Senior Data Engineer - Curated Sales Data (All genders)

As a Senior Data Engineer in Zalando's Curated Sales Data team you design, develop, own and operate data pipelines that provides the single source of truth for information regarding Zalando's fundamental business process - Sales Orders and their lifecycle (Sales, Cancellation, Return, Refund) including the Key Performance Indicators for Zalando (Revenue, Profitability). Thousands of users and applications across the company rely on this data for business analytics and machine learning. Constantly challenging the status quo, you and your team deliver high-performance and scalable data processing solutions that are efficient and reliable at Zalando scale. 

Most importantly, we value diverse teams, and are looking for smart, skilled team players who love to solve challenging problems for Zalando.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Designing, developing, monitoring, and operating data pipelines processing hundreds of millions of records to provide high-quality data products for analytical and machine learning use-cases. 

• Leveraging and improving a cloud-based (AWS) tech stack that includes Databricks, Kubernetes, Spark, Python, and Scala.

• Consulting with principal engineers, analysts and product managers to build and continuously improve "Single Source of Truth" data products that create value for their users.

• Be a sparring partner to other team members and provide support and guidance to other engineers to help develop their technical capabilities.

• You will be part of a community of 150+ Data Engineers across the company that is constantly improving the data landscape at Zalando.

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You have a rich experience in all the steps of the data engineering process, including requirement gathering, designing, testing, continuous integration/continuous delivery, automated deployment and monitoring.

• You have proficiency in leading decision making and driving simplification of a complex architecture and code environment continuously throughout the lifespan of our data products.

• You have a strong set of modern (data) programming skills in Scala and proficient knowledge in working with Apache Spark on Databricks, Python is a plus

• You have proficiency in Data Modelling for Data Warehousing concepts with the modern data stack

• You have strong hands-on experience in cloud technologies (AWS preferred), container/orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).

• You have hands on experience with streaming applications in a data context

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 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

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