THE ROLE & THE TEAM
As part of the Emerging Propositions team you will be involved in exciting projects that primarily focus on our customers' experience in the beauty, designer and re-commerce domain.
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
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
- Play a key role in design, development, deployment, operating and improving scalable software solutions that have a direct impact on our daily business with our customers.
- Lean on your Android experience and skill set, write robust, performant and maintainable code. Own your code and contribute to decisions on the product features and technologies and tools to deliver features on our native Android app.
- Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders within and outside of your team and seek feedback.
- Demonstrate willingness to learn and build great digital experiences using Kotlin with a passion for continuous improvement.
- Take an active role in understanding business requirements and translating them into technological solutions. Collaborate closely with Product Management (and other roles) to refine the functional requirements and build test cases to be verified during development and feature release.
- Focus on maintaining and improving code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and use feedback as an opportunity for growth.
- Proactively help in the growth of juniors and peers in your team and beyond.
- Contribute to our growing tech community, encourage knowledge sharing and learn from your peers.
WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF
- You are a passionate Senior Android Engineer who is eager to work with new technologies while trying to challenge yourself and deliver clean, easily maintainable and testable code.
- You have 5+ years of experience working in high performing Teams and can independently drive end-to-end delivery, facilitating technical discussions and complex decision making.
- You have a deep understanding of the Android SDK, industry standard design patterns for Android Apps, and Kotlin as the programming language
- You are familiar with RxJava and the functional programming concepts of Kotlin. Familiarity with Jetpack Compose and Coroutines is a bonus.
- You have a good understanding of how to work with REST services and APIs. Familiarity with GraphQL is a bonus.
- You are knowledgeable about engineering practices that lead to writing well-tested high quality code.
If you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
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
- Two paid volunteering days a year
- In a hybrid working model with 60% (or more) remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
- 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 counseling and support
- Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
- Mental health support and coaching are available
- 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