Senior Backend Engineer | Senior Backend Engineer (all gender)

Job Summary

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering direct impact to over 50 million Zalando customers across 25 countries. You will be instrumental in building and maintaining large-scale backend microservices, focusing on Sports & Beauty propositions within fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. This role involves designing and implementing systems that enhance customer experience and relevancy through proposition-specific profiles and the Zalando Fashion Assistant. You'll work within an agile, cross-functional team, utilizing technologies like Java/Scala, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes on AWS. This position is ideal for someone passionate about scalable microservice architectures, operational excellence, and mentoring junior colleagues, all while contributing to a leading pan-European e-commerce ecosystem.