Senior Software Engineer, Growth - Quick Commerce

Delivery Hero; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work

27 days holiday

Educational budget

Language courses

Parental support

Udemy access

Wellness benefits

Share purchase plan

Transport discount

Pension plan

Zusammenfassung

Delivery Hero in Berlin is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Java (Category Management) to join our Quick Commerce tribe. You will help build the next generation platform for our catalog, categories, and back-office systems that enable us to expand into groceries, pharma, and more.

You’ll work on scalable microservices, ML-driven categorisation, and data-driven product discovery, with a focus on performance and reliability across our global storefronts.

Qualifikationen

• Java or Kotlin with distributed systems experience.
• 4+ years with Spring Boot or similar Java frameworks.
• Strong CS fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Drone, or Spinnaker).
• Commitment to high code quality and automated testing.
• Pragmatic, collaborative developer who gets things done.

Aufgaben

• Build the next generation platform for Quick Commerce and catalog management.
• Design and optimize internal back-office applications (master product database, catalog management, campaigns, ads).
• Build reliable, scalable systems with high concurrency and learn new languages.
• Contribute ideas that impact the business and customer experience.

Kenntnisse

Java/Kotlin

Spring Boot

CS fundamentals

CI/CD

Automated testing

Collaborative work

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Datadog

ELK stack

Kafka

Jobbeschreibung

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 65 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 push hard, learn quickly and stay human along the way. It’s this wonderful mix of high performance and real community that makes Delivery Hero a place where ambition and belonging grow side by side. If you’re curious, collaborative and ready to dive deep into meaningful work, you’ll fit right in.

Job Description

We are on the lookout for a Senior Software Engineer, Java (Category Management) to join our "Quick Commerce" tribe. Contribute to the creation of our next generation platform, that works on expanding our amazing delivery to new products such as groceries, pharmaceuticals, flowers and more.

The Category Management team owns product categorisation across Delivery Hero's Global Catalog, the category tree customers navigate every time they shop. Our mission is to deliver the most intuitive and personalised browsing experience, making product discovery effortless and driven by data. We focus on categorisation accuracy and coverage: how fast, how accurately, and how autonomously our systems categorise the catalog. You are welcome if you want to work at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, applied ML/LLMs, and real customer impact across our global storefronts.

Be part of redefining how customers experience quick commerce. You’ll help build technology that scales our non-food offerings, reaching new market segments and driving revenue growth. By innovating within our Quick Commerce Team, you’ll make Delivery Hero the go-to platform for a broad range of products, helping us grow faster and deliver more value to customers around the world.

• 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, 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.

Qualifications

• Java or Kotlin expert in the context of distributed systems and services.
• 4+ years of experience in Spring Boot or similar Java Frameworks.
• A rock-solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software design).
• Familiar with common CI/CD tools, ideally GitHub Actions, Drone, or Spinnaker.
• Actively writing high code quality, automated testing, and following engineering best practices.
• You are a pragmatic programmer who understands what is needed to get things done in a collaborative manner.

Nice to have

• 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.
• Familiar with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, gRPC and Kafka.

Additional Information

• 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
• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, 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
• 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, Corporate Discounts. Courses.
• Wondering what relocating to Berlin is like? In this article, we’ve put together 10 things you should know about moving to Berlin and how Delivery Hero can support you. You can also visit our relocation hub and check out more information about moving to Berlin.

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