Software Engineer (all genders) at Zalando

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

E-commerce, RetailIndustries

Requirements

2-4 years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building backend services, data infrastructure, or platform engineering
Keen interest in MLOps and a desire to grow in this domain
Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred)
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with data processing concepts
Good communication skills and a strong desire to work in a team environment
Eager to learn from senior engineers and share knowledge with peers
Motivated to solve complex technical challenges
Passionate about building robust, scalable, and easy-to-use tools
Understanding of observability principles (metrics, logging, tracing)
Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation
Bonus/Nice to have
Prior experience with feature stores (e.g., Feast, Hopsworks, SageMaker Feature Store) or model serving stacks (e.g., KServe, Triton, TorchServe)
Experience working with data schemas, data contracts, and streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark/Flink)
Experience with streaming and batch data for ML

Responsibilities

Collaborate on the design, development, and maintenance of the core ML platform, including the feature store and real-time data services
Contribute to platform reliability by implementing monitoring and alerting, tracking SLOs, and participating in incident response and post-mortems
Apply security best practices, including access management, secrets handling, and network configurations
Enhance CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts (IaC, GitOps), and self-service tooling
Improve documentation to make the platform easier to use
Work closely with data scientists and other engineers to understand requirements, troubleshoot issues, and support their use of the ML platform

Skills

Feature Store

Real-time Data Services

ML Platform

Monitoring

Alerting

SLOs

Incident Response

Post-mortems

Security Best Practices

Embeddings

Low-latency Features

Zalando

European online fashion retail marketplace

About Zalando

Zalando operates as a major e-commerce platform in Europe, focusing on fashion and lifestyle products. It allows customers to shop for a wide variety of clothing, shoes, and accessories from both established and emerging brands through its website and mobile app. The platform generates revenue by selling products directly to consumers and earning commissions from third-party sellers who list their items on Zalando. A key feature of Zalando is its commitment to providing a smooth shopping experience, which includes free delivery and returns, a large selection of products, and personalized recommendations. Zalando Plus, a premium membership program, offers additional benefits like faster shipping and exclusive deals. The company distinguishes itself from competitors by investing in technology and logistics to enhance customer satisfaction and streamline operations.

Berlin, GermanyHeadquarters

2008Year Founded

$149.8MTotal Funding

IPOCompany Stage

Consumer Software, Consumer GoodsIndustries

10,001+Employees