Engineering Manager - ZEOS

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM

The ZEOS B2B Portal is the face of our platform, serving as the central gateway for partners to manage their business within the Zalando ecosystem. As the Engineering Manager for the Portal and Portal Application team, you will lead the engineers responsible for building a seamless, high-performance, and intuitive user interface that unifies complex B2B services. You will manage a cross-functional team of up to 10 engineers, fostering an environment where frontend excellence meets robust backend integration.

Your mission is to ensure that the ZEOS Portal remains a best-in-class "Single Point of Entry" for our partners. You will collaborate closely with UX designers, Product Managers, and Principal Engineers to deliver a cohesive experience, ensuring that modularity (Micro Frontends), security, and performance are at the heart of every deployment. With ZEOS we shape the future of the Zalando logistics ecosystem – please read more HERE.

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! At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design.

We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds. We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.

We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you. Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace:

• Lead the Frontend Strategy:
  Help shape a scalable and modular portal architecture. You’ll ensure a seamless and intuitive experience for our partners, creating harmony across various applications and internal tools.
• Empower and Grow Talent:
  Hire and develop a diverse team of engineers. You will focus on their professional growth, helping them master the balance between rapid feature delivery and high-quality UI/UX standards.
• Bridge Design and Engineering:
  Work in close partnership with Product and UX Design leads to translating user needs into technical roadmaps, leveraging modern web trends and Design Systems (DS) to increase development velocity.
• Champion Operational Health:
  Take full ownership of the portal’s stability. You will oversee CI/CD pipelines, monitor frontend performance metrics, and ensure robust security (Okta/OpenID) and SEO-friendly architectures.
• Navigate Architectural Choices:
  Provide the technical perspective needed to guide decisions around Micro Frontends (MFE), SPA performance, and API consumption, ensuring the team builds extensible solutions without over‑engineering.
• Foster Smooth Delivery:
  Act as a catalyst for Agile best practices, removing blockers for your team and ensuring that cross-functional stakeholders are aligned on the portal’s roadmap and release cycles.

• Proven People Leader:
  You bring 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with a track record of building healthy, high-trust cultures and coaching senior talent in an international environment.
• Web & Portal Expert:
  You have a solid technical background in modern web technologies (React, Type Script, Node.js) and a deep understanding of Micro Frontend architectures and state management.
• Platform & API Collaborator:
  You are well-versed in how frontends interact with complex backends via REST APIs, and have experience with cloud-native deployments (AWS/Kubernetes).
• Quality & Operations Focused:
  You have a strong “Dev Ops” mentality—you care about build times, automated…