Senior Manager Engineering - Dispatching Algorithms for Logistics

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

• Own and drive one of the most critical parts of our tech stack, the algorithms assigning orders to our couriers
• Align two tracks of engineering efforts: optimization of the assignment results and scalability and performance of the underlying technology
• Design and explore more improvements and define the roadmap for a team solely focus on dispatching
• Join a team which is already top of class in logistics performance within the industry

Your qualification

• A background with a focus on computer science, data structures and algorithms 
• Senior engineering experience with JVM based languages (Java/Scala), incl. performance tuning, monitoring, profiling
• Successfully delivered a large scale project in a lead position before
• We’re not expecting to check of all of the following, but at least some of these is a must:
  • Optimization techniques / heuristics
  • Logistics algorithms like VRP
  • Discrete simulations / statistical evaluation of results
  • Akka, CQRS, event sourcing and domain driven development
• An ability to change course or rollback when experiments prove initial hypotheses wrong
• Excitement for working on a team with a clear optimization KPI

What we offer

• An educational budget for conferences and external trainings
• 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
• Diverse, cross-cultural teams with colleagues 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 or take a timeout in our nap room
• Learn German with free classes, access our e-learning platform and participate in our inhouse trainings
• 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.