Head of Engineering - Emerging Propositions

at  Zalando

Location
Helsinki
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Software Engineering - Leadership
As part of the Emerging Propositions Customer Experience Department you will be involved in exciting projects that are primarily focused on our customers’ experience in the Beauty, Designer and Recommerce propositions.
As the Head of Engineering, you will be a leader of leads managing multiple engineering teams. You will be expected to be a technical expert, compassionate leader, customer savvy partner, and delivery oriented driver. Keep reading below if this sounds like you. This position is based in Zalando’s Helsinki office.

• Lead, manage, inspire and grow multiple teams. As a leader of leads and principal engineers, it will be your responsibility to coach your directs to become the best they can be. You will provide direction, guidance and amazing working conditions for cross-functional delivery that involve multiple engineering teams, serving a broad range of use cases. You will be accountable for the delivery of the long-term architectural roadmap and the reliable operation of the department’s production software systems.
• Engage with stakeholders and other leaders across the company and sites to deliver an outstanding product to satisfy the needs of our internal and external customers and stakeholders.
• Ensure that development of the systems is simplified and scales to the future needs and volumes of our Emerging Propositions. Follow the latest developments in technology and engineering, leverage existing asset APIs and software services to create scalable and cost efficient systems that can handle the rapid change and constant innovation of the Zalando group.
• Help us shape the engineering culture across Zalando by developing, inspiring and hiring engineering talent and facilitating engineering processes that create remarkable impact for our customers and partners at scale.