Full-Stack Software Engineer - Recommendation & Lifestyle Intelligence (All Genders)

Zalando GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee shares program

40% off fashion and beauty products

2 volunteering days a year

27 vacation days per year

Relocation assistance available

Family services

Health and wellbeing options

Mental health support and coaching

Training platform and peer reviews

Job summary

Zalando GmbH in Berlin seeks a Full-Stack Software Engineer for the Reco & Lifestyle Intelligence team to build and operate systems powering both foundational capabilities and customer-facing UX for Zalando’s 60+ million customers.

You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver production-scale solutions using React Native, TypeScript, and React, while contributing to reliable CI/CD pipelines and observability.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with React Native libraries like Redux, React Navigation, and Axios.
• Experience building cross-platform mobile apps integrating React Native with native modules when necessary.
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps and strong monitoring/observability.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship reliable, scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to refine requirements and deliver pragmatic solutions.
• Contribute to monitoring, observability, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Write well-tested, secure code and stay curious about AI-powered tools.
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed team.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

Redux

React Navigation

Axios

CI/CD

Monitoring

English fluency

Kubernetes

E-commerce experience

Tools

React

Job description

THE ROLE & THE TEAM
The Reco & Lifestyle Intelligence team is at the forefront of realizing Zalando’s AI ambition, We build the customer and assortment understanding that lets Zalando reason about why a product fits a given customer, and translate that understanding into discovery experiences that go beyond similarity-based recommendation. The team builds core, foundational capabilities like customer and assortment intelligence powered by advanced embeddings, sequential modeling, and outfit intelligence. In parallel, the team builds interactive UX components delivering tailored product suggestions across our customer journeys, where the foundational capabilities could be integrated with.

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer in Reco & Lifestyle Intelligence, you will be responsible for building and operating systems that power both foundational capabilities and customer-facing UX. You will collaborate with product managers, product designers, applied scientists, and other software engineers to develop production-scale solutions that delight 60+ million Zalando customers.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Build & Deliver: Develop and ship reliable, performant, and maintainable solutions using React Native, TypeScript, and React.
• Collaborate: Work with Product Managers, Designers, and engineers to refine requirements, break down tasks, and deliver pragmatic solutions. Participate in technical discussions and communicate clearly.
• Reliability & CI/CD: Contribute to monitoring, observability, and CI/CD pipelines. Help investigate production issues and improve application reliability.
• Quality & Learning: Write maintainable, well-tested code while considering security and GDPR requirements. Stay curious about new technologies and AI-powered development tools.
• Teamwork: Collaborate effectively in a distributed team, share knowledge, and continuously learn from others.
• 2+ years of experience with React Native libraries like Redux, React Navigation, and Axios.
• You have proven track of building cross-platform mobile apps integrating React Native with native modules when necessary.
• You are experienced with setting up CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps and You have strong experience with Monitoring and Observability.
• You possess excellent communication skills in English and can articulate complex technical topics and solutions clearly and concisely.
• Bonus Skills:
  • You have experience working with Kubernetes.
  • You have experience in the E-commerce industry.

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 Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• 27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees (capped at 30)
• 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

Software Engineering

Our Software Engineering teams deploy software extensively, managing a broad set of applications and conducting thousands of deployments per week. The Software Engineering team enables Zalando as Europe’s number one multi-brand, digital platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for our partners and customers. As a Zalando Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a community of thousands of colleagues across Europe.

It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey to build the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Help us offer an inspiring and quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to about 50 million active customers in 25 markets. Or be part of our logistic infrastructure, software or service capabilities to help brands and retailers run and scale their entire e-commerce business, on or off Zalando. Join our Zalando ecosystem, to enable positive change for the fashion and lifestyle industry.