Software Engineer II, Content Quality - Quick Commerce

About Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero is a global leader in local delivery platforms, operating in around 65 countries worldwide with a strong presence as one of Europe’s largest tech companies headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and part of the MDAX index, Delivery Hero combines high-performance work with a supportive community culture. Their mission is to offer fast, easy, and reliable delivery experiences to customers across various categories including groceries, pharmaceuticals, and more.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Software Engineer II to join our Content Quality team within the Quick Commerce division. This role is pivotal in managing how millions of customers interact with accurate, complete, and trustworthy product content from dark stores and local-shop partners on a global scale. Beyond coding, you will take ownership of production services, influence validation and enrichment processes for content, and elevate your engineering skills while working collaboratively with a distributed senior team.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and deploy scalable high-traffic services and APIs that enhance content handling and deliver end-to-end features from design through production.
• Participate in refining the architecture of Content Quality systems, balancing short-term business requirements with sustainable long-term system health, with guidance from senior engineers.
• Work closely with cross-functional groups such as Product, Design, and Data teams to tackle complex problems in content management.
• Continuously monitor and optimize system performance to provide a smooth and dependable user experience worldwide.
• Manage the entire lifecycle of product content, from ingestion and validation to enrichment and customer presentation, maintaining content quality as a critical component of the Quick Commerce ecosystem.
• Advocate for engineering best practices by utilizing methodologies like Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Delivery, and Agile frameworks (Scrum), as well as offering constructive code reviews to peers.
• Assume complete ownership of your services from design and deployment to troubleshooting, monitoring, and scaling in production environments.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years developing reliable applications in Python; experience with Golang is advantageous.
• Experience or strong interest in building large-scale distributed systems capable of handling high volume requests.
• In-depth knowledge of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or GCP, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Helm, with a commitment to skill advancement.
• Experience working with modern DevOps processes including CI/CD tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Drone) and observability technologies like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and distributed tracing.
• Proficiency in using both relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis).
• A proactive, pragmatic problem-solver who takes full responsibility for outcomes and communicates openly and effectively with a quality-first approach.

Additional Information and Benefits

• Enjoy a hybrid working model with mandatory office presence in Berlin twice per week ensuring team collaboration in a beautiful campus setting.
• Annual leave entitlement includes 27 vacation days, increasing by one day after the second and third years of service.
• Support for professional development including a €1,000 educational allowance, language courses, parental assistance, and access to online learning platforms like Udemy Business.
• Health and wellness offerings including regular health checkups, meditation programs, and gym memberships.
• Financial and lifestyle benefits such as employee share purchase plans, sabbatical provisions, public transport discounts, life and accident insurance, and corporate pension schemes.
• Meal benefits including digital meal and food vouchers to encourage social bonding over food.
• Relocation assistance and resources to support candidates moving to Berlin.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion with policies ensuring equal opportunity and accommodations throughout the hiring process.