Senior Backend Engineer, Kotlin - Quick Commerce

We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Quick-Commerce Global Services team in Barcelona to support the Delivery Hero Group's ecosystem with unique technologies: Kotlin

Your Mission
In this role, you'll have the unique opportunity to combine Glovo's vibrant, fast-paced culture with the reach and complexity of the Delivery Hero Group, one of the world's largest local delivery platforms. You'll be part of a Central Team based in Barcelona, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build scalable solutions that support the entire global ecosystem of the Group.

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.

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).

• 5+ years of experience in production-grade applications. 

• High-level skills using Kotlin and/or Java.

• Demonstrable skills with PostgreSQL and MongoDB 

• Experience in working with agile methodologies.

• 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).

• Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• 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.

• Experience in cloud platform hosting via AWS/GCP and terraform/cloud formation.

• You are running, maintaining & deploying your own code to production.

• Being able to learn  and collaborate in the code base of other backend languages (python, golang knowledge will be a plus). 

• Building, maintaining & running a high-traffic system in a microservice environment with Kubernetes.

As part of the Delivery Hero Group, Glovo is the fastest-growing multi-category app in Spain, connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores, operating in more than 1500 cities across 25 countries. We are proud to make a significant and valuable contribution to the strategic positioning of the Delivery Hero Group on the global market through our unique expertise.

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.