Senior Backend/Data Engineer: ZMS Audience Builder (all genders)

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Software Engineering - Backend

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM

Join our Berlin-based team as a Senior Backend/Data Engineer and be at the forefront of our ZMS Audience Builder team, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of data-driven marketing strategies. In this role, you'll harness your backend expertise to enhance our audience-building platform, transforming vast data into actionable insights and innovative features. Your mission will be to design, develop, and manage a robust data infrastructure, ensuring our audiences are effectively delivered to multiple platforms while driving forward-looking segmentation and audience forecasting tools.

The technical scope of the team covers large-scale batch processing, ETL on airflow, Databricks & DBT, low-latency APIs & databases, managing AWS resources, and operating Kubernetes. Languages used are Python, Java, Scala, and SQL.

WHAT WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO DO

  • Innovate Collaboratively: Partner with a cross-functional team of Engineers, Product Managers, and Data Scientists to make a tangible impact on customer experiences.

  • Enhance Data Processing: Refine and expand our batch-processing pipeline, ensuring efficiency and scalability.

  • Design Future-Ready Solutions: Spearhead the development of resilient architectures to meet evolving requirements.

  • Elevate Technical Excellence: Contribute to a culture of quality and innovation through clean code practices and insightful code reviews.

WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

  • Your Engineering Skills Shine: You have a solid foundation in software engineering with hands-on experience in open-source technologies on AWS.

  • You're a Data Aficionado: Proficient in SQL, Java/Scala, and Python, you're ready to dive deep into large-scale data processing

  • You're Eager to Learn and Lead: Whether you're experienced or keen to explore areas like Spark, data governance, and audience building, your enthusiasm for growth stands out.

  • You Value Impact and Privacy: Topics like data quality, privacy, and governance are not just buzzwords but are crucial to your professional ethos.

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 60% remote per week

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

  • 27 days of vacation a year (for Zalando SE)

  • Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

  • Family services, including counseling and support

  • Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)

  • Mental health support and coaching available

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us

Recruiter

Karolina Miernik

karolina.miernik@zalando.de

Please note that all applications from this job page must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail. Once reviewed, our recruiters will contact applicants via an official Zalando email address (@zalando.de).

In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process, please take a look at our FAQ page.

Our Software Engineering teams deploy software extensively, managing a broad set of applications and conducting thousands of deployments per week. The Software Engineering team enables Zalando as Europe’s number one multi-brand, digital platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for our partners and customers. As a Zalando Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a community of thousands of colleagues across Europe.

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About Zalando

It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey to build the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Help us offer an inspiring and quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to about 50 million active customers in 25 markets. Or be part of our logistic infrastructure, software or service capabilities to help brands and retailers run and scale their entire e-commerce business, on or off Zalando. Join our Zalando ecosystem, to enable positive change for the fashion and lifestyle industry. 

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