1 day ago
Berlin, Germany or Dortmund, GermanyMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and operate scalable backend APIs for secure payments and related financial processes.
- Own applications across their full lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through production operation.
- Build services that interface with merchant systems and support checkout, deferred payments, risk steering, payment processing, and reconciliation.
- Collaborate with teammates on architecture, technology choices, code reviews, testing practices, and code quality.
- Contribute to technical decision-making and share knowledge to help colleagues grow their skills.
Requirements
- A degree in computer science or a related field, or experience as an IT Specialist.
- Prior experience building production services, ideally including operating them in production.
- Interest in learning new technologies and practices and building production services with customer impact.
- Ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with peers and across team boundaries.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, logical, and pragmatic decision-making skills.
- Familiarity with the Java ecosystem, ideally including Spring Boot, microservice architecture, REST services, and asynchronous distributed systems.
- Experience in e-commerce or payments is preferred.
Benefits
- 27 days of annual holiday for full-time employees initially, increasing by one day per calendar year up to 30 days.
- 40% discounts on fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, and external partner discounts.
- Family support, including counseling and services for parents and carers.
- Company pension scheme and employee shares programme.
- Health and wellbeing options, including Well-hub, plus mental health support and coaching.
- Training platform access and biannual peer-to-peer reviews.
- Two paid volunteering days per year.
- Relocation assistance subject to prior agreement.
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.