Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Wolt, a Helsinki-based technology company, as a Software Engineer to develop production-level backend services in Python. You will be part of a large engineering organization working across numerous product teams, handling the entire development process autonomously. The role focuses on building scalable and robust systems, collaborating closely with teammates, and contributing to the company's consumer-facing products. Wolt offers a flexible hybrid work setup, relocation support, and a competitive compensation package including DoorDash RSUs. The company values diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.

Requirements

• Develop production-level microservices in Python
• Experience with building high-load and large-scale systems in Python
• Handle the whole development cycle all the way to production
• Ability to tackle big challenges together, envision scalability and availability, and dare to question conventional decisions
• Quickly grasp new concepts and thrive in an environment of continuous learning
• Collaborate well with others and have a good connection with team members
• Take ownership beyond the obvious, have an insatiable hunger for knowledge, make collaborative decisions, and enthusiastically collaborate with diverse teams Woltwide

Responsibilities

• Develop production-level backend services in Python
• Handle the whole development process (business logic, testing, database & data streaming, CI/CD, analytics, cloud) in an autonomous manner
• Build things that are accessible and made to scale
• Keep our systems in the best shape by simplifying the unnecessary complexity
• Make decisions as a team and group of teams for our ways of working and take architectural decisions together
• Choose the best technologies that work for Wolt, their teams and themselves

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in domains such search and discovery or payments

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid setup: work from the office, remotely, or a mix of both
• Relocation support if interested in relocating to Helsinki from another country
• Negotiable combination of monthly pay and DoorDash RSUs