Senior Software Engineer

THE ROLE & THE TEAM 

In the Size and Fit Engineering team, we fulfill customer's everyday fashion needs through engaging customer experience and deep customer understanding, one where the products in the parcel live up to the customer's expectations. We make this happen by solving one of the most important online customer problems - Size and Fit. Through customization and innovation we serve the unique needs of Zalando customers shopping core fashion categories. 

Our team is looking for a talented iOS Senior Software Engineer with React Native experience who has a strong customer-centric mindset and is passionate about developing high-quality applications with delightful customer experience. 

As an iOS Senior Software Engineer, you will join a team that works closely with Product Managers, Designers, and other Software Engineers to fulfill fashion customers' needs through engaging and delightful customer experiences that blend inspiration, quality, entertainment, and seamless digital interaction. We build customer-facing features across the customer journey to help over 50 million customers across 25 markets find products they love, and buy products they keep, ultimately helping customers to make lasting purchases.

You may check out our Tech Blog for more information on the technologies we use.

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.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy:

• You will be part of an agile cross-platform team that continuously improves and extends Zalando iOS and Android applications.

• You will collaborate closely with Product Management and Product Design to refine designs and functional requirements. You will create test cases to be verified during development and feature releases.

• You will act like an owner and take an active role in reducing ambiguity, understanding business requirements, and translating them into technical solutions and requirements. 

• Proactively suggest and implement improvements while driving the technical design of new features and architectural proposals to ensure scalability, testability, and maintainability.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest announcements from Apple WWDC and React Native community, as well as new iOS frameworks, tools, and technologies, to ensure development processes remain modern and efficient.

• Grow and share your expertise while actively supporting the growth and development of junior colleagues and peers both within and beyond your team.

• You are an experienced iOS developer (5+ years) who is eager to work with new technologies and always tries to challenge yourself and deliver high quality code.

• You have a deep understanding of iOS mobile development and Apple design principles, and hands-on experience integrating native iOS modules. 

• You have proven experience developing and shipping React Native applications, a good understanding of React Native fundamentals, and experience working with TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+)

• You own your code and are passionate about writing well structured, readable, and maintainable code that's covered by automated tests.

• You embrace agile software development practices, and support others through code reviews and knowledge sharing.

• You have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate respectfully with others by listening, communicating clearly, and actively sharing knowledge. 

• You always put yourself in your customer's shoes and therefore you take pride in developing user-friendly and high-class features.

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

• Hybrid working model with up to 60% 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 to start 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 available

• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review