Zalando
Zalando is a European online fashion platform with a vast range of fashion products for men, women, and children, serving millions of customers across 15 countries with over 1,500 brands and 150,000 product choices. It has rapidly become Europe's top online fashion retailer by continuously improving its processes and leveraging e-commerce expertise, aiming to deliver the world's best online fashion experience. Zalando SE in Berlin, the company's hub, focuses on core product development, international operations, and business growth, spanning management, marketing, administration, and technology functions.
Jobs at
Zalando
💻 Work style
How we work
Work at Zalando happens in small, dynamic teams. Openness and idea exchange are not only encouraged, they’re lived. Collaboration extends beyond your immediate team, as we pull together across functions, locations and management levels to achieve shared goals.
Remote work
Zalando practices a hybrid working model with 60% (or more) remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration. You can also take 30 days per year to work from abroad remotely.
Vacation and PTO
- 2 paid volunteering days a year
- Sick leave
- 25 days of vacation a year
- Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
🌏 International
Primary language
Zalando uses a mixture of English and German, and the frequency of usage depends on the team.
German language requirements
Zalando doesn't require German language skills from data scientists and data engineers to do their day to day work. It's a big international company, but there are many German employees, so knowledge of German language improves your life at the company.
International employees
Zalando has a large number of employees from all over the world, who came to work at Zalando in Germany.
Visa sponsorship
Zalando sponsors visas for skilled data science professionals. There are two main conditions (a) you meet blue card requirements of the German government and (b) the hiring team has confirmed the terms of the visa sponsorship with you.
Relocation support
Zalando offers financial support and other services to new team members, who are hired from outside of Germany and are moving to Germany for work. It is however subject to the discussion with each hiring team.
Language learning
TBD
🔝 Career growth
Zalando offers its employees an educational budget to stimulate the growth of employee hard and soft skills. The company has clearly defined professional grades and career paths for its data science employees.
❤️🖤 ️️Diversity
At Zalando, the vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with the hiring - the company doesn't 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 the application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.
do.BETTER - is Zalando's diversity & inclusion strategy. And Zalando employee resource groups can be found here.
✅ Perks and benefits
- Health insurance
- Pension plan
- Employee stock ownership plan
- 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
- 2 paid volunteering days a year
- 25 days of vacation a year
- Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
- Family services, including counseling and support
- Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
- Mental health support and coaching available
🖥️ Data science tech stack
- For data scientists
- For data engineers
- For data analysts