Engineering Manager - ZEOS Last Mile Delivery / Shipping

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The Role & The Team

Within our B2B/ZEOS business unit, we develop critical services in the ZEOS shipping domain. Our teams create and manage solutions for shipping labels, essential documents, and shipment tracking, directly impacting our merchants\‘ experience and success.

As an Engineering Manager for our Settlement & Financial Integration team, based in Berlin, you will lead a team responsible for these core services. You will play a key role in enhancing our current systems and developing future initiatives, such as exposing new delivery options to ZEOS merchants. Working closely with the leadership team, you\’ll contribute to the high-level roadmap and help shape the future of this complex and interesting domain.

What We\’d Love You to Do (And Love Doing)

• Drive the technical vision for the team\’s services, acting as a solution driver for larger roadmap topics and a key sparring partner in technical discussions.
• Mentor and develop your engineers, providing coaching, performance evaluations, and meaningful development opportunities to support their growth.
• Manage an agile tech team, facilitating collaboration and decision-making while balancing autonomy with accountability. You\’ll challenge and improve the software development process and establish clear responsibilities.
• Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to influence product strategy and promote the work of the team.
• Attract, onboard, and develop top talent to the team, supporting recruitment activities to improve the team, not just increase its size.

We\’d Love to Meet You If

• You have around 1 to 2 years of experience leading a software development team, including coaching and steering the team.
• You have a strong technical background with experience in RESTful API design and consumption.
• You are experienced in development on the Java Virtual Machine (like Java or Scala) in cloud environments such as AWS.
• You have experience monitoring and tracking system behavior and understand the responsibilities of operating services in a production environment.
• You have a good understanding of agile software development methodologies.
• You possess a drive and passion for people\’s growth and have strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical audiences.
• You build trust, avoid micromanagement, and bring a positive attitude when facing change.
• Experience with the Java ecosystem is a nice-to-have.

Our Offer

Zalando provides a range of benefits. 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
• Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote work per week; actual practice varies by team
• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
• 27 days of vacation annually for full-time employees
• 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
• Development opportunities through our training platform and biannual peer reviews

Inclusive by Design

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce — inclusive by design. We assess candidates solely 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. Please focus on why you\’re great for this role and avoid including your picture, age, or marital status in your CV.

We aim to provide a great candidate experience. Please inform us of any accommodations you may need so we can support you throughout the hiring process.

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