Big Data Engineer - Zalando Payments at Zalando SE (Berlin, Germany)

You Are Ready To Make An Impact

Zalando Payments builds technologies for efficiently handling all financial transactions in our consumer-facing applications. Our goal is to deliver a flawless user experience in the checkout, in the payment and in the reconciliation processes. Our unique AI-driven fraud detection and risk steering boosts conversion and brings a competitive advantage to our customers, taking in the entire financial process. The results of our advanced machine learning framework form the basis for critical business decisions taken in Zalando Payments (e.g., offering a risky/non-risky payment methods to different users, sending a dunning for late payment, and the like).

You Are Setting Standards

Innovation. You design and implement big data solutions to improve our AI-driven fraud detection framework.

Production. You are passionate about delivering scalable real-world big data or machine learning solutions to end users.

Team. You share your knowledge and help your colleagues excel.

Presentation. You have good communication skills as well as ability to explain your work in a way that is easily understandable.

You Are Skilled

Background. You have a Master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics or another similar quantitative field.

Programming. You have excellent programming skills and 2-5 years of experience in an JVM based languages (preferably in Scala).

Big Data. You have experience with big data frameworks (preferably Apache Spark) and a good understanding of the Big Data landscape. Experience with distributed indexing and search platforms/tools such as Apache Solr is considered as plus.

Running Systems. You have experience with cloud services (AWS preferred) and you can leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery.

You Benefit From

Culture. Culture of trust and empowerment, open source commitment, meetups, game nights, +70 internal technical and fun guilds, tech talks, product demos, Coderdojos, parties & events.

Perks. Competitive salary, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, public transport discounts, relocation assistance for internationals, free drinks & fruits, hardware of your choice.

Development. Tour of Mastery, extensive onboarding, personal branding support, opportunity to attend and speak at conferences.

Work Environment. Self-organized,  autonomous teams and flexible working hours.

Want to join us? Then go ahead and apply!

If you need guidance or have any questions about our hiring processes, please contact our recruiter Maria Garcia