Remote Senior Backend Engineer, Search Platform

Description:

• The Senior Backend Engineer at Wolt will be part of the Search Platform engineering team, focusing on developing venue & item search for consumers.
• Responsibilities include experimenting, testing, and fine-tuning the complex search feature, including filtering, sorting, and relevancy scoring.
• The role involves taking care of the end-to-end consumer search architecture to create the best search experience for customers.
• The team is back-end focused and consists of a Team Lead and experienced software engineers.
• The Senior Backend Engineer will have full ownership of the search feature used by 10+ million customers and will primarily focus on hands-on development of high-quality code.
• The role also includes sharing best practices, ensuring scalable solutions, and sharing expertise around the search domain.
• The position plays a crucial role in building an uncompromisingly good search feature that aligns with the organization's wider product strategy.

Requirements:

• Ideal candidates should have experience in developing large-scale search features and a strong background in designing and building high-quality software.
• Expertise in Elasticsearch or similar tools is preferred, along with experience in a Senior Engineer role in the search domain at a large consumer organization.
• Experience as a coding architect is highly valuable.
• Knowledge in site reliability engineering, including building and integrating tools for observability, logging, and monitoring, is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Python (Flask, FastAPI) is preferred, but skills in any modern language and framework are valued.
• Excellent communication skills, the ability to lead with technical expertise, and a strong drive to achieve results are essential.

Benefits:

• The role can be based in tech hubs in Helsinki, Berlin, or Stockholm, with a remote work setup available.
• Relocation support is provided for candidates living outside these countries.
• Compensation includes a negotiable combination of monthly pay and DoorDash RSUs, allowing employees to own a piece of the company's growth.
• Opportunity to work in a diverse and inclusive team environment that values equal opportunity for all individuals.