React Native Android Engineer

Product ratings and reviews provide Zalando's customers access to authentic, detailed, and diverse feedback on products and empower them to make confident purchase decisions. Zalando is making significant investments into its ratings and review experiences and to achieve this are forming a new dedicated team with a mission to elevate the experience to best in class for our customers, while also achieving significant business impact for the business.

As part of this newly formed team, Zalando is seeking a skilled React Native Android Engineer to help shape the customer-facing capabilities that will empower over 50 million users to gain insights from more than 100 million ratings and reviews. This role calls for solid expertise in Android app development and React Native, as well as proven experience collaborating with backend teams to build scalable, data-driven solutions. Familiarity with modern integration patterns, including RESTful APIs and GraphQL, will be a strong advantage.

Engage with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate complex requirements into clear, actionable technical designs for the team.

Take ownership, reduce ambiguity, and break down complex projects into manageable tasks for team collaboration.

Lead the design, development, deployment and maintenance of the team's Apps integrations, demonstrating seasoned expertise across both Android and React Native technologies to deliver exceptional user experiences.

Consistently deliver high-quality, testable software solutions adaptable to evolving product requirements

Design, construct, and maintain scalable software solutions adaptable to evolving product requirements.

Share expertise, develop skills collaboratively, and contribute to fostering a culture of excellence through comprehensive reviews and mentorship.

Embrace agility by iteratively testing features with stakeholders while maintaining a holistic perspective on project goals.

Prioritise team processes, automation, communication, and collaboration to bolster the team's velocity and output, driving toward collective success

You are a smart individual with considerable engineering experience and skills, driven by the desire to tackle tangible customer problems.

You have a comprehensive understanding of modern Android development. Additional experience with the React Native ecosystem, including Redux for state management and React Navigation being a distinct advantage.

You feel at ease with a diverse tech stack, embracing the opportunity to learn new languages, technologies, and systems.

You exhibit robust stakeholder management skills, fostering effective communication and collaboration with engineering peers, applied scientists, and product owners throughout the organisation.

You have solid experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile application development, ensuring efficient and reliable releases.

You are experienced in implementing and using monitoring and observability tools and practices to ensure mobile application health, performance, and stability.

You are passionate about clean, well-tested, and maintainable code. You take ownership and pride in code quality.

You have a proven track record in high-performing teams, confidently leading technical discussions, articulating ideas effectively, and independently driving technical decisions while fostering collaboration.

You have exceptional verbal and written communication skills for clearly and concisely articulating complex technical topics and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

You thrive in collaborative environments, seamlessly integrating with various stakeholders and navigating complex domains, such as ML Engineers, Applied Scientist and other Software Engineering teams.

You're someone who is passionate about engineering, finding joy in the processes of designing, creating, and problem-solving, you'll feel right at home here

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.

40% off products sold and shipped by Zalando

2 paid volunteering days a year

Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

27 days of vacation per year to start

A one-time allowance to set up an ergonomic workstation (outside of Zalando office)

Pension scheme & match up to 10% (opt-in)

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Cycle to Work Scheme

Tax Saver Commuter Tickets

Employee shares program

Family services, including counseling and support

Health and wellbeing options, including Gympass/Wellhub

Mental health support and coaching available

Professional development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer reviews

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process.

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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In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview.

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Our Software Engineering teams deploy software extensively, managing a broad set of applications and conducting thousands of deployments per week. The Software Engineering team enables Zalando as Europe's number one multi-brand, digital platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for our partners and customers. As a Zalando Software Engineer, you'll be part of a community of thousands of colleagues across Europe.

It's the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey to build the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Help us offer an inspiring and quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to about 50 million active customers in 25 markets. Or be part of our logistic infrastructure, software or service capabilities to help brands and retailers run and scale their entire e-commerce business, on or off Zalando. Join our Zalando ecosystem, to enable positive change for the fashion and lifestyle industry.