Culture
This category focuses on our culture, values, and how we work together.
Running an Engineering Papers Reading Guild at Zalando
In September 2024, we started an Engineering Papers guild at Zalando to read and discuss research papers together. A... Read more...
Danilo Veljovic
Senior Software Engineer
Mohit Karekar
Principal Software Engineer
Jan 29
2026
Adapting to Change: Returning to Work in a Fast-Moving Tech World
This article discusses the challenges of returning to work in a fast-paced tech environment and how to navigate them. Read more...
Kanupriya Gupta
Senior Software Engineer (iOS)
May 19
2025
Failing to Auto Scale Elasticsearch in Kubernetes
A story of operational failure in large scale Elastisearch installation including the root cause analysis and... Read more...
Juho Vuori
Senior Software Engineer
Jun 21
2024
Hosting an internal Engineering Conference
In August 2023 we hosted our first internal Engineering Conference. This post summarizes the experience and provides... Read more...
Bartosz Ocytko
Executive Principal Engineer
Jun 03
2024
Tale of 'metadpata': the revenge of the supertools
One day in November 2022, we brought down our shop with a single character. This post recaps on the lessons we... Read more...
Bartosz Ocytko
Executive Principal Engineer
Diego Roccia
Engineering Manager
Jan 23
2024
Gender Equity in IT Panel by Zalando Women in Tech Employee Resource Group
Three Women in Tech leaders discuss Gender Equity in IT on a discussion panel organized by our Women in Tech... Read more...
Anja Bergner
Employer Branding Manager
Apr 12
2023
How You Can Have Impact As An Engineering Manager
How Engineering Managers create impact and shape organisational culture Read more...
Gary Rafferty
Head of Engineering
Jan 26
2023
Growth Engineering at Zalando
How we enable growth for engineers at Zalando Read more...
Gary Rafferty
Head of Engineering
Jul 26
2022
International Women in Engineering Day (June 23rd)
We’re celebrating International Women in Engineering Day by talking to three senior Zalando Women in Tech. Read more...
Anja Bergner
Specialist Employer Branding
Jun 23
2022
Principal Engineering at Zalando
Learn how we leverage Principal Engineers to solve engineering challenges across Zalando. Read more...
Bartosz Ocytko
Executive Principal Engineer
Feb 10
2022