Software Engineer iOS (all genders)

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Software Engineering - Mobile

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Lounge by Zalando, Zalando’s second biggest customer-facing destination, drives Zalando’s mission as Europe’s starting point for fashion. Serving millions daily, we offer unique user experiences and open doors to exclusive, limited-time deals to our members. Join us to enhance and create outstanding user experiences that customers love!

As a Software Engineer (iOS), you will be joining a mobile platform team that will shape the next chapter in Lounge by Zalando customer experience. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a team to contribute to central infrastructure and components for enabling all engineers to easily build product features, in a most efficient way. We’ll support your growth and provide opportunities to work with modern technologies.

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)

  • You will be part of a cross functional team and play a key role in solution design, planning, development, delivery, operating and improving scalable software solutions for iOS application of Lounge by Zalando.

  • Together with your multidisciplinary team, you  contribute to the codebases and you lean on your iOS experience and skill set, write robust, testable and maintainable code aiming at very high quality and clean code.

  • Take an active role in work towards reducing ambiguity, understanding business requirements and translating them into technical solutions and requirements. 

  • Collaborate closely with platform engineers to align on best practices, contribute technical designs and proposals, work on core infrastructure projects, refine the functional requirements and ensure efficient delivery.

  • Proactively learn, suggest, and implement improvements while contributing to the technical design of new features to ensure scalability, testability, and maintainability

  • Participate in code reviews, adhere to best practices sharing and developing your expertise together with your team and you use feedback as an opportunity for growth.

  • Stay up-to-date with the latest announcements from Apple WWDC, as well as new iOS frameworks, tools, and technologies, to ensure development processes remain modern and efficient.
     

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

  • You have 3+ years of professional iOS development experience with Swift, and you are eager to work with new technologies, challenge yourself, and deliver high-quality code.

  • Experienced with Swift and iOS frameworks and APIs, including UIKit, Foundation, Swift Concurrency (Async/Await), Core Animation, Combine, and more.

  • Familiar with working with RESTful APIs, JSON, and networking, along with understanding of software design patterns and paradigms.

  • Knowledge and experience with MVC, MVVM, VIPER, VIP and other architectural patterns.

  • You are enthusiastic about working with core infrastructure technologies to enhance iOS applications.

  • You write well structured, readable, and maintainable code that is resilient, reliable and covered by unit tests.

  • You have experience with profiling, debugging, and optimizing iOS applications for performance and memory usage.

  • You are motivated to grow your skills, learn new technologies and apply them to your work.

  • You bring a positive attitude and take ownership of your tasks, ensuring high-quality results.

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, 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 (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

ABOUT LOUNGE BY ZALANDO

Lounge by Zalando is an online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle products in 17 European countries. We offer our members daily, time-limited sale campaigns with discounts of up to 75% off the recommended retail price. However, Lounge by Zalando is so much more than discounts. Our strength lies in our focus on fashion: from sought-after labels to niche brands, from famous international names to trendy luxury brands, we make sure to meet the fashion taste of all our customers, who are always on the hunt for the best products at the best prices. Working with our brand partners, we're pioneering innovative supply-chain and production processes and offer them an impactful and smart solution, creating a new way to shop for fashion - and a new way to sell it.
https://www.zalando-lounge.de
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.

Recruiter

Victoria Leon-Salas

victoria.leon-salas@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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