Senior Frontend Engineer

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category

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

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at the Loyalty Platform team, you will be responsible for developing, testing, operating and monitoring services that lay at the very foundation of the Zalando Loyalty Program Platform. You will have the opportunity to participate and contribute to technical solution designs and decisions in new technology stacks for building new features for our membership program. 

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

  • Design, develop, deploy, operate and improve important software solutions that are well tested, and your peers praise for its elegance and code readability.

  • Join a team where continuous integration, code quality and monitoring are kept at very high standards, therefore you should also be positive and firm in your attitude towards them.

  • Take ownership for the whole development cycle - from architecture design to testing to implementation and maintenance

  • Add value by leveraging current trends in software design, architecture and web, constantly improving our architecture to be more flexible and scalable

  • Work closely with Product and Design in designing and delivering experiences for millions of Zalando customers

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF 

  • 5+ years of experience of professional software development experience and mastery of JavaScript / Typescript

  • Strong experience in React and frontend state management.

  • Experience with Node.js as a “backend for frontend”.

  • Solid foundation of Frontend technologies (ECMAScript, HTML5, CSS3) and build tools like Webpack.

  • Good knowledge of RESTful APIs / GraphQL clients and comfortable developing and consuming them.

  • Good understanding of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD. 

  • Eager to build systems for production. You care about throughput, latency and availability before they become a problem, and build appropriate monitoring before bringing anything live.

  • Good verbal and written communication skills; ability to discuss technical architecture and designs with other senior and principal engineers

If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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, formerly Gympass)

  • Mental health support and coaching available

Recruiter

Donatella Marcellino

donatella.marcellino@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. 

Learn more about our culture