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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 steer these processes and directly interface with the merchant systems. You will make sure the product complies with the demanding and high standards of the fintech industry.\nZalando Payments builds the technologies for all financial transactions in the Zalando fashion store and our other consumer-facing apps. We work to deliver a flawless user experience in the checkout, as well as the processing of payments and reconciliation in the backend. Through smart risk steering, we boost conversion and deliver a competitive advantage to our customers, taking in the entire financial process.\nWHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED…\nCreate 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.\nYou 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, therefore you should also be positive and firm in your attitude towards them.\nTogether 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.\nShare your knowledge with your colleagues helping them to grow their technical skills.\nWE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF…\nYou 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. You have already built and ideally operated production services in the past, preferably in the field of e-commerce or payments.\nWe do expect you to embrace the opportunity to actively learn new technologies and practices.\nWe 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.\nGreat communication skills and the ability to lead technical decision-making with the team\nYou bring excellent problem-solving skills, with a logical and pragmatic attitude\nIdeally, 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, asynchronous distributed systems, etc.\nOUR OFFER\nZalando 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.\n27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)\n40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners\nFamily support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers\nCompany pension scheme\nEmployee shares programme\nHealth and wellbeing options, including Well-hub\nMental health support and coaching\nDevelopment through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review\n2 paid volunteering days a year\nRelocation assistance (subject to prior agreement)\nINCLUSIVE BY DESIGN\nIf you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!\nAt Zalando, our vision is to be the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle - one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds.\nWe actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.\nWe are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. 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