Hybrid Backend Engineer – Scala/Kotlin

at Zalando

• Job title: Backend Engineer – Scala/Kotlin
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Docker, GraphQL, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Microservices, Scala
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Helsinki, Finland

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer focused on building backend microservices in a hybrid team. Operating on Kubernetes and AWS, contributing to scalable fashion platform solutions.

Responsibilities

• Consistently ship working, testable, maintainable, readable code/data to production in small and safe iterations.
• The solutions are performant, scalable and fulfil the set SLOs of the product.
• Own and operate backend microservices on top of Kubernetes and AWS.
• Making a positive impact on our engineering culture, encouraging knowledge sharing and driving technical discussions within the team and beyond.

Requirements

• Have high proficiency in at least one high level JVM based programming language, preferably Scala or Kotlin
• Experience or interest in Scala functional programming libraries (cats, ZIO, etc) or functional programming in general is a plus
• Are passionate about your customers/users
• Strive for high code quality
• Have competence with distributed event-driven systems
• Have experience with creating and consuming GraphQL APIs, that operate at scale, are easy to use, self-documented and have the caller’s perspective always in mind
• Are familiar with DevOps practices and technologies (Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, as well as CI/CD) with keen attention to meaningful logging, monitoring and overall operational excellence
• Prefer iterative (agile) development and KISS principle
• Possess good verbal and written communication skills in English and able to present the thoughts in a clear and structured manner.

Benefits

• Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback with internal guilds and Employee Resource Groups, knowledge sharing through tech talks and open source commitment, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, meetups, parties and events.
• Competitive salary and employee shares program.
• 40% Zalando discount of products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge and additional discounts from external partners
• Monthly transport, lunch and recreation vouchers, private health insurance and occupational health care services, family services, free beverages and snacks, diverse sports and health offerings.
• Centrally located office in Kamppi, Helsinki, with flexible working times, additional holidays and hybrid working model.
• Extensive onboarding, mentoring and training opportunities and an international team of experts to work with.