Backend Engineer - Java/Scale (all genders)

Zalando
Helsinki
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Teamwork","Learning mindset","Collaboration","Code quality focus","Stakeholder communication"]

Build and improve high-impact backend services for Zalando’s Digital Experience Composition Platform, shaping what millions of customers see on each visit. Own the full development cycle—discovery through deployment and monitoring—while designing and delivering RESTful APIs. Collaborate with a cross-location team of engineers and product management, using a modern stack including Scala, JVM tools, and Kubernetes to run Tier 1 systems efficiently.

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Zalando
Zalando
13 hours ago

Backend Engineer - Java/Scale (all genders)

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Job Summary

Build and improve high-impact backend services for Zalando’s Digital Experience Composition Platform, shaping what millions of customers see on each visit. Own the full development cycle—discovery through deployment and monitoring—while designing and delivering RESTful APIs. Collaborate with a cross-location team of engineers and product management, using a modern stack including Scala, JVM tools, and Kubernetes to run Tier 1 systems efficiently.
Location: Helsinki
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver full development cycle for backend software solutions that impact millions of customers.
  • •Drive discovery, design, and development for new initiatives within the Digital Experience Composition Platform team.
  • •Build and improve Tier 1 backend services and collaborate with stakeholders and downstream teams.
  • •Contribute to backend components and optionally frontend components.
  • •Participate in planning, TDD creation, code reviews, and lean rituals while representing the team in communications.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceEquityRelocationCommuter BenefitsMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •Solid production knowledge of functional and/or JVM languages, ideally Scala (or eagerness to learn).
  • •Experience specifying and building high-traffic production RESTful APIs.
  • •Strong team player with a drive to grow others and learn from peers.
  • •Ability to contribute across the full development cycle: discovery, design, develop, deploy, operate, monitor, and improve.
  • •Comfort planning, writing TDDs, and participating in code reviews and lean rituals.
Skills:TeamworkLearning mindsetCollaborationCode quality focusStakeholder communication
Tech Stack:JavaScalaJVMFinchReactDynamoDBRedisPostgreSQLKubernetesREST APIsTDD

Company Brief

Zalando
Zalando operates a leading European online marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products, offering clothing, shoes and accessories from international brands and local labels, plus logistics and marketing services to partner brands and retailers.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2008
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