Job Description

With over 25 years’ experience, plus the same enormous passion and ambition we had on day-one, we’re trailblazers in the pet e-commerce industry. Our solutions make over 12 million customers genuinely happier – and that’s something we really care about. We work together to continually adapt; embracing change and the challenges it brings so that we can keep doing better. Join us and discover a place where your potential meets your passion for pets. That’s the power of plus.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Mobile Apps Team, bring new features to life, and support the evolution of our services and products. You will work closely with the product owner, area architect, and your team members to clarify business needs and technical requirements and define how to best support them. In close collaboration with other teams, your team will introduce new features and improvements to the mobile apps to provide an even better experience for more than 11 millions of our customers!

As our Senior Backend Software Engineer:

• You will work with your Team and Product Owner in a challenging Agile environment, collaborating closely with other teams.
• You will participate in the team's technical/architectural discussions and decisions.
• You will develop and continuously deliver applications for one of Europe's most successful pet e-commerce platforms.
• You will participate in the complete software development life cycle from discovery through coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

You will learn and grow your skills daily, striving for mastery using state-of-the-art technologies and practices such as AWS, Microservices, Docker, and more.

At the Mobile Apps, our primary responsibility is the iOS and Android apps, including the services that power them. This includes all aspects of the customer journey, from onboarding, personalised home feed, wishlist, search and catalog to cart and checkout. As a rapidly growing channel, the Mobile Apps are crucial to the company's success.

Here are several aspects of our team and work environment that contribute to a positive and fulfilling experience:

• We work in self-organised teams following Scrum methodology, respecting and valuing everyone´s opinion.
• We learn from each other and share knowledge through pair programming, code reviews, and many training opportunities.
• We  deliver value by developing new features, maintaining existing products, and improving all the infrastructure we need, so we would also like to have a colleague who is cross-functional
• We are committed to delivering high-quality products and believe that continuous delivery, clean code, and a DevOps mindset are key to achieving this goal.
• Our team values a friendly and collaborative environment, and we greatly encourage open communication and teamwork We believe in a team approach and do not assign blame; instead, we work together to build and maintain the system.

• We embrace diversity, having colleagues from over 50 countries. This means our working language is English

These are some of the technologies/frameworks/practices we use:

• Python
• Java 11+, Spring framework
• CI/CD with Jenkins pipeline
• InfluxDB, Grafana, ELK stack
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Amazon Web Services and cloud deployments (S3, SNS, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, etc.), using tools such as Terraform or AWS CLI
• Git, Scrum, Pair Programming, Peer Reviewing

Your responsibilities

• Participate in solution investigation, estimations, planning, and alignment with other teams.
• Design, implement, deliver, and support backend solutions (restful web services) using micro-services architecture.
• Work closely with other teams to integrate their solutions into the mobile apps.
• Promote and implement test automation (e.g., unit tests, integration tests, e2e tests and performance tests)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, development, and deployment.
• Deploy applications on the cloud using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS and Terraform.
• Work closely with the team in an agile and collaborative environment. This will involve code reviews, pair programming, knowledge sharing, and incident coordination.
• Maintain existing applications and reduce technical debt.

Qualifications

Must have:

• 6+ years of professional experience with Python; experience with Java and the Spring Framework is a plus.
• Strong understanding of complex architecture landscapes, with the ability to independently investigate and implement new features.
• Ownership mindset with a strong focus on delivering high-quality solutions; experience with unit testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Experience with DevOps tools and practices, including container orchestration, CI pipelines, monitoring and alerting, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• Interest in contributing across the full software development lifecycle (frontend, backend, testing, and DevOps).
• Ability to mentor junior colleagues and help structure and clarify requirements.
• Empathetic team player with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have:

• Experience working within Agile practices and knowledge of Agile values & principles.
• Experience working with Microservices.
• Experience in the e-commerce domain.
• Experience with AI-assisted development and modern SDLC tooling:
  • Tools like GitHub Copilot / Copilot Chat
  • Applying AI for code generation, refactoring, test automation, and documentation
  • Using AI to accelerate debugging, prototyping, and architectural decisions

Additional Information

Headquartered in Munich, with offices across Madrid, Krakow, Wroclaw, London and Vienna, we collaborate because we genuinely love working together - so you’ll be at the heart of an incredible, multinational team. We trust each other to get the job done, which means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 60% of your time in the office and 40% at home. There’s an option to work for 20 days abroad in approved countries too.

Add to that development opportunities that help you to shape your own career path, excellent training and support, wellbeing offers, subsidised transport or bike leasing, plus 20% discount across all our products, and you’ll begin to get a sense of what sets us apart. Find out more about the specific benefits at your local office in our blog posts

At zooplus, we believe in equal opportunity and support everyone to fulfil their potential. We recognise the power of listening and learning from each other and embrace diversity and inclusion of all.

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zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.