Software Engineer - Backend

ZEISS in India

ZEISS in India is headquartered in Bengaluru and present in the fields of Industrial Quality Solutions, Research Microscopy Solutions, Medical Technology, Vision Care and Sports & Cine Optics.

ZEISS India has 3 production facilities, R&D center, Global IT services and about 40 Sales & Service offices in almost all Tier I and Tier II cities in India. With 2200+ employees and continued investments over 25 years in India, ZEISS’ success story in India is continuing at a rapid pace.

Further information at ZEISS India .

Company Name:

Carl Zeiss India Bangalore ZEISS India

Position Title:

Software Engineer (Global Role)

Department:

CIT

Location

Bangalore (ZIGCC)

Employment

type

Full Time

About the Team

The Monetization Platforms department is one of the strategic units within Corporate IT and is responsible for Design, development & management of Billing, Licensing and Subscription Solutions as three central services across the ZEISS Group worldwide.

Your Role

As a Software Engineer (Global Role) with 2-7 years , you are responsible for the backend development on Azure for Licensing platform at Zeiss.

Your key responsibilities:

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable):

Several years of hands-on experience developing backend services on Microsoft Azure, especially Azure App Services / Web Apps and Azure Functions

Strong proficiency in C# / .NET for building scalable, maintainable, and testable backend APIs

Proven experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs (request/response design, versioning, error handling)

Practical experience operating production systems: monitoring, incident handling, troubleshooting, and performance optimization

Strong focus on code quality, clean architecture, and secure coding practices

Experience working in agile development teams (Scrum/Kanban) using Git-based workflows and pull requests

Core Technical Requirements:

Advanced proficiency in C# / .NET for cloud-native development (e.g. or newer)

Hands-on experience with Azure Functions (HTTP triggers, timer triggers, queues/topics, bindings) and Azure App Services

Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), e.g. using Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, or similar, to provision and manage Azure resources

Experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD (build and release pipelines, YAML pipelines, artifact management)

Experience implementing authentication & authorization (e.g. Azure AD / Entra ID, OAuth2/OIDC, role-based access)

Hands-on experience with logging, monitoring, and diagnostics using Azure Application Insights and related tooling

Familiarity with automated testing (unit, integration, and API tests) integrated into the CI/CD pipeline

Knowledge of Azure data services (e.g. Storage, SQL) is helpful but not required

Broader Responsibilities the Candidate Will Own:

Design, implementation, and maintenance of central backend services for software licensing used across ZEISS business units

End-to-end ownership of services over their full lifecycle: development, deployment, monitoring, incident handling, and continuous improvement

Implementation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code for backend services and related Azure resources

Collaboration with architects, client engineers (C++ / C#), and the React portal team to ensure consistent end-to-end flows for licensing use cases

Definition and implementation of non-functional requirements (security, reliability, scalability, performance, observability) for backend services

Continuous optimization and automation of build, test, and deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps

Participation in on-call / incident processes as required, including root-cause analysis and long-term remediation

Contribution to architecture decisions, coding standards, and documentation within the backend and platform teams

Basic Requirements:

University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a comparable qualification

Typically, 2 years of professional experience as a backend or cloud engineer on the Microsoft stack

Proven experience delivering and operating Azure-based backend solutions in a professional environment

Experience working in international, cross-functional teams within corporate IT or product development

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured, proactive, and reliable working style

Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Solid understanding of:

Cloud-native backend architectures on Azure (microservices, serverless, APIs, integration patterns)

REST API design principles, including authentication, authorization, error handling, and versioning

DevOps concepts and CI/CD practices with Azure DevOps (pipelines, environments, approvals, rollback strategies)

Infrastructure as Code principles (idempotency, modularization, environments, reviewable changes) and their application in Azure

Security and compliance requirements in enterprise environments (identity and access management, secrets management, data protection)

Observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, alerting) for production systems

Resilience and reliability patterns (retry, circuit breaker, timeouts, graceful degradation) in distributed systems

Collaboration with Business Analysts and other stakeholders to translate requirements into robust backend solutions

Basic understanding of software licensing concepts and workflows is a plus

About Zeiss:

Join us at ZEISS, the global leader in optics and optoelectronics with market-leading positions in its four main segments: Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, and Consumer Markets (which includes Vision Care, Sports & Cine Optics, and Photography) since 1846. The company is known for shaping technological progress and offers a wide range of solutions for various fields, including life sciences, healthcare, eye care, and industrial quality.

Headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany, we're a global powerhouse with over 50,000 dedicated employees spanning more than 50 countries. Our relentless pursuit of innovation has earned us a reputation as a leading technology enterprise.

What You Can Expect

A strategically relevant role within ZEISS’ central monetization platform landscape

Significant room for shaping and evolving modern developer ecosystems

Collaboration in an interdisciplinary and international environment

Long‑term perspective at a globally leading technology company

Location: Bangalore

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable):

Several years of hands-on experience developing backend services on Microsoft Azure, especially Azure App Services / Web Apps and Azure Functions

Strong proficiency in C# / .NET for building scalable, maintainable, and testable backend APIs

Proven experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs (request/response design, versioning, error handling)

Practical experience operating production systems: monitoring, incident handling, troubleshooting, and performance optimization

Strong focus on code quality, clean architecture, and secure coding practices

Experience working in agile development teams (Scrum/Kanban) using Git-based workflows and pull requests

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Saptarshi Chowdhury