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Principal Software Engineer - Partner Tech(m/w/x)
Guiding multiple teams in platform engineering for a pan-European e-commerce ecosystem. Deep expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems required. 27 days holiday, 2 paid volunteering days, and up to 60% remote work.
Requirements
- Experience defining and driving long-term architectural vision
- Transforming business capabilities into scalable solutions
- Deep expertise in designing resilient distributed systems
- Deep expertise in designing secure distributed systems
- Deep expertise in designing scalable distributed systems
- Experience in AWS-based infrastructures
- Strong experience in Kubernetes
- Strong experience in modern platform patterns
- Solid command of JVM based languages
- Proven track record leading large initiatives
- Experience decomposing initiatives into iterative deliveries
- Hands-on in architecture
- Hands-on in critical implementations
- Excels at driving cross-organizational collaboration
- Aligning technical strategy with business priorities
- Substantial experience improving operational excellence
- Experience leading operational reviews
- Experience driving post-mortems
- Experience implementing reliability frameworks
- Experience supporting critical investigations
- Curious and forward-looking
- Experience evaluating emerging technologies
- Experience responsibly adopting emerging technologies
- Experience with AI-powered engineering tools
Tasks
- Guide multiple teams within the Partner Tech department
- Elevate architectural and software engineering standards
- Mentor engineers at all levels
- Lead platform engineering initiatives
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Principal Software Engineers, and Product Managers
- Define and drive long-term technical vision and architecture
- Explore and implement a platform-oriented approach
- Break down complex solutions into iterations
- Ship large-scale projects to production
- Drive, mentor, design, and contribute code
- Improve operational excellence of department systems
- Provide hands-on support for time-critical incident investigations
- Act as a sparring partner to tech and product leadership
- Research, propose, and drive pragmatic solutions
- Experiment with and evaluate emerging AI-powered engineering tools
- Collaborate with senior individual contributors
- Set engineering standards across Zalando
- Guide decision-making for Zalando's technology landscape
- Share expertise across teams to strengthen the engineering and science community
Work Experience
- approx. 4 - 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Scala
- Kotlin
- Java
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 27 days holiday
Purpose-Driven Work
- 2 paid volunteering days
Flexible Working
- Hybrid working model
- Up to 60% remote
Workation & Sabbatical
- Work from abroad (30 days/year)
Competitive Pay
- Employee shares program
Corporate Discounts
- 40% off Zalando products
- 30% off Lounge by Zalando
- External partner discounts
Other Benefits
- Relocation assistance
Family Support
- Family services
Mental Health Support
- Counseling and support
- Mental health support
- Mental health coaching
Healthcare & Fitness
- Health and wellbeing options
- Wellhub access
Learning & Development
- Training platform
Mentorship & Coaching
- Biannual peer review
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Principal Software Engineer - Partner Tech(m/w/x)
Guiding multiple teams in platform engineering for a pan-European e-commerce ecosystem. Deep expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems required. 27 days holiday, 2 paid volunteering days, and up to 60% remote work.
Requirements
- Experience defining and driving long-term architectural vision
- Transforming business capabilities into scalable solutions
- Deep expertise in designing resilient distributed systems
- Deep expertise in designing secure distributed systems
- Deep expertise in designing scalable distributed systems
- Experience in AWS-based infrastructures
- Strong experience in Kubernetes
- Strong experience in modern platform patterns
- Solid command of JVM based languages
- Proven track record leading large initiatives
- Experience decomposing initiatives into iterative deliveries
- Hands-on in architecture
- Hands-on in critical implementations
- Excels at driving cross-organizational collaboration
- Aligning technical strategy with business priorities
- Substantial experience improving operational excellence
- Experience leading operational reviews
- Experience driving post-mortems
- Experience implementing reliability frameworks
- Experience supporting critical investigations
- Curious and forward-looking
- Experience evaluating emerging technologies
- Experience responsibly adopting emerging technologies
- Experience with AI-powered engineering tools
Tasks
- Guide multiple teams within the Partner Tech department
- Elevate architectural and software engineering standards
- Mentor engineers at all levels
- Lead platform engineering initiatives
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Principal Software Engineers, and Product Managers
- Define and drive long-term technical vision and architecture
- Explore and implement a platform-oriented approach
- Break down complex solutions into iterations
- Ship large-scale projects to production
- Drive, mentor, design, and contribute code
- Improve operational excellence of department systems
- Provide hands-on support for time-critical incident investigations
- Act as a sparring partner to tech and product leadership
- Research, propose, and drive pragmatic solutions
- Experiment with and evaluate emerging AI-powered engineering tools
- Collaborate with senior individual contributors
- Set engineering standards across Zalando
- Guide decision-making for Zalando's technology landscape
- Share expertise across teams to strengthen the engineering and science community
Work Experience
- approx. 4 - 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Scala
- Kotlin
- Java
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 27 days holiday
Purpose-Driven Work
- 2 paid volunteering days
Flexible Working
- Hybrid working model
- Up to 60% remote
Workation & Sabbatical
- Work from abroad (30 days/year)
Competitive Pay
- Employee shares program
Corporate Discounts
- 40% off Zalando products
- 30% off Lounge by Zalando
- External partner discounts
Other Benefits
- Relocation assistance
Family Support
- Family services
Mental Health Support
- Counseling and support
- Mental health support
- Mental health coaching
Healthcare & Fitness
- Health and wellbeing options
- Wellhub access
Learning & Development
- Training platform
Mentorship & Coaching
- Biannual peer review
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About the Company
Zalando
Industry
Retail
Description
The company is an exclusive online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle products across Europe, offering daily sales campaigns.
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