As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 70 countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.
Job DescriptionWe’re hiring an Backend Engineer to join the Quick Commerce Global Services team, powering Delivery Hero - based in Glovo, Barcelona.
YOUR MISSION
In this role, you’ll be part of a central team within Delivery Hero’s Global Services unit, shaping solutions that serve our entire global ecosystem, and your work will drive impact across Delivery Hero’s regional brands worldwide. You’ll be working with cross-functional teams to build scalable solutions that enhance customer experiences and operational excellence on a global scale. It’s a unique opportunity to combine Glovo’s vibrant, fast-paced culture with the reach and complexity of one of the world’s largest local delivery platforms.
THE JOURNEY
Working on our next generation platform to not only provide food for our hungry customers but also other daily urgent needs like drinks, fruits, snacks but also batteries.
You are not shying away from building reliable, scalable systems with high concurrency and are always eager to learn new languages & technologies. Your decisions will make an impact since your ideas & efforts do matter.
Eventually you are not afraid to build global systems which are used by thousands of people and constantly drive for excellence.
Building efficient and elegant solutions for our new features with a bleeding edge technical stack (ES6, Typescript, React, Webpack).
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE
Experience in the context of distributed systems and web services(RESTful, gRPC).
Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services).
2+ years of experience in production-grade applications.
Demonstrable skills using Kotlin and/or Java.
Demonstrable skills with PostgreSQL and MongoDB
Experience in working with agile methodologies.
Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.
Curious, open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuous feedback.
You believe in cross-functional teams and know that responsibility does not end with deployment.
You are running, maintaining & deploying your own code to production.
Fluent English communication skills.
Nice to have:
Building, maintaining & running a high-traffic system in a microservice environment with Kubernetes.
Experience in cloud platform hosting via AWS/GCP and terraform/cloud formation.
Experience with commonly used observability tools for monitoring/alerting/logging/ distributed tracing, such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog.
Experience with message brokers (SNS/SQS, Kafka, or Pub/Sub).
Learn quickly from your colleagues and projects.
Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.
Knowledge of other backend languages (python, golang, etc)
Individuals representing diverse profiles, and abilities, encompassing various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds, are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you don't meet our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.
We believe driven talent deserves:
🍔 Monthly Glovo credits to satisfy your cravings!
🏊 Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
🏖️ Extra time off, the freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
👪 Enhanced parental leave, and office-based nursery.
🧠 Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.
Here at Glovo, we thrive on diversity, we believe it enhances our teams, products, and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds - all genders, racial/diverse backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.
Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).
So, ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life?
Delve into our culture by taking a peek at our Instagram and check out our Linkedin and website!
We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.
