Senior Software Engineer

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

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • Around 4 years of extensive experience in designing and implementing software components in Python

  • You are familiar with a wide range of AWS services (especially cloud-native ones) and can reliably operate cloud infrastructures

  • You are very knowledgeable about the development of scalable, highly available microservices

  • You have a firm grip on your engineering basics like Git and Docker

PREFERRED SKILL SETS & QUALIFICATIONS

  • You have experience with DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB

  • You are experienced in queuing, pub/sub, and event stream mechanisms

  • You have experience with Test-driven Development

  • You convince with your solid knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming

  • You believe in the importance of writing clean code and taking ownership of your work

  • You confidently present new ideas and concepts to audiences that have no technical background

  • You are a team player who enjoys working in an international environment

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • You are responsible for conceptualizing and developing systems that are highly available and scalable

  • You work closely with your team and the product teams to achieve optimal results

  • You will work in an agile, cross-functional, highly aligned, autonomous team

  • Optimizing processes and performance is one of your tasks

  • You are involved in the evaluation and testing of new tech trends

  • You will pass your know-how on to your colleagues

Recruiter

Matthew Noble

matthew.noble@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.

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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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