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
- Robust 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
- 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)
- Security and compliance requirements in enterprise environments (identity and access management, secrets management, data protection)
- Observability practices (lo

📌 Software Engineer - Backend (Bengaluru)
🏢 ZEISS Group
📍 Bengaluru