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Role Overview
As a Principal Data Engineer, your role involves architecting and developing data-intensive systems and services that will power the end-to-end discovery and engagement-focused journey, making a direct impact on over 50 million Zalando customers across 25 countries.
We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer with hands-on experience in building data pipelines and systems for ML systems to be part of the Inspiration and Entertainment mission. You will define, drive, and develop capabilities for discovering engaging content, collaborating closely with engineers, applied scientists, and the wider Search, Browse, Personalization & Recommendations organization.
Our Values
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
Zalando is Europe's leading online fashion platform, connecting customers, brands, and partners across 25 markets. We promote digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising, and research, serving over 50 million active customers with diverse skills, interests, and languages.
Our vision is to be inclusive by design, starting with our hiring practices — we do not discriminate based on gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability. Candidates are encouraged to omit personal details such as picture, age, or marital status. We focus solely on qualifications and merit.
We aim to provide a positive candidate experience and support accommodations as needed during the hiring process.
Our Strategy and Resources
do.BETTER — our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy
Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups
Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain large-scale data-intensive systems for personalized content discovery.
* Implement and promote best practices in software development, ensuring high standards in reliability, performance, and latency.
* Develop new data storage, evaluation, and maintenance approaches applicable company-wide, handling both structured and unstructured data.
* Mentor engineers and collaborate across teams, sharing knowledge within our engineering and science community.
* Work with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions and identify new opportunities.
* Participate in setting engineering standards and guiding technology decisions via our Tech Radar.
Qualifications
* Expertise in designing resilient, scalable distributed systems in cloud environments, preferably with Kubernetes and AWS.
* Experience in developing data pipelines for batch and stream processing using AWS, Databricks, Airflow, or similar tools.
* Strong software engineering skills, with a focus on large-scale data solutions, version control, and project delivery.
* Knowledge of application resilience, monitoring, load testing, and maintaining data pipelines.
* Excellent communication skills and experience leading cross-organizational collaborations.
* Mentoring experience with senior engineers and collaboration with scientists and ML engineers.
* Advocacy for agile practices, operational excellence, and clean code standards.
Benefits
Zalando offers a comprehensive benefits package, including employee shares, discounts, volunteering days, flexible working, relocation support, health and wellbeing programs, and more. Learn more from your Talent Acquisition Partner.
Additional Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Technology, Retail, IT Services & Consulting
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