Lead Software Engineer - Python

About Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero is building the next generation global online food ordering platform. Our awesome international team already operates in over 40 countries worldwide. We feature an environment with feedback exchange throughout the company from people who are genuine, ambitious and fun. We are looking for passionate and smart people to join us on our mission. Our ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, innovative, and good at “getting things done“. Play an active role in our future. An exciting job opportunity in the heart of Berlin is waiting for you.

Position

Delivery Hero is looking for a Lead Software Engineer - Python to join the Logistics team to help in creating a fast, reliable and transparent delivery experience. You will be developing services and algorithms that connect riders and restaurants to hundreds of thousands of customers every day. If you are a creative problem solver who is hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the center of Berlin!

Responsibilities

• Support a team of engineers in their day to day development experience, their personal development, and long term career growth
• Develop an application powering our optimization of delivery areas and coverage, which requires data analysis both on the API backend and on the database level
• Be responsible for a set of applications completely owned by the team 
• The applications you own are deployed globally to many brands belonging to the Delivery Hero family, you will work with a tech stack running 24/7. Fortunately, you will come to a stable environment, but it’s something we all actively take care of
• We are heavily invested in automation and continuous integration and it has become a cornerstone of all of our processes

Your qualification

• Leadership skills - an emphatic and respected leader
• Passion for Python and its mindset
• You have experience in other languages like Java, Ruby, or JavaScript (e.g. React.js on the front-end) and you are open-minded about other technologies
• You know how to go deeper in an RDBMS and optimize a tough query, we Postgres w/ PostGIS for a lot of our geo calculations
• Possibly experience with a cloud setup: our compute platform is primarily Kubernetes providing us with great service and we are heavily reliant on AWS, we automate the provisioning of nearly every resource
• You are comfortable with microservices architectures, API-based and event-based communication
• You understand what is needed to get things done
• You believe in cross-functional teams and know that responsibility does not end with deployment

What we offer

• An educational budget for conferences and external trainings to develop your skills
• Exchange ideas and meet fellow developers at regular meetups and in our active guilds
• Company parties, hackathons, cultural and sports events to get to know your colleagues better
• Work in diverse, cross-cultural teams with colleagues who come from every corner of the globe with English as working language
• Flexible working hours, with the option of home office
• Corporate pension scheme
• Enjoy fresh fruits, cereals, beverages, tea and coffee in our lounges
• Take a break with Kicker or table tennis
• Take a timeout in our nap room
• Access our e-learning platform and participate in our inhouse trainings and free classes to learn German
• Enjoy massages or get your hair cut in the office

Additional details

Communication and all issues related to the position are curated by the recruitment partner of Delivery Hero.