Senior Frontend Software Engineer - Size & Fit

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Software Engineering - Full Stack

THE ROLE & THE TEAM 

In the Size and Fit Engineering team, we fulfill customer's everyday fashion needs through engaging customer experience and deep customer understanding, one where the products in the parcel live up to the customer's expectations. We make this happen by solving one of the most important online customer problems - Size and Fit. Through customization and innovation we serve the unique needs of Zalando customers shopping core fashion categories. 

As a Software Engineer in the Size and Fit Team, you will be part of a core team developing products and production infrastructure to provide customers with the best size and fit experience thanks to data-driven recommendations.

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)

  • Design, build and improve large-scale software solutions

  • Enrich our engineering culture by encouraging knowledge sharing and driving technical discussions within the team

  • Work side by side with applied scientists, software engineers, product managers and business developers

  • Contribute to the community through technical blogs

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

  • You are a self-driven engineer with a passion for building reliable, large-scale distributed systems. 

  • You have a proven track record of delivering mission-critical, 24x7 production software and are dedicated to creating great customer experiences.

  • Build exceptional user experiences. You'll use modern web technologies like React to develop and ship high-quality, performant, and scalable user interfaces.

  • Contribute to our mobile experience. You'll develop and maintain cross-platform mobile applications using React Native, ensuring a seamless experience for our users.

  • Experience with creating and consuming APIs (e.g. RESTful, GraphQL)

  • Familiarity with containerization technologies, especially Docker and Kubernetes

  • Passion for writing clean, maintainable and simple code

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively discuss technical architecture and designs with senior and principal engineers

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Python, Java, or Golang is a plus.

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 Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners

  • 2 paid volunteering days a year

  • Hybrid working model with up to 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 to start for full-time employees

  • Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

  • Family services, including counseling and support

  • Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)

  • Mental health support and coaching available

  • Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review

Recruiter

Taruna Poonan

taruna.poonan@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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Zalando SE Berlin headquarter BHQ-X

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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