Lounge by Zalando
SeniorSoftwareEngineer
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“Senior Software Engineer at Lounge by Zalando. Skills: Backend solutions, Automated testing, CI/CD. Contribute design backend solutions. Contribute development backend solutions”
Industry & Context.
Identify production issues; Solve production bottlenecks; Incident management; Root cause analysis
One-year fixed-term position
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4 years professional development experience frontend web technologies, Proficient in TypeScript and React, Deep knowledge modern build tools, Knowledge Node.js ecosystem, Comfortable working with AWS, Comfortable working with Kubernetes, Automated testing non-negotiable, CI/CD non-negotiable, Proficient identifying production issues, Proficient solving production bottlenecks, Experience incident management, Experience root cause analysis
Nice to Have
Experience with Webpack
What You'll Do.
Contribute design backend solutions
Contribute development backend solutions
Contribute operation backend solutions
Write maintainable code
Focus automated tests
Take active part solution design
Take active part architecture discussions
Take active part technical decisions
Take active part production readiness reviews
Participate code reviews
Adhere best practices
Collaborate effectively cross-functional team
Iterate quickly product development
Influence growth juniors
Influence growth peers
Identify production issues
Solve production bottlenecks
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional team; Mobile engineers; Web engineers; Backend engineers; Product managers; Designers
Communication Scope
Communicate effectively; Collaborate effectively
Process & Methodology
Agile
Full Job Description
**THE ROLE & THE TEAM** Lounge by Zalando is an exclusive online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle products across Europe. We provide our members with daily, time-limited sales campaigns featuring discounts of up to 75%. Our mission is to offer the best shopping experience, and to do that, we need talented engineers to help shape the future of our platform. As a Senior Software Engineer at Lounge by Zalando, you'll join a cross-functional team that will shape the next chapter in our customer experience. You'll collaborate with mobile, web, and backend engineers, as well as product managers and designers, all working towards creating a seamless and delightful shopping journey. We support your growth with opportunities to work with modern technologies and learn from experienced peers. ***This is a one-year fixed-term position covering maternity leave until 31.08.2027.** **INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN** At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit. We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process. do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: Our employee resource groups: ## ****WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)**** * Contribute to the design, development, and operation of scalable, reliable, low-latency backend solutions for our customer facing applications. * Write clean, robust, and maintainable code, focusing on high quality and automated tests. * Take an active part in solution design, architecture discussions, technical decisions, and production readiness reviews. * Participate in code reviews
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