Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure (all genders)

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Software Engineering - Data

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

As a Software Engineer in our central Pipeline Orchestration team, you will play a critical role in helping maintain and optimise our data infrastructure, specifically focusing on AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA). You'll work alongside experienced engineers to ensure our data pipelines are reliable, performant, and cost-effective.

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)

  • Work within Zalando’s central data infrastructure team, responsible for mission-critical services across the entire Zalando group, as the subject matter expert

  • Develop and maintain AWS Service Catalog products to streamline provisioning of Airflow environments

  • Create and maintain CloudFormation templates for infrastructure as code

  • Assist with maintaining and troubleshooting Airflow environments, including worker nodes, schedulers, and databases

  • Monitor system health and performance metrics

  • Troubleshoot and resolve routine issues related to Airflow DAG execution, dependencies, and failures

  • Contribute to identifying opportunities to reduce infrastructure costs associated with MWAA

  • Work closely with data engineers and other stakeholders to understand their requirements and provide technical support

  • Collaborate with the team to improve our overall data engineering practices and standards

 

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

  • You possess hands-on experience with Cloud technologies (preferably AWS)

  • Hands-on experience with Airflow

  • You have solid programming skills in Python

  • Demonstrated experience in analysing and optimising cloud resource usage and costs

  • You excel in communication, have a willingness to challenge the status quo, and the ability to train and consult other engineers

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 (for Zalando SE)

  • Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

  • Family services, including counselling 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

Bazi Nzirubusa

bazi.nzirubusa@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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