Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you lead a team developing innovative B2B solutions by creating API-first environments, ensuring they are robust and scalable, while also promoting agile processes.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The ZEOS B2B Platform department is the core engine enabling our partners to seamlessly integrate and scale within the Zalando ecosystem.
- As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-impact team of engineers dedicated to building a high-performance, API-first environment.
- You are the bridge between technical excellence and product delivery, ensuring that our B2B solutions are not only innovative but also operationally robust and scalable.
- You will manage a team of up to 10 talented engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and psychological safety.
- At ZEOS, we don't just build services; we cultivate the infrastructure that allows the entire Zalando logistics ecosystem to thrive.
- You will work in close partnership with Product Managers and Principal Engineers to transform complex business requirements into a reliable platform, ensuring that your team is set up for success through clear delegation, career development, and a strong focus on operational health.
- Empower and Grow Talent: Attract, hire, and retain a diverse team of top-tier engineers.
- You will focus on individual career growth, mentorship, and creating an environment where high-performing teams can flourish.
- Drive Technical Vision: Partner with Product Management and Principal Engineers to execute a mid-to-long-term technical roadmap, ensuring that product delivery is fast, sustainable, and aligned with the ZEOS platform strategy.
- Ensure Operational Excellence: Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle.
- You will oversee your team's CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, ensuring that services are resilient, secure, and cost-efficient in production.
- Facilitate Smart Architecture: While you empower your team to lead, you provide the technical depth to review architectural decisions, understand trade-offs, and ensure the team avoids common pitfalls in distributed systems.
- Master Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders, translating business needs into technical execution and ensuring transparent communication across the organization.
- Optimize Processes: Champion Agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement in development speed and code quality, ensuring the team remains adaptable in a fast-paced B2B environment.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Technical Depth: You possess a solid background in both Frontend and Backend technologies.
- You are well-versed in the modern tech stack (Java/Spring Boot, TypeScript/React) and understand the complexities of REST APIs and Microservices.
- Platform Specialist: You have a "platform mindset" – you understand how to build services that are reusable, scalable, and act as a foundation for other teams and partners.
- Operations & CI/CD Focused: You are deeply concerned with how software runs in the real world.
- You have a strong understanding of cloud environments (AWS/Kubernetes), automated testing, and modern deployment strategies.
- Strategic Thinker: You can translate high-level KPIs and business goals into actionable engineering tasks, maintaining a clear focus on customer impact and solution-oriented delivery.
- Excellent Communicator: You are fluent in English and excel at navigating an international, fast-paced environment, making complex technical or organizational challenges easy for others to understand.
Experience
- Experienced People Leader: You bring 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams (up to 10 people), with a proven track record of developing talent and driving team engagement without falling into micromanagement.
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What we offer
- Zalando offers a range of benefits; here is an overview of what you can expect.
- 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days).
- 2 paid volunteering days a year.
- Hybrid working model with up to 60% 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.
- Employee shares program.
- 40% Rabatt auf Mode- und Schönheitsprodukte, die von Zalando verkauft und versendet werden, 30% Rabatt auf Lounge by Zalando, Rabatte von externen Partnern.
- Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement).
- Family services, including counseling and support.
- Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass).
- Mental health support and coaching available.
- Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review.
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Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Trade
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Engineering Manager - ZEOS Integration
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
