Backend Engineer - Data Platform (They/She/He)
Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores.
We operate in more than 1500 cities across 25 countries. Every year, +200k merchants generate over 4Bโฌ in sales through our platform and over 20M customers get their goods delivered in minutes.
We have a vision: To give everyone easy access to anything in their cities.
And this is where your ride startsโฆ
YOUR MISSION
The Data Platform team is actively seeking skilled engineers who are passionate about making meaningful contributions to both the technical and business aspects of their work. As a member of one of Glovo's key data teams, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the capabilities of the Data Platform, enabling users to seamlessly create a diverse range of data products.
Your primary focus will be on leveraging cloud solutions, ensuring that our data platform stands out for its exceptional scalability, availability, security, and optimization. Your efforts will be crucial in addressing the growing demand, guaranteeing a robust and reliable foundation for Glovo's expanding data ecosystem.
THE JOURNEY
- Work on challenging problems regarding large amounts of data processing
- Develop software using modern engineering approaches and agile principles
- Make our technology and our team scale as the business grows
- End-to-end ownership of team goals
- Deliver high-quality solutions
- Participate in technical decisions
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE
- Experience diagnosing and resolving performance issues in complex software systems
- 5+ years of relevant full-time experience
- Strong Python, Java or other high level language skills
- Experience with scripting languages
- Extensive knowledge of object-oriented programming and software architecture
- Strong knowledge about data modeling
- 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 relational databases and other approaches to data management
- Knowledge of concurrency and Event-Driven Development
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Vivid interest in at least one area outside of coding (architecture, algorithms, optimization, automation, scalability, etc.)
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Nice to have:
- Experience in managing distributed services/microservices platforms
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Experience with Spark
- Experience with Data Mesh Catalogs
- Experience with Trino (Starburst) and/or Notebooks
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with Kafka or Kinesis
Even if it seems you don't meet our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.
We believe driven talent deserves:
- ๐ An enticing equity plan *if applicable
- ๐ช Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
- ๐ Monthly Glovo meal benefits so you can test new features in our beta app (and to satisfy your cravings!)
- ๐ณ Discounts on transportation, food, and even kindergarten expenses or office-based nursery.
- ๐ Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
- ๐๏ธ The freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year. .
- ๐ช Enhanced parental leave (*if applicable)
- ๐ง Online therapy and wellbeing benefits
Weโll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together.
At Glovo, we truly value diversity for the positive impact it brings to our teams, products, and culture. We're dedicated to providing equal opportunities for talent from all backgrounds.
Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).
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