We prioritise mobility concepts and strive to offer our talent as much flexibility as possible. We provide a hybrid working model within Germany, plus the option to work from abroad for up to 30 days per year. However, we would love to meet you in the office at least once to four times per month.
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
You will take end-to-end responsibility for our Data Refinery – from ingestion (CDC) to providing business-ready data products in the Gold layer.
You will design, build, and maintain scalable ELT pipelines using Databricks Delta Live Tables (DLT).
You will liaise with the owners of source systems (e.g., TB.One) 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.
Experience in aligning data strategies within a larger group ecosystem (like Zalando).