Zalando’s Economics and Experimentation department is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to strategically scale our Experimentation Platform to meet our evolving business needs.
The Experimentation Platform team is responsible for innovating and enhancing the tools, systems, and processes that enable dozens of teams at Zalando to continuously test hypotheses and improve our products and services in a data-driven manner. In this key role, your leadership will directly influence the evolution of Zalando’s robust and trustworthy experimentation infrastructure, which is central to our data-driven decision-making process.
We are looking for a technically adept, results-oriented leader with a proven track record to help build Zalando’s next-generation experimentation platform. As Engineering Manager, you will lead, grow, and inspire a team tasked with designing and developing our mission-critical Experimentation Platform. This role will focus on a new team dedicated to developing, deploying, operating, and scaling tailored tools for specific business domains at Zalando. Our goal is to bridge the gap between generic experimentation capabilities and domain-specific needs, enhancing the platform’s effectiveness.
Your technical expertise will guide the team, ensuring the quality and timeliness of their work. You will play a crucial role in championing and expanding Zalando’s culture of innovation and experimentation, connecting new domains to experimentation, and scaling existing ones. This is essential to achieving our long-term goal of ensuring that important business decisions are underpinned by experimentation and supported by accurate, high-quality data.
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
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Lead, coach and inspire a cross-functional team of engineers and applied scientists, promoting personal and professional growth and development.
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Ensure the strategic alignment of the team with organizational goals in collaboration with Product Management and Applied Science.
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Drive excellence in engineering practices, focusing on quality and innovation.
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Facilitate a strong feedback culture and continuous learning within the team.
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Guide the team in formulating technical strategies to enhance platform performance.
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Mentor team members, focusing on their growth and development.
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Foster a team culture that values creativity, collaboration, courage, ownership and proactive problem-solving.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
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5+ years of engineering experience, including at least 2 years in a technical management or leadership role. Experience in building and leading diverse engineering or data science teams is a plus.
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Hands-on experience with software engineering in web services and data systems, with familiarity in scalable infrastructure technologies like Kafka and Kubernetes, Databricks, Flink, and backend web service principles (e.g., RESTful services).
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Strong understanding of system design, data engineering, data flow, scalability considerations, and continuous integration/deployment processes. Knowledge of JVM-based languages (Java, Scala) is a plus.
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Experience in Python, Scala, and Spark is advantageous, as is working with machine learning products, knowledge of MLops and PyTorch is a plus.
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Passionate about developing people and platforms, with a focus on fostering a strong engineering culture. Exceptional communication skills, empathetic leadership, and a solution-oriented approach.
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Strong product sense with a deep understanding of customer needs and a commitment to helping them succeed.
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Experience with A/B testing platforms, feature management/flags, statistical frameworks, and data governance.
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Fluency in English, with an eagerness to learn and adapt in unfamiliar territories.
If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.
We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process.
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
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.
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Employee shares program
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40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
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2 paid volunteering days a year
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Hybrid working model with 60% (or more) remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
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Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
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27 days of vacation a year to start
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Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
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Family services, including counseling and support
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Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
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Mental health support and coaching available
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Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review
Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us
Top Skills
What We Do
Welcome to Zalando. Here’s some key info about us:
Our position and vision:
- We’re Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle
- Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to more than 50 million active customers in 25 markets; offering clothes, footwear, accessories, and beauty
- Our vision is to become The Starting Point For Fashion.
Our offering:
- Our assortment of international brands ranges from world-famous names to local labels
- Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation, and interaction
- As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners, and friends of our brand.
- Our logistics network with 12 centrally located fulfillment centers allows us to efficiently serve our customers throughout Europe, supported by warehouses in Italy, France, Poland, and Sweden with a focus on local customer needs.
Our beliefs:
- Our ambition is to combine our passion for self-expression through fashion with our unwavering commitments to sustainability and D&I
- We believe that our integration of fashion, operations, and online technology gives us the capability to deliver a compelling value proposition to both our customers and fashion brand partners.
