Android Engineer - Inspiration & Entertainment (hybrid)

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Our Inspiration and Entertainment team will set out to solve major customer challenges around inspiration & entertainment in fashion & lifestyle e-commerce as well as helping our customers navigate the challenge of overwhelming choice in our ecosystem!

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING) 

• You will be part of an agile cross functional team that builds solutions for Zalando’s Fashion Store applications (Android and iOS) as well as the website.

• Together with the team you will build solutions for customers to socially engage with others: share fashion discoveries and get inspired by others.

• Communicate with various stakeholders to understand the business context, and translate the requirements into technical designs

• Act like an owner by taking up a challenge, work towards reducing ambiguity, and break the work down into manageable tasks for the team.

• Lean on your Android experience and skill set, develop robust, performant and maintainable code.

• Share and develop your expertise with your team to deliver the best user experience to our customers

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You have a deep understanding of the Android SDK, industry standard design patterns for Android Apps, and Kotlin as the programming language

• You are familiar with RxJava and the functional programming concepts of Kotlin. Familiarity with Jetpack Compose and Coroutines is a bonus.

• You have a good understanding of how to work with REST services and APIs. Familiarity with GraphQL is a bonus.

• You are knowledgeable about engineering practices that lead to writing well-tested high quality code.

• You are a passionate  Android Engineer who is eager to work with new technologies while trying to challenge yourself and deliver clean, easily maintainable and testable code.

• You have experience working in high performing teams and can independently drive end-to-end delivery, facilitating technical discussions and complex decision making.

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 products sold and shipped by Zalando,

• 2 paid volunteering days a year

• Hybrid working model with 60% remote per week

• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

• 27 days of vacation a year

• Family services, including counselling and support

• Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)

• Mental health support and coaching available

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - 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: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion/our-employee-resource-groups

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!

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