Kotlin Backend Engineer - Consumer Group

About Wolt

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 we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll 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 isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.

🚀 Software Engineer (Kotlin) – Build the Future of Engagement @ Wolt

Join Wolt’s Engagement Engineering Team – Grow, Learn, and Make an Impact

Want to shape the future of customer engagement and growth? At Wolt, we’re looking for talented and driven Software Engineers (Kotlin) to join our growing Engagement group, which includes teams working on AdTech, Promotions, and Wolt+. You’ll work with Kotlin, PostgreSQL, Kafka, AWS, and Kubernetes, with some Python in select areas, to build scalable, in-house solutions that enhance how users interact with Wolt. Our teams own their platforms end-to-end, ensuring we deliver seamless and high-impact experiences.

💡 Why Wolt?

✅ Ownership & Growth: Work on impactful projects while developing your skills alongside experienced engineers.
✅ Tech-driven culture: Engineers own the full development cycle, we experiment new technologies and innovate, and we own our whole development cycle, from business logic to production.
✅ End-to-End Product Focus: We build and own our platforms, giving us the freedom to innovate.
✅ Competitive Pay & Equity: Salary + Wolt RSUs (own a piece of the company’s success).
✅ Meaningful Work: Your contributions will directly influence Wolt’s engagement ecosystem and business growth.

Our humble expectations

• Experience in Kotlin or other JVM-based languages (Java, Scala).
• Background in backend development, with a solid understanding of modern architectures and best practices.
• Experience breaking down projects into feature-level work, identifying dependencies, and providing estimates.
• A problem-solver who enjoys tackling technical challenges and continuously improving solutions.
• A team player who values collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and working with business stakeholders.
• Fluency in English language

🙌 About You

You’ve built and shipped software—maybe a product, a service, or a tool used by real users. You’re comfortable working with microservices, API-driven architectures, and modern backend technologies. You take initiative, asking the right questions to ensure you're building the right solutions, and you care about clean, maintainable code that performs well in production.

You balance ownership and collaboration, knowing when to take charge of a project and when to work closely with your teammates. You bring ideas to the table and welcome feedback, always striving for the best technical and business outcomes. Whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise or expand your scope, you thrive in an environment where learning and impact go hand in hand. You understand that engineering excellence goes beyond development—you actively monitor quality, improve observability, and ensure that systems remain scalable and maintainable

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! 🚀

🌍 Where You’ll Work

These roles can be based in Helsinki or Berlin. We operate in a remote-friendly environment to foster collaboration and innovation.

Next steps

The position will be filled as soon as we find the right person, so make sure to apply as soon as you realize you really, really want to join us!

The compensation will be a negotiable combination of monthly pay and DoorDash RSUs. The latter makes it exceptionally easy to be excited about our company growing and doing well, as you’ll own a piece of the pie.

For any further questions about the position, you can turn to Product+ Talent Acquisition Partner - vladimir.stankovic@external.wolt.com

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