Software Engineer (Python) - Quick Commerce

About the opportunity

We are looking for a  Software Engineer with Python (f/m/d) to join our "Quick Commerce" team. Contribute to the creation of our next-generation platform, which works on expanding our amazing delivery to new products such as groceries, pharmaceuticals, flowers, and more. If you're a creative problem solver who is eager to deliver solutions and hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Berlin!

• You will build our next-generation platform to not only sell food to our hungry customers but also grocery items and many more. 

• You will design and optimize our internal back-office applications in a fast-growing environment such as a master product database, catalog management systems, campaign management, and ad-serving/ad-booking systems.

• You don’t shy away from building reliable, scalable systems with high concurrency and are always eager to learn new languages and technologies. Your decisions will make an impact since your ideas and efforts do matter.

What you need to be successful :

• 3+ years of professional application development knowledge with Python.

• 2+ years of experience in applications infrastructure management and operations.

• 4+ years of experience in working with agile methodologies.

• Eagerness to work in a fast-paced, fault-tolerant, agile environment on cross-functional teams.

• You are a pragmatic programmer who understands what is needed to get things done in a collaborative manner.

• You love to learn and constantly improve your own skills and are not afraid to jump into new things.

• Improve the user experience of existing solutions by being data-driven, analyzing the impact of features, making hypotheses, and implementing new solutions.

• You review codes and ensure the best quality.

• You believe in cross-functional teams and know that responsibility does not end with deployment.

• Fluent English communication skills.

Nice to have:

• Good knowledge and experience with Golang will be a strong plus

• Familiar with common CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Drone, and Spinnaker.

• Familiar with common monitoring/alerting/logging tools such as Prometheus, Datadog, ELK stack, distributed tracing

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

• Familiar with communication between microservices best practices.

• Experience on gRPC. 

• Experience in event-driven hexagonal architecture.

• Superior knowledge in relational databases (ACID, isolation & index types, storage engines).

• Knowledge on document-oriented databases (MongoDB, Couchbase, DynamoDB, Firestore)

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech but driven by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, we enable ambitious talent 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.

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. Just be yourself and we can’t wait to see what value you bring to the role. We're as interested in your character as we are in your talent.

What's in it for you: 

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

• Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape

• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

• Look up and go for it. We will support you in developing yourself and your career: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support

• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Online Canteen, Corporate Discounts

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 over 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.

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.