(Senior) Backend Engineer

About Global Fashion Group

Global Fashion Group is the leading fashion and lifestyle destination in growth markets across LATAM, SEA and ANZ. From our people to our customers and partners, we exist to empower everyone to express their true selves through fashion. Our three e-commerce platforms: Dafiti, ZALORA and THE ICONIC connect an assortment of international, local and own brands to over 800 million consumers from diverse cultures and lifestyles. GFG’s platforms provide seamless and inspiring customer experiences from discovery to delivery, powered by art & science that is infused with unparalleled local knowledge. As part of the Group’s vision is to be the #1 online destination for fashion & lifestyle in growth markets, we are committed to doing this responsibly by being people and planet positive across everything we do.

Since launching in 2011, THE ICONIC has redefined the future of retail in Australia and New Zealand. As the leading fashion, sports and lifestyle e-commerce destination in the region, our e-commerce platforms (Retail, Marketplace and Services) provide a seamless and inspiring end-to-end customer experience through our own technology innovations. We stand for benchmark-setting customer service, delivery options, returns policies, and curation of brands.

We are a diverse and dynamic community of over 1,000 people working towards our purpose “To bring on the future of shopping”. THE ICONIC is people and planet positive, and we strive towards creating a positive impact in the world by driving genuine and meaningful change for the better of all communities involved. 

For more information visit: www.global-fashion-group.com

THE TEAM

At GFG, Technology is core to long-term success and is a crucial enabler of a great Customer Experience. We are a mix of experts in fashion, logistics, data analytics, marketing, and design, guided by business consultants and tech geniuses – everyone contributes to the success of GFG.

Our Engineering Department plans, builds and maintains the technology that drives high traffic ecommerce platforms. Our ability to deliver fast, safe and scalable solutions is critical in delivering first-class experiences to our customers. Our teams are organised by business domain and take ownership of everything they do in a you built it, you own it, model.

SCOPE OF ROLE

• Write and maintain clean and well-tested code
• Implement and deploy microservices using infrastructure as code technologies, CI/CD (Bamboo), Terraform
• Work on distributed systems at scale with high traffic workloads
• Collaborate with other software engineers and stakeholders in your team to build and maintain APIs in our microservices architecture (Kubernetes)

WHAT IT TAKES

• Proficiency in PHP/NodeJS/TypeScript is a plus
• Experience in backend development and building applications in a major framework
• Understanding of unit testing and related frameworks such as Jest, PHPUnit
• Familiarity with agile and lean software engineering
• Understanding of fundamental engineering concepts - SOLID principles, clean code, design patterns, testing
• Awareness of major cloud provider (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Experience designing and integrating APIs - RESTful API 
• Familiarity with RDBMS databases (MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, etc)

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Exposure to Docker in production (Kubernetes, EKS)
• Exposure to modern DevOps practices - QA Automation, Monitoring, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Exposure to automated deployments (CI/CD)

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• The ability to cross train into DevOps/Platforms or Data Engineering
• The unique opportunity to have a serious impact on a growing organisation
• A dynamic working environment shaping the face of fashion e-commerce in growth markets
• Work closely with a global talent pool with international mindset 
• #1 IT company to work for in Vietnam in 2021
• Best practice scaled agile engineering
• Amazing office and great culture! Massage chairs, table tennis, video game room, quarterly team events, yearly company trip, end of the year party
• Hybrid working environment and work from home set up allowance
• Clear career progression plan and support
• English classes
• Macbook or laptop when you start
• Social insurance, medical insurance & AON insurance
• 13th month salary
• 15 days of annual leave, 30 days of sick leave/mental health, 1 day of occasion leave
• Support for Gym membership
• VND 60,000,000 referral reward for successfully referring someone to GFG

Apply today and join GFG in this exciting role shaping the face of fashion e-commerce!

Global Fashion Group embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.