Senior Software Engineer - Ad Platform | Senior Software Engineer - Ad Platform (all genders)
Zalando SE
Job Summary
This Senior Software Engineer role within Zalando Marketing Services (ZMS) focuses on building and maintaining the critical, high-performance infrastructure for the Ad Marketplace platform. The engineer will design and implement scalable, resilient services capable of handling up to 4,000 requests per second with strict latency requirements (p99 of 25ms). Day-to-day responsibilities include leading technical projects from conception to delivery, promoting engineering excellence through clean code and robust observability, and innovating with real-time data processing pipelines to optimize ad delivery. This position offers a unique opportunity to solve complex technical challenges at massive scale, directly impacting the success of partners and ZMS's financial performance by connecting approximately 50 million active customers across 25 European markets with various brands.
Required Skills
Education
Not specified
Experience
- 6+ years of engineering experience, ideally in a similar role
- Deep experience with Java, Spring, and distributed systems
- Professional experience in designing and implementing scalable, resilient services
- Experience in driving end-to-end implementation of new features
Languages
Additional
- Not specified
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