Senior Principal Data Engineer

Zalando; Zurich; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer to elevate their analytics data infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with top-tier engineers and analysts to design and implement scalable data systems and pipelines. Your expertise in data engineering best practices will drive the strategy for data solutions across various teams. With a commitment to inclusivity and a hybrid working model, this opportunity promises a supportive environment where you can thrive. If you're passionate about data and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee shares program

40% off fashion and beauty products

2 paid volunteering days a year

Work from abroad for up to 30 working days

27 days of vacation a year

Relocation assistance

Family services

Health and wellbeing options

Mental health support and coaching

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a data engineer with a senior principal level impact.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-quality data infrastructure solutions.
• Manage operations of junior/senior data engineers and ensure data compliance.

Skills

Data Engineering

AWS

GCP

Spark

Databricks

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Job description

What We'd Love You To Do (And Love Doing)

We’re leveling up our analytics data infrastructure in Digital Insights & Analytics (DIA), the onsite customer analytics department at Zalando, and we want you to roll up your sleeves with us!

You’ll report directly to the Head of DIA, and you’ll be the most senior individual contributor within Engineering Platform, our data engineering team located within DIA Central Teams, working very closely with our Engineering Manager as well. The mission of DIA Central Teams is to help our embedded product analysts work more efficiently and impactfully through centralised infrastructure, datasets, standards, and processes.

This role is about designing and building high-quality data infrastructure solutions with us, along with higher-level architectural work.

We’d love to meet you if …

• You have at least 10 years of experience as an individual contributor data engineer, with demonstrated impact on a senior principal level (at Zalando, this is 2 steps beyond senior level on the individual contributor track)
• You bring a clear, audience-sensitive style to your verbal and written communication
• You have extensive experience with at least 2 of the following technologies: AWS, GCP, Spark, and/or Databricks
• You are proactive, initiating process and technical improvements on your own, winning advocates along the way, with a high sense of ownership of the features built and supported by the team
• You can assess the severity/impact of bugs quickly to help set priority on the team
• You deliver or influence to ensure the quality of operational artifacts (e.g. post-mortems and playbooks) on the team and ensure the right software/engineering design approaches and methodologies are applied
• You understand requirements (performance, data, feature ownership) between different systems and can translate this into technical designs, with probing analysis of the trade-offs between different approaches

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

As a Sr. Principal Data Engineer in the Zalando eCommerce Platform Sciences team, you will work with exceptional engineers, scientists, analysts, and product leaders to spearhead the strategy, design, and implementation of data systems and pipelines that are scalable, repeatable, and secure. We are looking for someone who has in-depth understanding of data engineering best practices as well as expertise with the tools needed to debug and diagnose issues.

You will contribute as a team member to testing, QA, documentation of data pipelines and systems and will help manage junior/senior data engineer operations and ensure data compliance and security needs are met in system construction. We are looking for an experienced data leader with experience in translating business needs into data-driven solutions to be part of the leadership team and support various cross-group teams to define and drive the data strategy for Science within Zalando.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

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.

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.

• 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