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As a Senior Data Engineer, you will contribute to the creation and delivery of software products that enable Zalando's internal Software Engineers and Data Engineers to protect the personal data of millions of Zalando customers at rest, in use, and in transit.

As part of this critical technology team, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our stakeholders and help shape the future of the platform. As a Software Engineer, you will be building, operating, improving, and extending the data protection platform, supporting integration with thousands of datasets within Zalando.

1. Refine and evolve our data platform, ensuring efficiency and scalability
2. Identify and address performance bottlenecks, optimizing code and improving overall system efficiency
3. Write code that is modular, readable, easily testable, and maintainable
4. Work with senior data engineer, and peers in the team to evolve the system architecture and ensure seamless integration with thousands of datasets
5. Contribute to improving code quality and best practices, including active participation in code reviews
6. Support and shape Zalando's engineering community by sharing best practices, supporting junior team members and peers, and interviewing additional engineering talents

1. You have over 5 years of experience in building and operating data processing pipelines at scale
2. You have over 5 years of hands on experience with Spark, and performance tuning
3. You have over 5 years of experience in deploying big data processing pipelines in cloud environments such as AWS EMR and Databricks
4. You have experience with databases such as dynamodb and Redis
5. You have solid programming skills in Scala or Java, Golang is a plus
6. You have strong capability to research, self-learn, and develop deep expertise in your area
7. You have a good understanding of modern data engineering practices, including data modeling, data architecture, pipeline as a code, data observability
8. You have experience with GCP, AWS Lambda, Kafka or AWS Kinesis (as a plus)

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.

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