Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management (all genders)

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Cybersecurity

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a key technology at Zalando, providing secure access to our Zalando Technology Foundation services and tools for our employees, partnering businesses, contractors and customers. 

As Senior Software Engineer in Identity & Access Management (IAM) you will work in this dynamic environment on the line between Software Engineering and Systems Engineering together with a talented and diverse team, influencing, building, and operating the next generation IAM technology stack at Zalando.​ 


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

  • Design, develop, deploy and improve software solutions, mainly in Golang and partially in Python, with a platform engineering mindset that has a direct impact on our daily business with employees, partners, and vendors.

  • Provide developer-friendly platform solutions around Identity Management and Access Governance to a large number of stakeholders.

  • Drive maintenance and enhancement of our Terraform provider, a critical component of our deployment automation suite.

  • Monitor the systems for which you’re responsible; define alerts, participate in on-call rotations, and generally follow Site Reliability Engineering best practices.

  • Improve our end-to-end test automation framework, which plays a key role in ensuring the reliability of our services and relevant business processes.

  • Manage and consult internal stakeholders on best practices of cross-domain identity and access management, including access models, take their requirements and enhance existing services.

     


WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF
 

  • You are highly skilled as a Golang Developer and have proven experience in designing and deploying concurrent applications using Go.

  • You have a deep understanding of microservice architecture, REST services, API design, and security concepts.

  • You are highly versed in deploying and operating applications in a cloud infrastructure and have worked with and deeply understand cloud-centric IAM techniques (JSON Web Tokens, OpenID Connect, and OAuth2 protocols).

  • You have experience with secure coding and know your security principles and best practices for creating secure platforms.

  • You like distilling domain knowledge and working on design topics that touch multiple systems beyond coding.

  • You are interested in development and operation and understand PostgreSQL and cloud architectures (preferably AWS). 


 

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)

  • Mental health support and coaching available

  • Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review



 

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

Recruiter

Noha Mosaad

noha.mosaad@zalando.de

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.

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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