Principal Software Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE & TEAM The Campaign and Content Platforms team is building the technology that delivers inspirational content and retail campaigns for our customers. Content performance data we produce and manage is foundational to steering the business, operations and personalisation and optimisation systems. As a cross-functional domain team of 50+ engineers, product managers, product designers in Helsinki and Berlin, we build platforms that work for all teams, ensuring content goes through the same publishing pipelines and processes. WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING) You will take responsibility for our department’s Data Products architecture, development and quality. You will design, build, and maintain scalable ELT pipelines using Databricks Delta Live Tables (DLT). You will liaise with the owners of source systems to define and align Data Contracts. You will implement and oversee Data Governance and security standards within the Unity Catalog. You will perform technical analysis and root cause analysis to improve data quality and pipeline reliability. You will build and maintain strong working relationships with the development teams and the Zalando Data Foundation. You will record and share information on current working methods and lessons learned to foster a high-performance data culture. WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF You have extensive experience with the Databricks ecosystem (Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Workflows). You have a deep understanding of the Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and Delta Lake internals. You are proficient in Apache Spark (PySpark) and Python for large-scale data processing. You have several years of experience in building and maintaining scalable Streaming & Batch pipelines, specifically using CDC (Change Data Capture) from RDBMS (e.g., MySQL/BinLogs). You are familiar with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Docker, Git (trunk-based development), and DevOps principles. You bring the ability to translate complex business requirements into robust, de-normalized data models optimized for Lakehouse performance. You have a good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure (AWS), REST APIs, and secure data exchange. You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and the ability to accurately document designs and processes. OUR OFFER (To be updated) Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, open source commitment, meetups, game nights, 70+ internal technical and fun guilds, knowledge sharing through tech talks, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, parties & events. Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings. Extensive onboarding, mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts. Relocation assistance for internationals. If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles. Please note that all applications from this job page must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail. Once reviewed, our recruiters will contact applicants via an official Zalando email address (@zalando.de). In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview.

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