Zalando's Economics and Experimentation department seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to strategically scale our Experimentation Platform, ensuring it meets our evolving business needs.
The Experimentation Platform team is tasked with innovating and enhancing tools, systems, and processes that empower dozens of teams at Zalando to continuously test hypotheses and improve our products and services in a data-driven way. In this key role, your leadership will directly impact the evolution of Zalando's robust and trustworthy experimentation infrastructure, central to our data-driven decision-making process.
We seek a technically adept, results-oriented leader with a proven track record who can help build Zalando's next-generation experimentation platform.
As Engineering Manager, you will lead, grow and inspire a team to design, and develop our mission critical Experimentation Platform. In particular, this role will focus on the front-end and back-end of the experiment assignment, orchestration, and feature management components of our platform that we are in the process of modularizing. Your technical experience provides guidance and best practices to the team, which ensures the quality and timeliness of your deliveries. You will play a crucial role in championing and expanding Zalando's culture of innovation and experimentation, facilitating the long-term goal of ensuring every change released is underpinned by a tested experiment and ensuring accurate, high-quality data supports all informed decision-making.
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
Lead, coach and inspire a cross-functional team of engineers and applied scientists, promoting personal and professional growth and development.
Ensure the strategic alignment of the team with organizational goals in collaboration with Product Management and Applied Science.
Drive excellence in engineering practices, focusing on quality and innovation.
Facilitate a strong feedback culture and continuous learning within the team.
Guide the team in formulating technical strategies to enhance platform performance.
Mentor team members, focusing on their growth and development.
Foster a team culture that values creativity, collaboration, courage, ownership and proactive problem-solving.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
5+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in a technical management or leadership role. Experience in building and leading diverse engineering or data science teams is a plus.
Passionate about developing people as much as developing products and platforms, with a focus on fostering a strong engineering culture.
Exceptional communication skills, empathetic leadership, and a solution-oriented approach.
Hands-on experience with software engineering in web services and data systems and familiarity with scalable infrastructure technologies like Kafka and Kubernetes, frontend technologies, like React, and backend web service principles (e.g., RESTful services).
Strong understanding of system design, data flow, scalability considerations, and continuous integration/deployment processes. Knowledge of JVM-based languages (Java, Scala) is a plus.
Experience with A/B testing platforms, feature management/flags, statistical frameworks, and data governance.
You have a strong product sense and take pride in understanding your customers and helping them be successful.
Fluency in English and eagerness to learn 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.
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% (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 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
