Senior Data Platform Engineer | Senior Data Platform Engineer (Central Data Lake) (all genders)

Job Summary

This Senior Data Platform Engineer role is essential for Zalando's Data Platform organization, focusing on managing the petabyte-scale Central Data Lake and Data Mesh. The successful candidate will design, build, and maintain mission-critical data pipelines that materialize event streams, ensuring the security, compliance, and reliability of Zalando's data systems. Day-to-day activities involve working within the Central Data Lake team to provide critical data services for the entire Zalando group, driving strategy, and innovating world-class data transformation systems. The role requires consulting and training diverse teams across Zalando on developing sustainable, high-performance, and scalable data-processing and integration systems. Key qualifications include over five years of experience in data platform development, expertise with distributed processing frameworks like Apache Spark, and proficiency in software development best practices such as CI/CD and TDD within elastic cloud architectures. Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java, alongside strong SQL skills, is mandatory for this influential, cross-functional position.