Senior Software Engineer – Big Data Platform (All genders)

zooplus SE

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Company Description

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.

Job Description

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and help us build the most comprehensive big data platform that democratizes access to company data for all employees. As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing data-intensive software and integrating seamlessly into an agile team to contribute to building the best possible platform for our users’ needs.

Our stack:

  • Scala, Akka, SQL, Spark
  • AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Kafka, Jenkins, Argo
  • Vue3, Typescript

Our way of working:

A combination of Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Lean Software practices. We embrace a DevOps mindset, where the cross-functional development team has full ownership, from idea to production. You build it, you run it.

What you will be responsible for

  • We are looking for a person that will help the team with the development of our big data platform.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of our Big Data platform.
  • Collaborate in a cross-functional way in the whole product lifecycle, by contributing to multiple aspects of the product, including frontend, cloud and operations. 
  • Collaborate with the users and learn the domain to understand the problems and needs.
  • Learn and teach your colleagues in any aspect of product and software development to reach technical excellence.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 3 years with an advanced degree.
  • Strong knowledge of the functional programming paradigm, familiar with concepts such as monads and recursion.
  • Demonstrable experienced designing and developing REST APIs.
  • Capable of deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes.
  • Experience working with cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure).
  • Experience working in an agile team with other Software Engineers.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Fluent English

Preferred qualifications:

  • MSc or PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
  • Advanced Scrum Developer knowledge.
  • Demonstrable experience with Scala.
  • Demonstrable experience with AWS.
  • Typescript and MVC Javascript frameworks experience (Angular, React, Vue, Backbone …).

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 or face-to-face at the office.

Our benefits:
20% discount in our zooplus shop
Internal and external training
Team events
✈️ 28 Annual Vacation Days
Private Medical Health Insurance
⏰ Hybrid working model (up to 40% remote)

Want to know more? Learn more about who we are and what we do and visit our LinkedIn company profile.

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

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