Posted on 
Aug 27, 2025

Engineer II (Java/Kotlin) - Order Fulfillment (Quick Commerce)

Berlin
Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero
Public
5001+
Consumer Services

We build the world's largest on-demand delivery platform. We are an international community of entrepreneurs at heart who are passionate problem solvers.

We enable ambitious talent to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. This comes with a growth opportunity across the most exciting corners of the world. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead.

We are Delivery Hero.

Job Description

Company Description

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As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

Job Description

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About the opportunity

Be our next Hero! - Join the world’s leading local delivery platform.

We are looking for a Software Engineer (all genders) to join our Order Fulfillment team and reinvent on-demand grocery delivery with us.

The team focuses on providing tools to fulfill grocery orders for pickers, store managers, and integrated partners by ensuring consistent, efficient solutions that maximize performance and reliability in a cost-efficient manner.

If you're a creative problem solver who is hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Berlin!

  • Design and implement microservices enabling highly scalable, inventive, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
  • Deliver automated and well-tested features single-handedly or in collaboration with teammates in various roles.
  • Use engineering best practices to establish reliable, scalable, and secure systems.
  • Master the problem space in which your team operates and participate in the discovery to find a suitable solution.
  • Learn quickly from your colleagues and projects.
  • Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.

Qualifications

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What you need to be successful :

  • Experience in the context of distributed systems and web services(RESTful, gRPC).
  • Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services).
  • 2+ years of experience in production-grade applications.
  • Demonstrable skills using Kotlin and/or Java.
  • Demonstrable skills with PostgreSQL and MongoDB
  • Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Curious, open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuous feedback.

Nice to have:

  • Building, maintaining & running a high-traffic system in a microservice environment with Kubernetes.
  • Experience in cloud platform hosting via AWS/GCP and terraform/cloud formation.
  • Experience with commonly used observability tools for monitoring/alerting/logging/ distributed tracing, such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog.
  • Experience with message brokers (SNS/SQS, Kafka, or Pub/Sub).

Additional Information

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Who We Are:

As the world’s leading local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech but driven by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, we enable ambitious talent to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring -- therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. Just be yourself and we can’t wait to see what value you bring to the role. We're as interested in your character as we are in your talent.

What's in it for you:

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

  • Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
  • We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
  • Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape
  • Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
  • Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan
  • Look up and go for it. We will support you in developing yourself and your career: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support
  • The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Online Canteen, Corporate Discounts

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.

Company Description

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

Job Description

About the opportunity

Be our next Hero! - Join the world’s leading local delivery platform.

We are looking for a Software Engineer (all genders) to join our Order Fulfillment team and reinvent on-demand grocery delivery with us. 

The team focuses on providing tools to fulfill grocery orders for pickers, store managers, and integrated partners by ensuring consistent, efficient solutions that maximize performance and reliability in a cost-efficient manner.

If you're a creative problem solver who is hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Berlin! 

  • Design and implement microservices enabling highly scalable, inventive, secure, and cost-effective solutions. 

  • Deliver automated and well-tested features single-handedly or in collaboration with teammates in various roles. 

  • Use engineering best practices to establish reliable, scalable, and secure systems.

  • Master the problem space in which your team operates and participate in the discovery to find a suitable solution.

  • Learn quickly from your colleagues and projects. 

  • Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.

Qualifications

What you need to be successful :

  • Experience in the context of distributed systems and web services(RESTful, gRPC).

  • Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services).

  • 2+ years of experience in production-grade applications. 

  • Demonstrable skills using Kotlin and/or Java.

  • Demonstrable skills with PostgreSQL and MongoDB 

  • Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

  • Curious, open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuous feedback.

Nice to have:

  • Building, maintaining & running a high-traffic system in a microservice environment with Kubernetes.

  • Experience in cloud platform hosting via AWS/GCP and terraform/cloud formation.

  • Experience with commonly used observability tools for monitoring/alerting/logging/ distributed tracing, such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog.

  • Experience with message brokers (SNS/SQS, Kafka, or Pub/Sub).

Additional Information

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech but driven by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, we enable ambitious talent to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring -- therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. Just be yourself and we can’t wait to see what value you bring to the role. We're as interested in your character as we are in your talent.

What's in it for you: 

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

  • Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

  • We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

  • Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape

  • Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

  • Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

  • Look up and go for it. We will support you in developing yourself and your career: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support

  • The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Online Canteen, Corporate Discounts

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.

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