Software Engineer - Java (All genders)

More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe’s leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.

Were on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

Job Description

As a Software Engineer in zooplus, you will work in a constantly evolving environment, due to technological advances and the strategic direction of our organization. In this specific role, youll work on our evolving masterdata front, building and maintaining our Search Engines Optimization and Masterdata Management tools.  

You will be working in a challenging Agile environment, taking part in the whole software development life cycle - from concept to maintenance and you will participate in solving challenges from E-Commerce domains together with the Product Owner and the Scrum Team. 

You will be responsible for: 

• Contribution to the ongoing evolution of the existing content supply portfolio of applications and services 
• Designing, developing, modifying, implementing, and supporting software components anywhere in the software stack 
• Developing software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes 
• Determining the root cause for the most complex software issues and develop practical, efficient, and permanent technical solutions 
• Remaining current on new technologies and available vendor packages; evaluating and make recommendations, as necessary 
• Assisting in task planning, estimation, scheduling, and staffing 
• Determining process improvements, best practices, and developing new processes 
• Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management 

Our tech stack, you should expect to work with following technologies: 

• Kotlin & Java - Microservices, S3, SQS, SNS & Rest APIs 
• Willing to work with Frontend i.e. Typescript, React
• Spring Boot, Hibernate 
• CI/CD with Jenkins 
• AWS, Terraform 
• Oracle DB, PostgreSQL  
• Kubernetes, Docker  
• Infrastructure as a Code, one-click deployment, C4 diagrams  
• InfluxDB, Kibana, Grafana, Sensu, Prometheus 

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• 3+ years of engineering experience
• Intrinsic passion for learning and self-development 
• Willingness to work 70% of time on Backend and 30% of time on Frontend 
• Experience in solving problems and tasks of different complexity 
• Has the profound view of the project development and suggests the best ways to develop having in mind the final market goal  
• Broad experience designing, programming, and implementing large information systems 
• Ability to provide in-depth evaluation and analysis of unique complex technological issues 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent organization and time management skills 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• On call experience or willingness to be on call duty every 6 weeks (will be recompensed) 
• Must live within commutable distance to our Krakow office due to our hybrid work policy being 60% office and 40% remote working per month 

Additional Information

With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 10 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect to work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with colleagues in different locations remotely.

Our benefits:

•  20% discount in our zooplus shop
•  Internal and external training
•  Team events
• #LI-Hybrid
•  Two extra vacation days and days off on 24th and 31st of December
•  Private medical care and life insurance
•  Multicafeteria system including Multisport card

Want to know more? Learn more about zooplus here, and check out our LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to get a glimpse into the zooplus culture.

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