THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Join us to help drive the development of the ZMS advertisement platform that strives to inspire, engage and inform Zalando shoppers through unparalleled brand-curated and highly relevant advertising experiences, seamlessly supporting our customer’s shopping journey by empowering our partners to promote their brand, stories, and products.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will create a best-of-class reporting infrastructure keeping in mind the user experience for our fashion brands advertising on Zalando, helping them to understand their advertising performance and enable them to make informed decisions through data. While the role is mainly data engineering focused, having backend knowledge will be beneficial since the team also builds some BE components ( i.e. APIs ) 

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion/our-employee-resource-groups

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Build and improve the campaign reporting infrastructure that allows our fashion brands monitor advertising campaigns on Zalando's advertisement platform.

• Evaluate and Implement leading-edge technologies and optimise platform performance in terms of throughput, read-latency, scalability, and reliability. Our reports should render in under 5s despite we are dealing with large datasets.

• Take end-to-end responsibility for projects in a cross-functional team and iterate quickly during the product development cycle. As well as, ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering peers.

• Share your knowledge with your colleagues and help them grow their technical skills.

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

•  You have 5+ years of experience in data engineering(Python), proficiency in designing and developing APIs(Java) and handling high-volume data.

• You have solid knowledge of operational excellence and cloud-oriented infrastructure (AWS, k8s, etc.).

• You have experience building data infrastructures that render data in a web application.

• Backend engineering knowledge is a plus.

• DevOps knowledge is a plus. 

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• Employee shares program

• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners

• 2 paid volunteering days a year

• Hybrid working model, with flexible hours and up to 60% remote

• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

• 27 days of vacation a year to start

• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

• Family services, including counselling and support

• Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)

• Mental health support and coaching available

ABOUT ZALANDO & ZALANDO MARKETING SERVICES

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