Engineering Manager (all genders)
Core
Lead a team of ~10 engineers to build and consolidate Zalando's Observability platform (metrics, traces, logs, SLOs) and incident management tooling, enabling agentic incident response and reducing cognitive load for internal engineering customers. (via careerplan.io/jobs/18251-33599-S-engineering-manager-all-genders-at-zalando-se)
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Platform/Infrastructure)
Builds
Unified telemetry stack (Dash0), Observability SDKs, modern AI-integrated incident management platform
Domain
E-commerce / Distributed Systems / Observability
Required skills
Engineering team leadership, distributed systems architecture, observability (OpenTelemetry, tracing, SLOs), large-scale platform migration, technical decision-making, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Agentic incident response strategy, automated RCA, AI tooling integration, career coaching
Technologies
Dash0, OpsGenie, OpenTelemetry, AI/ML
Responsibilities
Lead consolidation of observability tooling onto Dash0; Shape roadmap for Observability SDKs; Own architectural roadmap and design reviews; Drive agentic incident response initiatives; Ensure reliable operation of production systems; Attract, hire, and develop engineering talent
