Head of Engineering — AI-Powered Partner Platform

Zalando GmbH; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance for internationa

40% Zalando shopping discount

Extensive onboarding & mentoring

Job summary

Zalando GmbH is seeking a Head of Engineering for Partner Platform Tech in Helsinki. You will lead cross-functional engineering teams, define roadmaps, and coach engineers to raise performance and impact.

The role focuses on AI-enabled platforms, cloud-native systems and scalable services to empower Zalando partners and internal stakeholders. You will drive architectural strategy, foster an engineering culture of learning and innovation, and collaborate with product, data, and platform leaders

Qualifications

• 7+ years of leadership experience in international, cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience building/scaleing mid to large-sized engineering organisations (>30 engineers).
• Strong background in cloud-native systems, distributed architectures and AI/ML-driven platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow multiple engineering teams across sites, esp. Helsinki.
• Shape roadmaps, provide technical direction and drive architectural excellence.
• Champion AI-native practices and generate measurable value for partners and customers.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

AWS

REST/GraphQL APIs

Scala/Kotlin/Java/TypeScript/Python

Job description

Zalando GmbH is seeking a Head of Engineering for Partner Platform Tech in Helsinki. You will lead cross-functional engineering teams, define roadmaps, and coach engineers to raise performance and impact.

The role focuses on AI-enabled platforms, cloud-native systems and scalable services to empower Zalando partners and internal stakeholders. You will drive architectural strategy, foster an engineering culture of learning and innovation, and collaborate with product, data, and platform leaders