Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Platform | Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Platform (all genders)

Job Summary

This Senior Software Engineer role is central to Zalando's ML Platform team, focusing on building and scaling core ML infrastructure services that power AI-native experiences. The successful candidate will design and implement scalable, real-time feature and embedding systems, ensuring platform reliability through SLOs, monitoring, and safe deployments. Key responsibilities include embedding security by design, driving developer productivity through automation and self-service, and providing technical guidance to junior colleagues. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic platform decisions and play an active part in team growth, working hands-on with distributed systems, streaming pipelines, and feature platforms to deliver cutting-edge solutions for search, recommendations, personalization, and emerging GenAI use cases.