THE ROLE & THE TEAM
Lounge by Zalando, Zalando’s second biggest customer-facing destination, drives Zalando’s mission as Europe’s starting point for fashion. Serving millions daily, we offer unique user experiences and open doors to exclusive, limited-time deals to our members. Join us to enhance and create outstanding user experiences that customers love!
As a Software Engineer (iOS), you will be joining a mobile platform team that will shape the next chapter in Lounge by Zalando customer experience. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a team to contribute to central infrastructure and components for enabling all engineers to easily build product features, in a most efficient way. We’ll support your growth and provide opportunities to work with modern technologies.
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)
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You will be part of a cross functional team and play a key role in solution design, planning, development, delivery, operating and improving scalable software solutions for iOS application of Lounge by Zalando.
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Together with your multidisciplinary team, you contribute to the codebases and you lean on your iOS experience and skill set, write robust, testable and maintainable code aiming at very high quality and clean code.
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Take an active role in work towards reducing ambiguity, understanding business requirements and translating them into technical solutions and requirements.
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Collaborate closely with platform engineers to align on best practices, contribute technical designs and proposals, work on core infrastructure projects, refine the functional requirements and ensure efficient delivery.
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Proactively learn, suggest, and implement improvements while contributing to the technical design of new features to ensure scalability, testability, and maintainability
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Participate in code reviews, adhere to best practices sharing and developing your expertise together with your team and you use feedback as an opportunity for growth.
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Stay up-to-date with the latest announcements from Apple WWDC, as well as new iOS frameworks, tools, and technologies, to ensure development processes remain modern and efficient.
WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF
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You have 3+ years of professional iOS development experience with Swift, and you are eager to work with new technologies, challenge yourself, and deliver high-quality code.
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Experienced with Swift and iOS frameworks and APIs, including UIKit, Foundation, Swift Concurrency (Async/Await), Core Animation, Combine, and more.
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Familiar with working with RESTful APIs, JSON, and networking, along with understanding of software design patterns and paradigms.
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Knowledge and experience with MVC, MVVM, VIPER, VIP and other architectural patterns.
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You are enthusiastic about working with core infrastructure technologies to enhance iOS applications.
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You write well structured, readable, and maintainable code that is resilient, reliable and covered by unit tests.
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You have experience with profiling, debugging, and optimizing iOS applications for performance and memory usage.
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You are motivated to grow your skills, learn new technologies and apply them to your work.
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You bring a positive attitude and take ownership of your tasks, ensuring high-quality results.
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.
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Employee shares program
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40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
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2 paid volunteering days a year
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Hybrid working model with 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
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Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
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27 days of vacation a year (for Zalando SE)
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Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
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Family services, including counseling and support
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Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
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Mental health support and coaching available
Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us
ABOUT LOUNGE BY ZALANDO
Lounge by Zalando is an online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle products in 17 European countries. We offer our members daily, time-limited sale campaigns with discounts of up to 75% off the recommended retail price. However, Lounge by Zalando is so much more than discounts. Our strength lies in our focus on fashion: from sought-after labels to niche brands, from famous international names to trendy luxury brands, we make sure to meet the fashion taste of all our customers, who are always on the hunt for the best products at the best prices. Working with our brand partners, we're pioneering innovative supply-chain and production processes and offer them an impactful and smart solution, creating a new way to shop for fashion - and a new way to sell it.
https://www.zalando-lounge.de
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.
Top Skills
What We Do
Welcome to Zalando. Here’s some key info about us:
Our position and vision:
- We’re Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle
- Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to more than 50 million active customers in 25 markets; offering clothes, footwear, accessories, and beauty
- Our vision is to become The Starting Point For Fashion.
Our offering:
- Our assortment of international brands ranges from world-famous names to local labels
- Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation, and interaction
- As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners, and friends of our brand.
- Our logistics network with 12 centrally located fulfillment centers allows us to efficiently serve our customers throughout Europe, supported by warehouses in Italy, France, Poland, and Sweden with a focus on local customer needs.
Our beliefs:
- Our ambition is to combine our passion for self-expression through fashion with our unwavering commitments to sustainability and D&I
- We believe that our integration of fashion, operations, and online technology gives us the capability to deliver a compelling value proposition to both our customers and fashion brand partners.