Data Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the data engineering team building a self serve analytics platform that powers the needs of product analysts across all of Zalando ecommerce platform experiences. 

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of exceptional engineers who work closely with product analysts, product manager and commercial teams to build the self serve analytics platform. This role provides a unique opportunity to collaborate in a multidisciplinary team of engineers, data scientists and product analysts to shape the technical direction, and oversee the end to end execution of projects as well as evolve ways of working of the team and department overall.

Together with our Leadership, you will work on the future strategy and vision for our teams.

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED

• Manage a team of talented software engineers building mission-critical data platform services that serve analytics and insights needs.

• Building, growing, managing, leading, and inspiring a product-driven team while ensuring smooth delivery and continuous improvement.

• Taking architectural decisions, contributing to the priorities, understanding the modern data landscape and its importance.

• Establishing a customer centric, high-performing engineering culture. 

• Coaching of engineers at all levels. 

• Managing stakeholders and dependencies, working closely with data scientists, and the product counterparts on solution planning, design and implementation.

• Empowering the team to stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and how to apply them into our area. Setting a high bar of engineering and operational excellence in terms of scalability, latency, reliability and overall efficiency

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• A strong and self-driven leader who has a very good understanding of technical landscapes and has been supporting a team of data engineers in the past. Ideally, 10+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in people management and technical leadership.

• Hands-on experience with software development, especially data engineering, building analytical data products using modern libraries and frameworks.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with an ability to articulate complex technical topics and solutions in a concise and simple way.

• Experience promoting inclusive culture practices and processes that are models for others.

• You have practical experience in data infrastructure, industry AWS services like (Redshift, S3, managed airflow), Airflow, Databricks, Google Analytics, GCP and BigQuery, data visualization and data Quality tools.

• Passion for coaching and growing software engineers at all levels.

• Experience in managing multiple stakeholders and ability to drive/oversee the delivery of multiple workstreams

• Strong drive and entrepreneurial spirit to partner with product analysts, product managers, science/engineering managers and principals to connect and solve business problems.

• Experience in developing long-term engineering roadmaps and strong project management skills
   

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!

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 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

• 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 

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