With over 25 years’ experience, plus the same enormous passion and ambition we had on day-one, we’re trailblazers in the pet e-commerce industry. Our solutions make over 12 million customers genuinely happier – and that’s something we really care about. We work together to continually adapt; embracing change and the challenges it brings so that we can keep doing better. Join us and discover a place where your potential meets your passion for pets. That’s the power of plus.
At zooplus, we're building the technology behind one of Europe's largest online pet platforms. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll join the team responsible for zooplus Club, our membership and loyalty platform that serves millions of customers across more than 25 European markets.
You’ll work in a cross-functional Agile team to design, build and operate scalable backend services that power customer loyalty, rewards and engagement. Working closely with Product Managers, Designers and fellow engineers, you’ll help shape technical solutions that deliver real business impact while contributing to a modern cloud-native platform.
If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, taking ownership from design to production, and working with modern backend technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
What you’ll do

Design, build and maintain scalable backend services using Kotlin
Develop APIs, event‑driven services and microservices that power our loyalty platform
Own features throughout the full software development lifecycle—from technical design and implementation to deployment and production support




Contribute to the evolution of our event‑driven architecture and cloud‑native platform
Collaborate closely with Product Managers and engineering teams to deliver high‑quality solutions
Write clean, well‑tested, maintainable code and participate in code reviews and pair programming
Monitor, troubleshoot and continuously improve application performance, reliability and scalability
Help shape engineering best practices, tooling and development processes
Embrace a DevOps culture where teams build, deploy and operate the services they own

Our technology stack

Kotlin
Java
React
Microservices & Event‑Driven Architecture
AWS
Docker & Kubernetes
PostgreSQL, Oracle & Redis
Terraform
Jenkins CI/CD
Prometheus & Grafana
Elasticsearch & Kibana
Git

What you’ll bring

Significant commercial experience building backend applications using Kotlin or Java
Experience designing and developing scalable microservices and distributed systems
Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, clean code and testing principles
Experience building REST APIs and backend services
Good knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Oracle
Experience working in Agile development teams
Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerisation and CI/CD pipelines
A collaborative,



growth‑oriented mindset with a willingness to learn React, contribute across the stack, and support teammates by wearing different hats when needed
Strong problem‑solving skills with a collaborative and proactive mindset
Comfortable taking ownership of solutions throughout their lifecycle
Professional proficiency in English

Nice to have

Experience with AWS services
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
Experience working with event‑driven architectures

Headquartered in Munich, with offices across Madrid, Krakow, Wroclaw, London and Vienna, we collaborate because we genuinely love working together - so you’ll be at the heart of an incredible, multinational team. We trust each other to get the job done, which means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 60% of your time in the office and 40% at home. There’s an option to work for 20 days abroad in approved countries too.
Find out more about the specific benefits at your local office in our blog posts.
A note on compensation: We believe in being transparent about salary ranges. The range shown reflects the full scope that the role can grow into over time, depending on experience, skills, and impact. Most offers are positioned around the midpoint of the range, ensuring a fair and consistent approach across our teams.
At zooplus, we believe in equal opportunity and support everyone to fulfil their potential. We recognise the power of listening and learning from each other and embrace diversity and inclusion of all.
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📌 Senior Software Engineer - Kotlin/Java (All Genders) (España)
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