Senior Principal Data Engineer (All Genders)

Tradebyte Software GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Tradebyte Software GmbH is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer to lead data engineering efforts on the Zalando eCommerce Platform. The role requires extensive experience with numerous data technologies and strong leadership skills to influence the team's data strategy and improve analytics infrastructure.

Leistungen

Employee shares program

40% off Zalando products

2 paid volunteering days a year

Health and wellbeing options

Mental health support and coaching

Qualifikationen

• At least 10 years of experience as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrated impact on a senior principal level.
• Proactive in initiating process improvements.

Aufgaben

• Spearhead the strategy, design, and implementation of data systems.
• Manage junior/senior data engineer operations.
• Ensure compliance and security in data system constructions.

Kenntnisse

Data Engineering

AWS

GCP

Spark

Databricks

Communication

Jobbeschreibung

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Senior Principal Data Engineer (All Genders)

Apply locations Berlin time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id 2720751

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

As a Senior. Principal Data Engineer in the Zalando eCommerce Platform Sciences team you will work with exceptional engineers, science, 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.

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 centralized 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

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.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy
Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups

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

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us

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