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# Software Engineer - Fashion Store API (all genders)

- **Company:** Zalando SE
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Caching, Backend, Kubernetes, Graphql, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-fashion-store-api-all-genders-zalando-se-10310164

## About the Role

* Backend Software Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience in API programming and architecture and resolver implementations
 * You know how to connect Frontend request to various Backend services - especially in a microservice environment
 * Strong experience in Node.js and GraphQL, knowledge in Python and/or Go is nice to have but not a must
 * Experience with modern deployment tools and continuous integration/delivery processes to deploy new features reliably and quickly.
 * Good understanding of System Fundamentals (Caching, Security, CI/CD, Kubernetes)
 * Commitment to do On-call ~once every 2 month

## Description

As a Software Engineer in the Domain GatewayTeam, you will ensure the seamless connection of clients and backends through the Fashion Store API and ensure effective performance of the system. You will continuously improve our stakeholder's productivity and developer experience while optimizing the architecture of the API . The product portfolio that you will help getting better every day includes:

 * Fashion Store API (GraphQL)
 * Nova (Feature Flagging and Experimentations platform)
 * PR review and support process
 * Qkeep (tool to manage GraphQl queries)

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with ourhiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.

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

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy:

https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy

WHAT WE'D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

 * Develop, improve and maintain features that help the FashionStore API being performant, cost-efficient and simple to integrate with
 * Take ownership for parts of the user experience and guide engineers to adopt our products.
 * Closely collaborate within the team and with stakeholders to identify potentials to optimize our processes and tools.
 * "You build it, you run it" approach: experience managing services end-to-end, from developing to deploying to monitoring and incident support.