Responsibilities
- Design technical solutions within the team’s architecture and implement scalable payment services.
- Own the full application lifecycle, including testing and operating services in production.
- Build and operate cloud-based applications that support payments, checkout, deferred payment products, and merchant integrations.
- Follow high standards for continuous integration, code quality, code reviews, and test-driven development.
- Collaborate with teammates, share technical knowledge, and support colleagues’ development.
- Contribute to technical decisions and effective coordination across team boundaries.
Requirements
- Degree in computer science or a related field, or experience as an IT Specialist.
- Interest in building and operating production services and learning new technologies and practices.
- Familiarity with the Java ecosystem and frameworks such as Spring Boot is preferred.
- Understanding of microservice architecture, REST services, and asynchronous distributed systems is preferred.
- Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, logical reasoning, and pragmatic decision-making skills.
Benefits
- 27 days of annual holiday for full-time employees, increasing up to 30 days with tenure.
- 40% discount on Zalando fashion and beauty products, 30% discount on Lounge by Zalando, and external partner discounts.
- Family support, counselling, and dedicated services for parents and carers.
- Company pension scheme and employee shares programme.
- Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub, plus mental health support and coaching.
- Training platform and biannual peer-to-peer reviews.
- Two paid volunteering days per year.
- Relocation assistance subject to prior agreement.
About Zalando
Welcome to Zalando. Here’s some key info about us: Our position and vision: - We’re Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. - Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to more than 50 million active customers in 25 markets; offering clothes, footwear, accessories, and beauty. - We're building the ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle ecommerce. Our offering: - Our assortment of international brands ranges from world-famous names to local labels - Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation, and interaction - As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners, and friends of our brand. - Our logistics network with 12 centrally located fulfillment centers allows us to efficiently serve our customers throughout Europe, supported by warehouses in Italy, France, Poland, and Sweden with a focus on local customer needs. Our beliefs: - Our ambition is to combine our passion for self-expression through fashion with our unwavering commitments to sustainability and D&I - We promote an inclusive corporate culture that welcomes different perspectives and brings together people from diverse backgrounds. We want to ensure a non-discriminatory and supportive working environment for each of our employees to thrive. It’s a journey that all teams are on together, centered around the values we uphold. - We believe that our integration of fashion, operations, and online technology gives us the capability to deliver a compelling value proposition to both our customers and fashion brand partners.