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

• Architect & Execute: Serve as a true "Player-Coach." Design scalable automation architectures and get your hands dirty actively developing production-ready code for the most critical logistics bottlenecks.
• Drive the Dual Engine Strategy: Balance rapid sprint delivery between theVolume Engine (executing fast, shallow automations for immediate ROI) and theImpact Engine (assess complex, undocumented processes from scratch to be AI-native).
• Exercise Elite Tool Judgment: Dictate the technology strategy by deciding the optimal tech stack (e.g., UiPath Suite, n8n, Python, or raw APIs) for each unique operational challenge.
• Integrate Agentic AI: Leverage advanced prompt engineering and LLM integrations (e.g., Gemini) to build workflows capable of handling complex, unstructured data.
• Mentor & Delegate: Break down complex architectural blueprints into modular tasks, seamlessly handing off elements to senior engineers while providing ongoing code review and technical guidance.
• Bridge the Data Gap: Design robust, secure API architectures that link legacy enterprise systems (like restricted SAP setups) with modern AI orchestration tools.
• Execute with Agility: Collaborate closely with central Tech teams and operational SMEs to navigate compliance constraints and rapidly push solutions to production within structured 2-to-3-week sprint cycles.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You bring 10+ years of hands-on experience in business processes and automation, and/or AI integration, with a proven ability to balance macro-architectural design with getting your hands dirty in active coding.
• You possess elite "tool judgment" and deep architectural design experience across UiPath, n8n, Python, and enterprise APIs.
• You have practical, demonstrated expertise in Agentic AI architectures, prompt engineering, and safely integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into live business operations.
• Strategic Process Redesign: You understand the strategic difference between automating for volume versus automating for deep process impact, and know how to redesign broken workflows to be AI-native.
• Resilience & Error Handling: You have a proven ability to design for scale, maintainability, and build robust exception-handling frameworks ("self-healing" workflows).
• You have strong technical leadership capabilities, with a passion for mentoring senior developers and orchestrating work across high-velocity Agile sprints.
• Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) & Discovery: You have hands-on experience with process mining/task mining and using AI tools to extract structured data from unstructured documents.
• You are a master communicator and stakeholder manager, able to easily explain complex AI architectures and compliance risks to non-technical operational leads and senior stakeholders.

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect.

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Employee shares program
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
• Family services, including counseling and support
• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
• Mental health support and coaching available
• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review