global engineering platform. Working alongside skilled engineers, you’ll play a vital role in designing, developing, and maintaining solutions that enhance our platform's performance, reliability, and user value. 

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

  • As part of the Digital Foundation, you’ll join a professional agile team helping to shape the future direction of TRADEBYTE’s global engineering platform.

  • Design, develop and maintain solutions that optimize our global engineering platform to maximize value for our users.

  • Push our global engineering platform to be reliable, robust, and state of the art.

  • Work with engineering teams to find the balance between operational excellence and new initiatives which bring value to our users.

  • Help with questions and inquiries around our global engineering platforms which includes our CI/CD tools, AWS landscape, and other systems.

  • Facilitate engineering teams in the adoption of DevOps practices and pushing a “you built it, you run it” culture.

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

  • Experienced (2-3 years) and highly collaborative engineer with a strong growth mindset and a track record in independently driving X-as-a-Service solutions.

  • Experience working as a Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer within an agile organization and demonstrated ability to use tools like AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Python, Go, Chef, and Terraform to build robust, scalable, and user-focused solutions.

  • Profound understanding of DevOps practices and development productivity topics.

  • You take ownership of your work – from understanding the requirements to implementation, testing, and maintenance.

  • You strive for continuous improvement, standards, and best practices.

  • Knowledge in any of the following areas is a plus: software development, quality assurance, or product management.

  • You speak English fluently. German skills would be appreciated, but are not required.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS YOU’LL LOVE

  • You’ll play a decisive role in shaping an agile, fast-growing, international company and be supported by an open-minded working environment

  • Competitive salary package, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount (30% Zalando Lounge)

  • You’ll be given various learning and development opportunities to enhance your professional development

  • Flexible working hours, home office options

  • 27 vacation days per year that increase up to 30 days, volunteering time off and several sabbatical options after 2 years

  • We’ll help you commute to the office with zero emissions: through a rented company bike or by charging you electric car at our e-charging station

  • Access to additional German or English classes to improve your language skills

  • Visa support for our foreign employees 

  • A variety of health offers to support your well-being, as well as free beverages and fruits

Recruiter

Stefania Tosini

stefania.tosini@tradebyte.com

Please note that all applications from this job page must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail. Once reviewed, our recruiters will contact applicants via an official Zalando email address (@zalando.de).

In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process, please take a look at our FAQ page.

Our Software Engineering teams deploy software extensively, managing a broad set of applications and conducting thousands of deployments per week. The Software Engineering team enables Zalando as Europe’s number one multi-brand, digital platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for our partners and customers. As a Zalando Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a community of thousands of colleagues across Europe.

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About Zalando

It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey to build the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Help us offer an inspiring and quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to about 50 million active customers in 25 markets. Or be part of our logistic infrastructure, software or service capabilities to help brands and retailers run and scale their entire e-commerce business, on or off Zalando. Join our Zalando ecosystem, to enable positive change for the fashion and lifestyle industry. 

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