Junior Backend Engineer - Risk Management / Risk AI (all genders)

As Junior Backend Engineer for Zalando Payments, you will design, develop, test, and operate our core APIs that allow our customers to pay securely and seamlessly. Fashion retail imposes many interesting challenges on the payment experience that we address through tailored deferred payment options and other products. The services you will build in this role assess the pre-order risk of offering deferred payments, and you’ll work closely with data scientists. You will make sure the product complies with the demanding and high standards of the fintech industry.

Create highly scalable solutions and own the entire application lifecycle. You will design technical solutions within your team’s architecture, and you are responsible for implementation, testing, and operation in the production environment.

You will be part of a team where best practices like continuous integration, code quality, code reviews, test-driven development, etc. are kept at very high standards.

Together with your team you will own your code and decide on the technologies and tools to deliver as well as operate large-scale applications on cloud (AWS), based on a microservices architecture.

Share your knowledge with your colleagues helping them to grow their technical skills.

You have a degree in computer science or a related field, or are an experienced IT Specialist. You are interested in making an impact by building and operating production services. Ideally, you have already built and operated production services in the past, ideally in the field of e-commerce or payments - if not, we will support you on the journey.

Ideally, you are familiar with the Java ecosystem and frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot). You know how to find your way around microservice architecture, REST services, automated testing, data structures and algorithmic complexity.

We do expect you to embrace the opportunity to actively learn new technologies and practices.

We are working in a big and complex environment. We expect you to be able to coordinate and communicate effectively with your peers in your team just as well as beyond team boundaries.

Great communication skills and the ability to support technical decision-making with the team

You bring excellent problem-solving skills, with a logical and pragmatic attitude

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

Employee shares program

40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners

2 paid volunteering days a year

Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration

Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees

Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

Family services, including counseling and support

Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)

Mental health support and coaching available

Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.

Please note that all applications from this job page must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail. Once reviewed, our recruiters will contact applicants via an official Zalando email address (@zalando.de).

In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process, please take a look at our FAQ page .

About Zalando

It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey to build the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Help us offer an inspiring and quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to about 52 million active customers in 26 markets. Or be part of our logistic infrastructure, software or service capabilities to help brands and retailers run and scale their entire e-commerce business, on or off Zalando. Join our Zalando ecosystem, to enable positive change for the fashion and lifestyle industry.