Data Engineer Internship - Partner Tech

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Zalando Partner Tech is the technology organisation within Zalando responsible for sourcing fashion products and consumer goods into Zalando. Through our platform and tools, we provide a wide range of products to customers all over Europe. The organisation is composed of more than 300 talented individuals who are dedicated to creating the best platform and inspiring opportunities for multi million euro fashion brands and physical retail stores, connecting them with consumers across multiple European markets.
 

As a Data Engineer Intern within Partner Tech Data Foundation, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a team composed of 4 data engineers. You will work on improving and building data pipelines and data products, which are used across Zalando and by Partners to make data driven decisions. You will collaborate closely with experienced data engineers, gaining hands-on experience in building and operating big data workflows that process data from the wide assortment of articles sold by Zalando and its partners across the whole of Europe. You will gain practical experience leveraging Databricks and Airflow, together with Python and Spark on top of AWS infrastructure to build our pipelines and Anomalo for our data quality process.

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

As our data sources grow in volume and complexity, Zalando’s scaling presents a sheer amount of exciting real-world challenges our team tackles daily. Right now we’re focused on improving our Airflow workflows orchestration, increasing automation and reproducibility of our Databricks pipelines and ensuring top-notch data quality while providing new data products to our stakeholders and partners. As a Data Engineering Intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on these challenges and we aim to make you a direct contributor to our services and products. We want you to write code, solve problems and have a real impact, not just observing from the sidelines.  

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• We'd love to meet you if you are passionate about data engineering and excited to dive into the complexities of big data processing workflows. 

• We value proactive, curious problem-solvers who are eager to learn and experiment with tools like Airflow and Databricks. 

• Experience with Python, SQL and Git version control is essential.

•  If you aspire to become a data-crunching engineer rockstar, we would be thrilled to hear from you!

This role is based in our Helsinki office, where you’ll collaborate in person with your team a few days each week.

Please note that we cannot provide relocation or residence permit support for this internship and therefore, all applicants must have the pre-existing right to work in Finland to work full-time for the duration of the program.

OUR OFFER

• Paid internship starting in May 2026 with a duration of 4-5 months.

• Centrally located and accessible office in Kamppi, Helsinki city center, with diverse working and entertainment spaces and healthy snacks and drinks available.

• Hybrid work model of up to 60% remote work and flexible working times.

• 40% Zalando shopping discount for employees,, and Edenred benefits for lunch, sports and culture, commuting and massage.

• Extensive occupational health care and child care benefits.

• Additional holidays and volunteering time off.

• Supportive and active international community of colleagues for onboarding, mentoring, continued learning and for having fun through diverse offering of meetups and events, knowledge guilds and Employee Resource Groups with open source commitment.

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us.

For more information about our office and teams in Helsinki, please visit: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/where-we-work/helsinki

Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email. If you are interested, please send us your application and CV before February 13th 2026.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups