Sat.Nov 12, 2016 - Fri.Nov 18, 2016

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The State of Frontend at Zalando 2016

Zalando Engineering

After seeing the State of JavaScript survey make headway online, we thought it would be interesting to do the same for Zalando to get a better understanding about what technologies and frameworks we’re using here. For the JavaScript survey, participating developers answered questions on topics ranging from frontend frameworks and state management, to build tools and testing libraries.

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Why Did I Decide to Become a Producer?

Zalando Engineering

It may sound like a cliche, but I love working with people – especially engineers. The energy, creativity, and innovation that comes out of the software development process is like a never ending tank of fuel. Producers at Zalando are the organizational engines of their teams. We’re responsible for managing product releases, external project dependencies and deliverables, as well as refining requirements, features, and user stories.

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How InnerSource bolstered integration for Local Order Fulfillment

Zalando Engineering

Our tech organization is always looking for ways to improve its systems and processes – we’re constantly striving to be better. To increase team autonomy and improve delivery time, we’re currently piloting InnerSource, a development approach that applies open source principles to the way companies develop software internally. Our initial pilot of the approach focused on teams working within product clusters whose work presented opportunities for cross-collaboration.

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