Data Mesh in Practice - How Europe’s Biggest Online Fashion Retailer Goes Beyond the Data Lake

This talk explains how Zalando moved from a centralized data lake to a decentralized data mesh. It covers data products, domain ownership, governance, interoperability, self-service infrastructure, and template-driven data preparation.

Syllabus

Intro
Who are we?
Legacy Analytics
Legacy Evolving
Zalando's Data Lake
Centralization Challenges
A Recurring Pattern
What is Data Mesh?
Data as a Product
Domain-Driven Distributed Data Architecture
Self-Service Data Infrastructure
An Ecosystem of Data Products
It's a mindset shift
Data Mesh in Practice
Central Services with Global Interoperability
Bring Your Own Bucket (BYOB)
Central Processing Platform
Simplify Data Sharing
How to Ensure Data Quality?
Into the Future