20 hours ago
Berlin, GermanyMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain full-stack features across the Kotlin Backend-for-Frontend and React frontend.
- Build backend composition logic and frontend experiences for automated, personalised landing pages.
- Implement personalisation, targeting, and A/B testing features for marketing automation.
- Collaborate with frontend and backend engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver user experiences.
- Deploy and operate services in AWS, including participating in team on-call practices.
- Write testable, maintainable code and contribute through code and design reviews.
Requirements
- Around 2–4 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience building backend services ideally with Kotlin, or with Java or another JVM language and an interest in switching to Kotlin.
- Hands-on experience with React and the modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem.
- Experience with ES6, bundlers such as Webpack or Vite, and CSS or preprocessors such as LESS or SASS.
- Ability to write readable, maintainable, well-tested code and work effectively in an existing codebase.
- Some exposure to or willingness to learn AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
- Clear communication and a collaborative, pragmatic approach with technical and non-technical colleagues.
Benefits
- 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract.
- Employee shares program.
- Discounts on Zalando and Lounge by Zalando products plus external partner discounts.
- Work from abroad for up to 30 working days per year.
- 27 days of vacation per year for Zalando SE.
- Relocation assistance subject to prior agreement.
- Family services, health and wellbeing options, Gympass, and mental health support and coaching.
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About Zalando
Zalando operates a European online fashion and lifestyle platform where consumers shop apparel, footwear, accessories, and beauty, and brands sell via its marketplace. The public company, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Berlin, runs its own logistics network and serves over 50 million active customers across 25 markets. Its business spans direct e-commerce, partner services, and payments and risk systems that support the platform’s operations.