Software Engineer – Backend

Job Description

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Software Engineer, you are responsible for the entire software life cycle – design, development, testing, release, and maintenance – and for translating business needs into working software. Regardless of area, tools, or language, you will build and configure solutions that are easy to maintain and adapt, enabling a constant delivery pace to be sustained over time. This is achieved through continuous attention to technical excellence, good design, and automation.

A Software Engineer believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust. We believe you will focus on value creation, growth, and serving customers with full ownership and accountability, consistently delivering exceptional customer and business results.

Work tasks include but are not limited to:

• Backend development on Azure Cloud.
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability, Implementation of security and data protection.
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions.
• Building APIs using REST architecture.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

BOX – Store performance app is a modern, digital solution for store managers at H&M. Providing a simpler, faster, and more secure application to monitor and analyse store performance. Designed and developed in-house, BOX delivers a tailored and intuitive experience for our stores. The team also works on other key product solutions such as Store Locator and Time & Attendance, being developed by a dedicated group of engineers, business experts, and product manager.

As part of the team, you'll build and improve a modern, data-driven product suite where reliability and performance are essential. The solutions you develop will handle large volumes of data and power real-time decision-making across our stores and for our customers.

We value clean, scalable code, continuous improvement, and collaboration - and we're looking for an engineer who shares these values and wants to grow with us.

WHO YOU ARE

We're looking for people with…

Technical Competences

• TypeScript, , Yarn
• Knowledge of REST architecture (Fastify/similar) and building scalable APIs.
• Automated testing with Jest.
• Performance Testing
• Database management and complex SQL queries (CosmosDB, BigQuery)
• Microservices Architecture
• Data-intensive Computing

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of relevant experience.
• Working with Monorepo architecture.
• Experience in Serverless architectures.
• Working with microservices (Kubernetes).
• Exposure to DevOps practices.

WHO WE ARE

H&M is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

Help us re-imagine fashion and together we will re-shape our industry. Learn more about H&M here.

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This is a full-time position, starting in December 2025.

Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the 24th of October 2025.

Due to data policies, we only accept applications through the SmartRecruiters or career page.