This document provides an overview of Zalando Technology including that it is one of Europe's largest online fashion retailers with over 8,000 employees across 15 countries. It notes that Zalando Tech is headquartered in Berlin with over 800 technologists and that they focus on API-first microservices architecture in the cloud with an emphasis on Python, PostgreSQL, and open source. Key technical areas include infrastructure, web applications, data intelligence, and monitoring.

1. Python
@ Zalando Technology
Python Meetup Berlin 2015-09-29
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2. 15 countries
3 fulfillment centers
15+ million active customers
2.2+ billion € revenue 2014
130+ million visits per month
8.000+ employees
ONE OF EUROPE’S LARGEST ONLINE FASHION RETAILERS

3. Quick Facts About Zalando Tech
● Tech HQ in Berlin
● 800+ technologists
● Nearly everything produced in-house

4. Zalando Tech Offices
● Berlin (HQ)
● Dortmund
● Hamburg (Metrigo)
● Mönchengladbach
● Erfurt
● Dublin
● Helsinki

5. Architecture Principles
● API First with Swagger
● REST
● SaaS
● Microservices
● Cloud

6. We believe in:
● Trust
● Open Source
● Autonomy
(teams & individuals)
● Working with purpose
● Helping people achieve mastery

7. 2010
PHP
Python
Java

8. Areas
● Infrastructure
● Web Applications
● Data Intelligence
● Monitoring

9. Web Applications
● (CherryPy)
● Psycopg + SQL Alchemy
● Jinja2
● Flask
● Connexion

10. Data Intelligence
● scikit-learn
● Pandas
● NumPy
● matplotlib
● statsmodels
● IPython

11. Command Line Tools
● Click
● ClickClick

12. Monitoring: ZMON

13. ZMON: Python “DSL”

14. ZMON: Python “DSL”

15. OPEN
SOURCE
FIRST!

16. Some Projects..
● STUPS Cloud Infrastructure
● Connexion Swagger-first
● ZMON Monitoring
github.com/zalando
github.com/zalando-stups

17. We Love PostgreSQL
● pg_view
● PGObserver
● Spilo AWS appliance
github.com/zalando

18. tech.zalando.com