Software Engineer II, Backend - (Logistics, Order Tracking UI SDK)

Company Description

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.

Job Description

• Service Orchestration: Design, build, and maintain the service layer that serves as the entry point for our native iOS and Android Tracking SDKs.

• API Contract Design: Partner with mobile engineers to define robust and efficient API contracts (REST) that minimize payload size and latency.

• System Scalability: Ensure the reliability of systems processing billions of events, focusing on high throughput and low-latency response times.

• Cross-Stack Collaboration: Work closely with the core Tracking teams to ensure data flows correctly from the UI components through your services and into the global data lake and inner source when required.

• Architecture & Quality: Write clean, maintainable code and ensure high test quality. Participate in the RFC process to help shape the technical direction of the central tracking platform.

• Operational Excellence: Own the monitoring, alerting, and performance profiling of your services using tools like Grafana, Sentry, or Prometheus.

Qualifications

• Backend Expertise: 2-3 years of experience in backend development preferably using Java/Kotlin.

• API Design: Strong experience in building and versioning APIs for mobile clients. You understand the specific challenges of mobile networking (flaky connections, battery impact, etc.).

• A collaborative mindset: You enjoy partnering closely with mobile engineers to design and evolve APIs that aren't just functional, but are specifically optimized for the unique constraints and needs of a world-class mobile experience.

• System Design: Solid foundation in software design, data structures, and distributed systems.

• Cloud & DevOps: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.

• Quality Mindset: Passion for testing (Unit, Integration, and E2E) and a focus on "Definition of Done."

• Communication: Full professional English proficiency and a collaborative mindset to work with multi-disciplinary teams.

Additional Information

We believe driven talent deserves:

• 🍔 Monthly Glovo credits to satisfy your cravings!
• 🏊 Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
• 🏖️ Extra time off, the freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
• 👪 Enhanced parental leave, and office-based nursery.
• 🧠 Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.

Here at Glovo, we thrive on diversity, we believe it enhances our teams, products, and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds – all genders, racial/diverse backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.

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So, ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life? 

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