Join Delivery Hero as a Software Engineer (Java/Kotlin) for the mission-critical Orders Success Squad within our Vendor Growth Product Line. You'll be at the heart of our global operations, responsible for processing approximately 7 million food and grocery orders every single day. This is a hands-on role where you'll drive best practices in development, architecture, deployments, stability, observability, and performance for our central services.
What You'll Do
- Drive best practices in development, architecture, deployments, stability, observability, and performance for our central services.
What We're Looking For
- 4+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong preference for distributed systems.
- Hands-on proficiency with Java, Kotlin, and frameworks like Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, and JUnit.
- Deep expertise in service-oriented & microservices architectural patterns, including troubleshooting and optimizing scalable systems.
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP & AWS services such as RDS, DDB, Lambda, CW, EC2, SQS, SNS, Cognito, Kinesis).
- Proficiency with DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, Drone, Travis, CircleCI).
- Demonstrated expertise in writing high-quality tests (unit, integration, E2E).
- Eagerness to contribute to the well-compensated Firefighter/On-call roster, ensuring the reliability of our systems.
Nice to Have
- Experience with performance optimization techniques (caching, SQL query optimization, monitoring, profiling).
- Familiarity with error reporting and monitoring tools (Grafana, Sentry, Datadog, New Relic).
- An interest in understanding or contributing to frontend logic (ReactJS, Native Android, Flutter).
Technical Stack
- Languages & Frameworks: Java, Kotlin, Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, JUnit
- Cloud: GCP, AWS, RDS, DDB, Lambda, CW, EC2, SQS, SNS, Cognito, Kinesis
- DevOps & CI/CD: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, Drone, Travis, CircleCI
- Monitoring: Grafana, Sentry, Datadog, New Relic
- Frontend Interest: ReactJS, Native Android, Flutter
Team & Environment
You'll join the Orders Success Squad within Delivery Hero’s Vendor Growth Product Line.
Benefits & Compensation
- Hybrid working model (join the team in our Berlin campus 2 days a week)
- 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
- 1.000 € Educational Budget
- Language Courses
- Parental Support
- Access to the Udemy Business platform
- Health Checkups
- Meditation
- Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Sabbatical Bank
- Public Transportation Ticket Discount
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Corporate Pension Plan
- Digital Meal Vouchers
- Food Vouchers
- Corporate Discounts
- Relocation support for moving to Berlin
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role based in Berlin.
We do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration.



