Senior Backend Engineer (Python), Cart & Checkout, Consumer Group

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At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.

Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.

The Cart & Checkout team is looking for Senior Backend Engineers! This team’s mission is to offer an amazing order experience; helping consumers to order in a fast, easy and collaborative way while providing a delightful user experience in different product lines.The team is responsible for the full order experience, one of the main flows in our consumer app and web, used by more than 40M users in 30 countries.

Some of the team's key focus areas are baskets management, cart review, checkout experience, group orders and double orders. At the same time, the team owns and maintains a tier 0 service, therefore, we follow SRE practices, maintain and develop new features based on this service.

Cart and Checkout is a cross-functional team covering 4 stacks: Frontend, Backend, iOS and Android. Which is supported by a QA engineer, a Data Analyst, a designer, a Team Tead and a Product Lead.

This role can be based in one of our tech hubs in Helsinki, Berlin, Tallinn or Stockholm or you can work from home anywhere in any of those countries and enjoy up to 30 days of remote from abroad per year.

Our humble expectations

We are looking for a technical leader with a background in building massively scalable distributed backend services using Python, integrated with MongoDB, Postgres DB, internal gRPC services, Kafka, Kubernetes and delivering modern, testable and maintainable code.

We build some of our newer services in Kotlin, so while prior experience is a nice bonus, it’s not a must-have. What matters most is that you’re open and excited to work with Kotlin as part of the stack. In addition to the software development skills, we are looking for a team player with great communication and collaboration skills, flexibility and an agile attitude along with a product oriented mindset. We expect you to have these too!

Next steps

The position will be filled as soon as we find the right person, so make sure to apply as soon as you realize you really, really want to join us!

The compensation will be combination of monthly pay and DoorDash RSUs. The latter makes it exceptionally easy to be excited about our company growing and doing well, as you’ll own a piece of the pie.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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