Software Engineer- Kafka/Azure

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As Software Engineer you are responsible for the entire software life cycle – design, development, test, release, maintenance and translates business needs into working software.

The role focuses on large-scale event-driven architectures, real-time data processing, and API-driven systems that integrate OMS platforms.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

At H&M group, you will be part of the Order Management Team. We ensure stable, reliable and scalable fit for purpose platforms. Provide best-in-class engineering services that improves our speed to market, flexibility and scalability by providing frictionless technology with self-service capabilities and empowering product teams for delivery leveraging a foundational and standardized set of core platforms

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) – including design, development, testing, release, and maintenance.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, reliable, and efficient software solutions.
• Develop high-quality, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Perform unit testing and support integration and system testing activities.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
• Support deployment, release management, and production monitoring.
• Troubleshoot issues and provide ongoing maintenance and enhancements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Owners, Architects, and QA

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for people with...

• B. Tech/ B.E/ MS from a premier engineering college with 4+ years’ experience in Java Backend development and related technologies.
• Strong experience in event-driven and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with Kafka (event streaming, connectors, event stores)
• Cosmos DB / MongoDB (JSON-based data models)
• RESTful API design and implementation
• PaaS - Azure Function App, Azure Logic App
• Azure Service Bus (messaging in Azure).
• Experience with real-time data processing and high-throughput systems.
• Strong understanding of scalability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Experience with Azure cloud services.
• Logging & monitoring using Application Insights, Splunk, or similar tools.
• Ensure APIs remain consumer-agnostic (no translations, locale handling, or UI-specific logic).
• Participate in HLD/LLD design, technical reviews, and architecture governance.
• Knowledge of Web services, SOAP, JSON and XML Schema.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE 

At H&M, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe.

We offer all our employees at H&M attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment types and countries.

JOIN US

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.

*We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application