Backend Engineer (Python)

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About Wolt - English

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. We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Wolt Drive team, building and scaling Wolt's suite of Delivery-as-a-Service products:Wolt Drive - our core delivery-as-a-service product that lets merchants tap into Wolt's courier partner network and offer fast delivery directly from their own ecommerce channels. Wolt Parcel - an ambitious early-stage product aiming to reshape traditional parcel logistics across Europe. Packages - a consumer-facing logistics service that allows anyone with the Wolt app to send things quickly and conveniently across the city. What you'll be doing In this role, you'll design, build, and scale backend systems and APIs that power the Wolt Drive product family. You'll work closely with product, frontend, and operations teams to turn complex, real-world logistics problems into reliable and scalable backend solutions. Day-to-day in this role you'll:Design, build, and own backend services and APIs supporting customer-facing products, merchant integrations, and internal operations tooling. Design and operate high-throughput, low-latency backend systems that handle large volumes of delivery events, tracking updates, and merchant integrations in real time. Work on systems that power critical flows such as order creation, delivery tr