Senior Software Engineer
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Position Overview & Specifications
At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now weβre building the delivery of (almost) everything and youβll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.
Working at Wolt isnβt always easy, but itβs definitely exciting. Here youβll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. Youβll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if youβre a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.
The Data Developer Experience team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build core services for our Data Platform. The team builds the Data Control Plane, a Go-based internal Terraform- or Kubernetes-like platform which allows users and other services to configure and operate Data Platform infrastructure.
Our mission is to meet the massive data scaling needs of a global organization with a platform that is simple yet powerful, self-healing, agentic-safe, trustworthy, snappy, and cost efficient.
What youβll be doing- Designing - you align our ambitions and stakeholder needs on a feature level. You collaborate with the team to propose well fitting solutions using RFCs.
- Building - you develop Go code with agents. The implementation may target a backend service, our plugin framework, CLI tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or even our React frontend app.
- Documenting - you ensure high quality, curated markdown documentation for users, AI agents, and maintainers / on-call.
- Operating - you strive for operational excellence with constant vigilance, proactivity, and on-call participation to ensure we provide a robust platform for business critical workloads.
- Supporting - you understand the needs of diverse data platform users and guide them to golden paths.
- You have a proven track record of designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and/or platforms.
- You bring deep experience with Go, but you possess a polyglot mindset and are happy to dive into Python or other languages when the problem calls for it.
- You have hands-on experience building, maintaining, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
- You possess a strong foundational understanding of networking and security best practices.
- You are familiar with data platform architecture and technologies, specifically columnar databases/storage and MPP engines.
- You are passionate about Developer Experience and excel at balancing user needs with technical and platform constraints.
- You actively leverage agentic coding as your preferred workflow to accelerate value delivery, while maintaining the critical eye needed to rigorously vet and secure code for robust systems.
- A rare opportunity to join a near-greenfield project building state-of-the-art, robust, scalable foundations for the future.
- Work in a Big Tech-adjacent environment with brilliant colleagues, modern tooling and practices, and large scale.
Weβre committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. Thatβs why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (Β£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Data Group
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Senior Software Engineer roles across wolt's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Data Group.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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