Job description
Engineering Manager / Lounge by Zalando (all genders)
Company Overview
Lounge by Zalando is an online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle products in 20+ European countries. We offer our members daily, time-limited sale campaigns with discounts of up to 75% off the recommended retail price. We are Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, building the ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle ecommerce.
Job Summary
As an Engineering Manager in Demand Tech, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of backend and fullstack engineers, alongside ML and GenAI engineers. You will work closely with Principal Engineers and Product to shape and deliver systems across customer acquisition, personalisation, data platforms, and AI-driven capabilities. Your team operates across a broad and impactful scope — from customer-facing experiences to the data and ML/AI platforms that power them.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing team by mentoring and empowering a diverse group of engineers.
- Own delivery of impactful systems, including personalization, CRM, data, and AI-powered features.
- Shape architecture and technical direction in collaboration with Principal Engineers.
- Bridge software and applied science to enable the team to build and operate ML and LLM-based systems.
- Champion operational excellence, establishing clear KPIs/SLOs and improving observability.
- Collaborate with Product, Data & AI, and other engineering teams to navigate dependencies and align on shared platforms.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Significant experience as an Engineering Manager with a strong track record of building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
- Solid technical foundation in backend and distributed systems (e.g., Kotlin/Java/Python), cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred), and data-intensive applications.
- Exposure to ML or applied science in production (e.g., personalization, recommendation, or LLM-based features).
- Product and business mindset with experience building customer-facing systems.
- Strong architectural thinking and ability to define direction with senior engineers.
- Operational mindset for running reliable systems in production.
- Clear communication and stakeholder management skills.
Location
Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Hybrid)
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- 27 days of holiday a year (up to 30 days)
- 2 paid volunteering days a year
- Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week
- Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
- Employee shares program
- Discount on products sold by Zalando and Lounge by Zalando
- Relocation assistance available
- Health and wellbeing options, mental health support, and coaching
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds. We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions.
