Software Engineer - Backend Python Developer | H&M

Company Description


Shaping the future of fashion with people, data, and tech - The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation, driven by customers technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we want to shape the future of retail by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 74-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision.
We are creative minds; testing, experimenting, learning, and growing. With our strong values as our guide, we are empowered to create, innovate, and deliver. We work in multiple areas of the tech field. From AI to data-driven business development, user experience to engineering. We turn business challenges into innovative tech solutions – making H&M Group a global leader in combining tech, fashion and design.




Job Description
CREATOR STUDIO is an end-to-end print on demand merchandise platform.
We enable creativity and cultural expression by managing all aspects of print on demand, production, fulfilment, and e-commerce, including integrations for social commerce. This leaves creators and brands free to focus on designing exceptional products, growing their audience, and driving traffic to their distribution channels powered by CREATOR STUDIO.
CREATOR STUDIO is part of H&M Group – giving access to its global supply chain, from product development to fulfilment and logistics. Working with CREATOR STUDIO means tapping into over 75 years of experience in fashion and innovation, and a supply chain that is optimised to deliver high quality products sustainably and responsibly.
As part of H&M Group Business Ventures, CREATOR STUDIO is a start-up within the greater context of H&M Group. CREATOR STUDIO is comprised of about 45 highly motivated individuals; all experts in their respective fields and all working to provide an excellent customer experience through a start-up, fail fast mentality while also leveraging H&M Group assets.
We are building a new print on demand merchandise platform that will inspire and engage both our Creators as well as our End Customers. We are looking for a new team member, Python Developer, having expertise with Docker and Kubernetes as well as microservice oriented platform architecture. As a backend developer at CREATOR STUDIO, you are part of a cross-functional product teams that work together as one team to deliver the best possible customer experience. You will be part of disrupting old ways and setting up the base for how print on demand merchandise should be done.




Qualifications
As a Software Engineer at CREATOR STUDIO, you will embark on a journey that will lead to something new and exciting - we will test, fail, and learn. You are an important player in this expedition, and so we believe you are communicative, flexible, stress-resistant, and able to work in an environment that is not yet formalized.
We believe you identify with having:
4+ years of strong experience in developing Python-based applications
Experience with microservices architectures
Experience with REST APIs development
Experience with container-based technologies
Experience with databases, such as MongoDB and PostgreSQL

We also believe that you have experience working with:
Event-driven architecture
Cloud platforms
Docker
Messaging service bus technologies
CI/CD pipelines
Test automation tools and processes
Architecture decisions and design patterns
Third party integrations

You are awesome if you also have experience with:
Security best practices
Kubernetes
Kafka
Google Cloud Platform





Additional Information
Just like everyone at CREATOR STUDIO, we believe you are a sales-minded, social, open, communicative, and ambitious team player full of drive and optimism. You have strong communication skills and an ability to communicate and explain and discuss complex challenges and its implications to various stakeholders.
At H&M we have a strong, value-driven culture characterized by believing in people, teamwork and an entrepreneurial spirit. We welcome your application regardless of gender, age, gender expressions, sexual orientation, disabilities, religious beliefs, origin, or background.
If this sounds exciting to you, come join the journey and build the future with us!