Engineering Manager (all genders)

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM
Join us in our mission to invite fashion savvy customers onto a daily new, vibrant treasure hunt! We look for someone who wants to think outside the box to identify new, innovative browsing patterns that help our customers score unique fashion deals with more ease and fun.
As Zalando’s second biggest customer facing destination, Lounge is a key driver of Zalando’s mission to be Europe’s starting point for fashion. Every morning at 7 am, we’re opening doors to highly attractive, yet limited deals from brands customers love. To help our 6+ million customers notch up those special fashion pieces they don’t want to miss out on, we need your help! 
 
As an Engineering Manager for the team, you will join our team in Berlin. Together with the team, you are responsible for operational excellence, building and scaling (a) the intelligence engine that powers the articles purchased by Lounge as well as (b) shaping the partner’s and buyer’s experience. We want to build products that make our partners successful within the context of Lounge’s commercial strategy while simplifying the work they need to do to be successful. 

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)

Develop and execute mid- & long-term architectural vision and technical direction to create highly available and scalable solutions supporting the team and Zalando level objectives.

• Set a high bar of engineering and operational excellence in terms of scalability, latency, observability and uptime. 

• Lead a tech team of 5-8 consisting of software engineers, facilitate collaboration, communication and decision-making between the engineering team, product managers and stakeholders. You partner with product managers, designers, engineering and architecture teams to influence product strategy and drive the product development roadmap

• Create and drive a culture of innovation that welcomes new ideas and experimentation from anyone in your team. You help your team to understand customer problems and guide people on how to navigate a time-boxed experiment with a fail fast mindset.

• Attract, onboard, develop and retain diverse top talents to your team and transform the landscape of Zalando’s B2C eCommerce platforms.

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• A solid background in software engineering and system design that is based on event-driven, microservices architecture on top of Kubernetes and AWS.

• Extensive experience in object-oriented and/or functional programming languages with a profound knowledge of REST APIs and highly distributed, scalable and resilient microservice environment.

• A track record demonstrating your experience leading and developing cross-functional engineering teams within an international, agile environment.

• Always optimizing for creating maximum business value - you are capable of making your teams accountable and responsible for the decisions made by providing a strong sense of ownership and a data-driven mindset with a strong understanding of core priorities and KPIs. 

• You have effective communication skills in English, with an ability to understand and translate business and user requirements across teams.

• You think creatively, are solution oriented, adaptable to change, and have a drive for continuous innovation.

• Responsible for maintaining a trustful relationship with your team, leading them and setting a high standard as an example.

BONUS SKILLS

• You have a proven track record as an individual contributor.

• You have experience leading teams across both backend and frontend.

• You have established a team from scratch before.

• You have past experience in the E-commerce industry.

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 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