Head of Engineering

vor 1 Woche

Berlin, Deutschland Zalando Vollzeit

Location

Berlin

Contract

Full time

Job Category

Software Engineering - Leadership

**THE ROLE & THE TEAM**:
We are now seeking a **Head of Engineering** to lead and inspire our engineering teams as we scale our business, refine our systems, and innovate towards building Zalando’s own **Transport Systems First, Middle & Last Mile**, which serves Zalando’s 50MM+ customers with 30+ carriers across 25 Zalando markets in Europe. In the future, this platform will reduce the manual intervention of resources and enhance the opportunity for automation for better capacity steering, optimising delivery lead times and efficiency towards calculating delivery on promise. We are providing optimal and scalable solutions to support Zalando's growth strategy.

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

- As **Head of Engineering**, you will **drive the technological strategy and execution for Zalando’s Transport Systems** platforms, products, and infrastructure. You will oversee diverse, high-performing engineering teams, collaborating closely with Product Management, Data Engineering, Design, and other business units to build scalable, reliable, and innovative systems.
- ** Leadership & Strategy**: Define and implement the engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with Zalando’s business goals.
- ** Team Development**: Mentor, inspire, and grow a team of engineering leaders and software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.
- ** Technology Ownership**: Drive the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and robust platform of Transport Systems (first, middle & last mile), including logistics systems
- ** Innovation & Impact**: Stay ahead of industry trends, introducing emerging technologies and best practices to shape Zalando’s competitive edge.

**WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF**:

- You are an empathetic and egoless but passionate leader who excels at developing, coaching, and mentoring engineering leaders and engineers.
- ** Proven Leadership**: 10+ years in Software Engineering, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing large teams (30+ engineers).
- ** Technical Expertise**: Strong background in modern Software Engineering practices, cloud architectures, and scalable systems. Experience in logistics, e-commerce, or fulfilment technologies is a strong plus.
- ** Strategic Vision**: Ability to align engineering goals with business objectives and execute globally.
- ** People-First Approach**: A collaborative and empathetic leadership style that nurtures talent and drives diversity and inclusion.
- ** Innovative Mindset**: Proven track record of introducing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies into engineering teams.
- ** Data-Driven Decision-Making**: Strong analytical skills focusing on using metrics and KPIs to drive performance.
- You have a good understanding of technical landscapes, a solid technical background, and multiple years of hands-on coding in technologies such as JVM-based programming languages, JavaScript, or Python.
- You understand software delivery KPIs (release velocity, lead time, etc.) and how to influence them to create a high-performing technology organization with high predictability.
- Communication Skills: Fluent in English, able to inspire teams and stakeholders alike.

If you have what it takes, we encourage you to

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