Backend Software Engineer- Payments (all genders)

Jobinhalt

THE ROLE & THE TEAM
As Backend Engineer for Zalando Payments, you will design, develop, test, and operate our core APIs that allow our customers to pay in a secure and engaging fashion. Fashion retail imposes some interesting challenges on the payment experience that we address through tailored deferred payment options and other products. The services you will build in this role control the user experience and steer these processes and directly interface with the merchant systems. You will make sure the product complies with the demanding and high standards of the fintech industry.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - 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 //corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion

Our employee resource groups https //corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion/our-employee-resource-groups

WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED…

• Create highly scalable solutions and own the entire development cycle. You will design technical solutions within your team’s architecture, and you are responsible for implementation, test, and operation.
• You will be part of a team where continuous integration, code quality, code reviews, test coverage, etc. are kept at very high standards, therefore you should also be positive and firm in your attitude towards them.
• Together with your team you will own your code and decide on the technologies and tools to deliver as well as operate large-scale applications on cloud (AWS), based on a microservices architecture.
• Share your knowledge with your colleagues helping them to grow their technical skills.
  
  

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF…

• You have a degree in computer science or a related field and have built and operated production services in the past, ideally in the field of e-commerce or payments.
• You are familiar with the Java ecosystem and frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot), as well as Cloud infrastructure, containerized deployment, and persistence layers (e.g. AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, DynamoDB, etc.). You know how to find your way around microservice architecture, REST services, asynchronous distributed systems, etc.
• We do expect you to embrace the opportunity to actively learn new technologies and practices.
• We are working in a big and complex environment. We expect you to be able to coordinate and communicate effectively with your peers in your team just as well as beyond team boundaries.
• Great communication skills and the ability to support technical decision making with the team
• You bring excellent problem-solving and multitasking skills, with a logical and pragmatic attitude
  
  

Zalando Benefits

Career Development

• We offer peer-to-peer performance reviews twice a year
• Learn and develop through our extensive Zalando training platform
• Join regular all-hands, team meetings, Q&A-sessions, and quarterly anonymous employee surveys to ask your questions and provide your feedback
• Support from an international team of experts; mentoring and professional development opportunities
  
  

Wellbeing

• 2 days paid leave per year for volunteering
• Minimum of 27 holiday days per calendar year
• Online sports courses, wellbeing, and nutrition advice offered by Humanoo personal wellbeing coach app
• Mental wellbeing support by our Employee Assistance Program and professional consultants to help you find health resources
  
  

Flexibility

• Flexible working hours
• Relocation assistance for internationals
• If you work from an office in your role, a choice of office equipment to be delivered to you, to support you working from home due to COVID-19 safety
  
  

Financial

• Access to the employee shares program
• 40% shopping discount on products shipped and sold by Zalando, and 30% discount on Zalando Lounge
• Discounts from a wide range of external partners
  
  

Family

• Employee parents’ forums and employee resource group
• Supported transition into and out of parental leave, with a buddy and re-onboarding plan
• 3 fully-paid child sick days per year
• Free counselling, assistance, and referral service for all matters concerning yourself and your family via the Fürstenberg Institute
  
  

About Zalando

It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey, from being a pioneer in the world of e-commerce, to the starting point for fashion in Europe. We connect customers, brands, and partners across 23 markets.

Help us drive digital and sustainable solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through a team of diverse skill-sets, cultural backgrounds, and interests.

Our values https //jobs.zalando.com/en/our-founding-mindset

do.More - our sustainability strategy https //corporate.zalando.com/en/sustainability

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Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.

About Zalando Payments

Positioned at the bustling intersection of eCommerce and FinTech, Zalando Payments helps ensure that Zalando’s customers can securely pay how they want when they want.

Zalando Payments builds the technologies for all financial transactions in the Zalando fashion store and our other consumer-facing apps. We work to deliver a flawless user experience in the checkout, as well as the processing of payments and reconciliation in the backend.

Payments website https //sites.google.com/zalando.de/zalando-payments/what-we-do

Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.