Engineer II, Backend (Global Experimentation Tech Foundations)

Job description

We are on the lookout for an Engineer II, Backend to join the Global Experimentation team within Tech Foundations vertical in Barcelona on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. 

As a member of the Tech Foundation Team, you’ll support Delivery Hero’s rapid innovation and growth.

You’ll work on foundational systems that enable faster feature development, security, and reliability across our global engineering community.

Every enhancement you make will contribute to our teams' ability to build, scale, and deliver quality features—ultimately impacting millions of users worldwide.

In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of our critical backend services, ensuring their scalability, performance, and reliability.

You will be fundamental in the evolution of our architecture, working primarily with Go (Golang) and the JVM ecosystem, making the most of AWS Cloud services and ensuring complete visibility of our systems through observability tools like Grafana.

Our mission is to build a cutting-edge backend infrastructure that supports millions of daily transactions, making performance, reliability, and scalability key aspects of every development process.

If you are a creative problem solver looking for an opportunity to work on high-impact global projects, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain high-quality backend services primarily using Go (Golang) and, when necessary, JVM-based technologies.

• Collaborate with experienced engineers to understand and contribute to the architecture and integration strategy for new services.

• Assist in ensuring the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our systems, working with a variety of AWS Cloud Services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, etc.).

• Implement and use observability tools (monitoring, logging, tracing) with platforms like Grafana, Prometheus, or ELK Stack to assist in system monitoring and troubleshooting.

• Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to improve code quality.

• Help identify and address performance bottlenecks and reliability issues under guidance.

• Work in a collaborative environment, communicating effectively with engineering and product teams.

• ollaborative environment, communicating effectively with engineering and product teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 3+ years of professional backend software development experience.

• Proficiency in one or more modern backend programming languages, such as Go (Golang), Java, Python, or Kotlin.

• Familiarity with at least one JVM-based language (Java, Kotlin, or Scala) and its ecosystem.

• Experience working with scalable systems on AWS Cloud Services.

• Hands-on experience with observability tools like Grafana or similar platforms for basic monitoring and debugging.

• Good understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL concepts.

• Familiarity with microservices architectures and RESTful APIs.

• Solid problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

• Ability to work effectively within a team and learn from others.

• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency is required for effective communication.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Feature Flagging and/or A/B Testing systems.

• Experience or adaptability to work with multiple programming languages.

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment.

• A passion for delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.

Individuals representing diverse profiles, and abilities, encompassing various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds, are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas.

Even if it seems you don’t meet our musts don’t let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.

We believe driven talent deserves:

• An enticing equity plan *if applicable

• Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.

• Monthly Glovo credits so you can test new features in our beta app (and to satisfy your cravings!)

• Discounts on transportation, food, and even kindergarten expenses or office-based nursery.

• Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.

• ️ The freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year.
  
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• Enhanced parental leave (*if applicable)

• Online therapy and wellbeing benefits

We’ll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together.

At Glovo, we truly value diversity for the positive impact it brings to our teams, products, and culture.

We’re dedicated to providing equal opportunities for talent from all backgrounds. 

Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

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