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Software engineer
- Location
- San Francisco
- Type
- Full time
- Compensation
- $150k-$200k
- Posted
- 2 days ago
Join a team building useful software. Work closely with engineering and design to turn new ideas into products.
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Senior Data Platform Engineer (Central Data Lake) (all genders)
- Location
- Berlin
- Type
- Full time
- Posted
- 2H AGO
About the role
THE ROLE & THE TEAM
The Data Platform organization is providing Zalando with a reliable and secure environment for storing and processing data. We drive data engineering productivity and data security through interoperable services for data transformation, storage, serving, exchange, and orchestration, as well as data access management, metadata management, and data discovery. Within the Data Platform organization, the Data Repository team is responsible for managing the petabyte scale Data Lake and Mesh of Zalando, providing pipelines and tooling to ensure security and compliance.
Find out more about our Software Engineering team here:
https://jobs.zalando.com/en/what-we-do/software-engineering
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
- Work within Zalando’s Central Data Lake team providing mission-critical data services for the whole Zalando group
- Design, build and maintain data pipelines that materialize event streams to Zalando’s Central Data Lake
- Design, build and maintain services that ensure the security, compliance and reliability of Zalando’s Data Platforms and Systems
- Support our strategy and come up with innovative ideas to build world-class data transformation systems one step ahead of the industry
- Consult and help our diverse teams across the Zalando group to develop, implement and maintain sustainable, high-performance, and scalable data-processing and data integration systems
WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF
- You have more than 5 years of experience in designing and developing data processing and data platform services
- You have experience in operating data processing and data platform services in production
- You have experience with Apache Spark or other distributed data processing frameworks (e.g. Flink, Beam)
- You possess a track record in using and promoting software development best practices such as source control, continuous integration and continuous deployment, test-driven development and elastic cloud architectures (AWS, Google Cloud or Azure)
- You are proficient in at least one of the languages: Go, Python, Scala, Java and you are comfortable working with SQL
- You have a strong understanding of distributed data platform architecture and technologies that enable a diverse set of data users to work efficiently with data
- You possess the ability to work cross-functionally, with multiple stakeholders, and/or train and consult other engineers and analysts on complex technical topics
- You have experience optimizing cloud resources and data pipelines for cost efficiency.
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.
- 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)
- 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
- Family support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers
- Company pension scheme
- Employee shares programme
- Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub
- Mental health support and coaching
- Development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review
- 2 paid volunteering days a year
- Relocation assistance (subject to prior agreement)
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
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!
At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds.
We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.
We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you.
Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion
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