Tech Lead

We are in the unique position to experience new and interesting situations that many companies have never seen before. We tackle challenges by using agile methodologies, top line tools and of course always working with the best of teams.

This is a chance to be part of a rapidly growing team in a company that is changing the food delivery and quick commerce landscape, and be able to influence, execute and see the impact of your work on millions of users.

We are looking for a Tech Lead to lead one of our Quick Commerce teams and play a critical role in designing and implementing a reliable, cutting-edge, scalable and efficient real-time platform. The successful candidate will lead a team that owns key technical components and key services that are part of the quick commerce flow.

We have a microservice architecture with over 80 services that collectively handle thousands of requests per second. Our communication methods include both synchronous and event-based approaches. The majority of our codebase is written in Golang. We use REST APIs and gRPC. Our infrastructure is hosted in both AWS and GCP, and we leverage Kubernetes for container orchestration. Our data storage solutions include PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Additionally, we are part of the Delivery Hero group, working closely with their Global Services division.

We are a team of energetic, motivated tech enthusiasts who take on the challenge of empowering our customers and internal users. We do that by providing them with the necessary intuitive technologies through creating a wide range of software solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a team of 2-3 talented software engineers, fostering an environment of collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.

• Coach, mentor, and support the growth of engineers on the team through regular feedback, career development discussions, and continuous learning opportunities

• Work closely with Product Owners, Developers and other Tech leads as part of an agile team, to build reliable systems and exceed stakeholders expectations.

• Hands-on contribution and deep technical involvement — contribute to design, architecture, and implementation. Regularly contribute to the critical path of various features that the team needs to deliver. 

• Conduct regular code reviews, ensuring high coding standards, robust testing, and adherence to best practices.

• Take ownership of the team-owned services and the technical foundation of our food delivery and quick commerce platform, ensuring it is reliable, secure, efficient, and scalable.

• Architect, design, and develop critical technical components. Own the software development lifecycle end to end. Create a technical roadmap.

• Deliver high quality software responsible for serving hundreds of thousands of requests per minute.

• Investigate new technologies and strategies to help our services scale to larger data sets and quicker speeds into the future.

• Practice modern software development methodologies and agile processes.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for all architectural, design, and implementation processes.

Life @efood:

At efood, no day is the same as the one before!

efooders know that working and having a good time aren't the opposite and that’s why every day at efood is a new adventure!

We always aim higher and we thrive in finding solutions to push our limits further! We care about our customers, our employees, our society.

We seize every opportunity to celebrate achievements and milestones, but we also celebrate small things (like Fridays!)

Every efooder is part of a fast-growing multinational company, with endless opportunities for professional growth and acquisition of new skills! We have an established, yet super creative and fun working environment, with talented and ambitious people whose ultimate goal is to maintain efood as the ideal workplace! 

Hungry enough to join us?

• University and/or Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.

• 1+ years experience in technical leadership and/or engineering management roles

• Strong background in backend engineering

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to mentor and coach a team.

• Excellent knowledge of any modern programming language (with ideally relevant experience in Go).

• Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems (e.g. MongoDB, Redis, Postgres).

• Familiarity with SOLID principles and software design patterns.

• Excellent eye for detail and a self-motivated problem solver.

• Superior analytical skills and a strong sense of urgency and ownership in your work.

• Ability to get up to speed with new systems and concepts quickly.

• Keen to constantly learn and improve your own skills, and not afraid to jump into new things.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills (English is a must).

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with at least one major cloud services provider (experience with AWS is a plus).

• Familiarity with AWS SQS/SNS, Apache Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ

• Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and DevOps practices 

• Involvement with open source projects is a plus

efood is part of the Delivery Hero Group, 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. 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.

• If you are happy, we are happy! That’s why we offer an attractive remuneration package for what you bring in!

• We share a passion for food, so you will certainly appreciate the ticket restaurant card 💳 to spend in restaurants and/or food supplies. We are efooders after all!

• We take care of you with Private Medical & Life Insurance from day #1 to keep you healthy and happy!

• We prioritize your mental health 🧠 and offer round-the-clock access to an online mental health platform. You can schedule unlimited therapy sessions with certified psychologists and coaching sessions with experienced coaches.

• We want you to grow with us 🚀 ! And to help you keep improving, we provide you access to our online training platform where you can study 📖 topics for your personal and professional growth!

• Are you a cappuccino lover ☕? Do you desperately want a cookie? Our cafeteria got you covered!

• If you want to stay in shape 🏋️ , our in-house gym awaits you fully equipped!

• We are passionate about exploring, growing & learning and our Global Mobility plan is created to help our people find their purpose around the world🌎!

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