BackendEngineer

Glovo 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 around 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. YOUR MISSION We are hiring across multiple tribes at Glovo—including Foundations, Fintech, Discovery, Quick Commerce, Growth, and Platform. In this role, you will be part of a team within Glovo's customer application, which is used by over 20 million consumers across 23 countries. We are looking for an engineer who raises the bar, leads critical initiatives, acts as a technical reference, and mentors others on the team. THE JOURNEY * Work on challenging problems regarding large amounts of data processing (reads and writes). * Lead technical projects that have a broad impact in the business. * Keep our tier-1 system up and running ensuring that our business runs smoothly * Mentor team members and share knowledge to make the team grow. * Develop software using modern engineering approaches and agile principles. * Make our technology and our team scale as the business grows. * Own your deliverables from start to finish. * Deliver high-quality solutions. * Participate in technical decisions. * Take part in product-experimentation. ## Qualifications WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE * Computer Science or similar degree. * Experience diagnosing and resolving performance problems in complex software systems. * 5+ years of relevant full-time experience. * Strong Java or other high level language skills. * Experience mentoring team members and leading technical projects. * Extensive knowledge of object-oriented programming and software architecture. * Strong will to adhere to best practices in OO development and a need to leave well-structured code in your tracks. * The urge to write automated tests. * Knowledge of rela