Engineer II, Python - (Data Platform - Tech Foundations)

We’re hiring an Engineer II, Golang to join the Data Platform team within Tech Foundations vertical, powering Delivery Hero - based in Glovo, Barcelona.

You will join one of the core platform teams within Glovo, helping to develop new capabilities of the Global Data Platform that empowers thousands of Delivery Hero group users to create and manage data products efficiently.
You will focus on designing and implementing backend services and platform components, ensuring that our data platform is reliable, secure, and optimized for growth.

Be a part of a team where you will:

• Design and build backend services, APIs, and developer tools that power our global data ecosystem.

• Work on distributed systems challenges involving scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Apply modern software engineering practices: code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and monitoring.

• Collaborate closely with senior engineers and platform architects to evolve the data platform.

• Take end-to-end ownership of features — from design and implementation to deployment and maintenance.

• Partner with data engineers and analysts to understand how users build data pipelines, and build abstractions and tools to make their work easier.

• 4+ years of experience as a software or backend engineer building production-grade systems.

• Strong proficiency in Python and Kotlin, or another high-level programming language.

• Solid understanding of object-oriented design, software architecture, and design patterns.

• Experience diagnosing and resolving performance issues in complex systems.

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and modern deployment workflows.

• Understanding of relational databases (Mysql, PostgreSQL, Aurora, MariaDB, +), concurrency, and event-driven architectures.

• Curiosity and interest in how data systems work — from ingestion to transformation to consumption.

Nice to have

• Experience designing or maintaining distributed or microservice-based platforms.

• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP (especially BigQuery or Dataflow).

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

• Understanding of event streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis, Flink).

• Familiarity with Data Mesh principles, data catalogs, or data lake architectures.

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.

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? 

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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.