Senior Backend Engineer, Wolt+ Team

Company Description

Company Description

Wolt is a Helsinki-based fast-growing technology company that connects consumers with local merchants and delivery partners, providing a seamless delivery experience for a growing range of everyday essentials. We develop innovative technologies that power everything from local logistics to retail software, ensuring efficient and reliable deliveries. Our mission is to improve city life by empowering local communities and supporting their growth. As we continue to expand our offerings, we remain committed to delivering high-quality products and services that make life easier for our customers.

Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 29 countries today, 25 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

Working in Product Development at Wolt

Behind the scenes, Wolt is run by over 50 cross-functional, independent and autonomous teams, an awesome bunch of over 700+ engineers, designers, data scientists/analysts and product leads. Each team takes ownership for solving customer problems in the best possible way. We call ourselves Product+, as we’re the very core of Wolt’s products, tools and platforms.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.

Job Description

What’s our team?

As an engineer on the Wolt+ team in Japan, you will focus on building, enriching and maintaining features to help our customers to better benefit from our Wolt+ subscription features. Wolt+ is Wolt’s very own subscription program, which provides affordability to our customers and the opportunity to enjoy the convenience and selection of Wolt. The products are used by not only Japanese consumers but worldwide in 25 countries! It is one of our most important and impactful products for the business in the company. We want to delight our users and provide an engaging, seamless and affordable experience!

You will collaborate with our talented wolt.com, iOS and Android engineers to bring a Wolt-grade consumer experience to our platform, and build new features in our internal tooling, to support our business & operations people to more conveniently manage our subscriptions. We also collaborate with our DoorDash counterparts in the US to build the best possible product across both companies.

Who are we looking for? 

Wolt’s service was launched in Japan in 2020 and since joining forces with DoorDash last year, we have now grown into a few product development teams locally in Japan. We are now looking for a few Backend Kotlin Engineers and Frontend Engineers to build a new team from the ground up - the Consumer Pricing Team!

As a backend engineer on our team, you’ll collaborate closely with our other talented backend engineers, product lead, designer, and data experts to build and refine our pricing models. You’ll partner with our Web engineers to design and implement pricing configurability in our internal toolings, execute A/B testing experiments, and find the perfect balance between customer satisfaction and company profitability. Your work will directly impact how millions of customers experience our platform, making pricing smarter, fairer, and more transparent!

Qualifications

Experience

If you …

• Are a self-driven and experienced backend developer with at least 5 years of experience building high-quality software, familiar with modern technologies and cloud platforms. 

• Are familiar with Kotlin – that is a bonus, though not a requirement. We welcome candidates from all technical backgrounds, as we value skills and expertise over specific tech stacks. 

  • Our primary backend stack is Kotlin, running as microservices on Kubernetes managed by AWS. Other stacks include Python, React, and TypeScript.

• Have experience with testing processes and strive to build in quality to all areas of app development, from the user interface to the architecture and codebase.

• thrive in a collaborative environment that spans across teams and countries, and you have the autonomy, ownership, and communication skills to drive projects—whether working independently or with a team. 

• Enjoy a hybrid working environment – we ask that you be based in the Tokyo area. We also offer relocation support to help you settle in smoothly.

Culture

If you …

• Are Passionate about building systems that can scale to global demand.

• Are Excited about writing clean, maintainable code and thoroughly testing it.

• Take pride in delivering high-quality products and are obsessed with product growth.

• Care about consumer pain points and don’t hesitate to roll up your sleeves and get to the very bottom of issues in the name of the customer experience.

• Own your mistakes, and believe in the power of continuous improvement—1% better every day.

• Learn quickly and take fulfillment in sharing your learnings with others.

• Own your mistakes, and believe in the power of continuous improvement—1% better every day.

• Learn quickly and take fulfilment in sharing your learnings with others.

Then this role is for you!