Desired Skills and Experience

  • Implement, test and operate software security techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture
  • Perform on-going security-testing and code review to improve software security
  • Consult team members on secure coding practices
  • Advocate Zalando´s security principles and a general “security mindset” in the teams
  • Explain how and why a particular security incident happened
  • Propose viable, informed solutions to fix security problems that arise
  • Gain a firm understanding of the security domains and understand how the apply at every stage of software development
  • Maintain technical documentation
  • Provide engineering designs for new software solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities
  • University degree in Informatics, Computer Science or a related field
  • Proven professional track-record in software security analysis and the security field
  • Payment, banking or financial background a strong plus
  • Understanding of payment or other sensible processes
  • Deep software development experience in programming languages like Java and/or Scala
  • Strong interest in all aspects of security research and development
  • Knowledge of current trends in software design, architecture and web services
  • Willingness to stay current on security topics
  • Engagement with the security team to discuss new tools and exchange best practices
  • A bit of charisma - you can make security cool and fun
  • English language fluency
  • One-month mentoring program
  • Internal tech talks, skills-building courses and technical “People Leads” who help you achieve mastery
  • Personal branding support: From preparing tech talks and blog posts to networking with industry leaders
  • Community: hack weeks, movie nights, coder dojos, +70 self-organized tech guilds and more
  • Competitive salary
  • 40% Zalando shopping discount and commuter discount
  • Relocation assistance for internationals