Backend Engineer, Discovery

Engineering

Stockholm, Sweden · Helsinki, Finland

Full-time

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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.

We're looking for passionate and product-minded Backend Engineers to join our Discovery team - the group behind some of the most visible and impactful parts of Wolt's consumer app. You'll work on features that help millions of users discover their next favorite restaurant, grocery store, or product- from the homepage and category views to new vertical experiences like groceries, electronics, pet food, and health & beauty.

This is more than just a backend engineering role. We're looking for someone who combines strong technical skills with curiosity, ownership, and a deep interest in creating meaningful user experiences at scale.

What you'll do:

Design, build, and operate high-performance backend services - primarily in Kotlin (experience with Python or especially with Go is a plus) - powering discovery surfaces, front pages, and category experiences across Wolt's new and existing verticals.

Own your services end-to-end: from requirements, design, and delivery to testing, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and on-call.

Translate product and user needs into scalable, low-latency solutions and run experiments (A/B tests, feature flags) to continuously improve performance and impact.

Collaborate closely with Product Leads, Frontend, Data, and Machine Learning teams to build features like search, ranking, personalization, and data-pipeline integrations.

Drive reliability, observability, and efficiency - through automated testing, logging, tracing, alerting, incident response, and post-mortems.

Continuously improve technical quality by reducing tech debt, proposing architectural improvements, and measuring their outcomes.

What We Value:

Attitude & Drive: You're proactive, curious, and take initiative without waiting to be asked.

Ownership: You care deeply about your work and see things through - from idea to production.

Customer-Focused Mindset: You think in terms of user experience and product value, not just code.

Collaboration & Impact: You work well in a team, and actively contribute to a culture of learning and high standards.

Where You'll Work

You can be based in Helsinki or Stockholm, and you'll be part of a distributed, cross-functional team with engineers across Berlin and Helsinki. We operate in a remote-friendly environment designed to encourage collaboration and innovation.

Next steps

These positions will be filled as soon as we find the right persons, so make sure to apply as soon as you realize you really, really want to join us

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

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Engineering at Wolt

We build the technologies powering Wolt. Our apps connect millions of customers, hundreds of thousands of courier partners, and tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. We now operate in 30 countries, 500+ cities and we're growing fast.

We build at scale, are laser-focused on building world-class customer experiences, and do things with heart. Dive with us into the complex problems of building the delivery of (almost) everything.

Engineering at Wolt

What we're working on

On this journey towards delivery of (almost) everything, we're building a wide suite of products — from the systems powering our own Wolt Market stores, to our support tooling, and even fintech solutions.

Get a sneak peek into what we're working on through our Wolt Tech blog, Wolt Tech Talks podcast, and more from the link below.

@WoltEngineering

We build beautiful products, the Wolt way

We like to do things well and move fast. Doing that requires less red tape and more trust.

At Wolt, every product team has the resources, talent, and autonomy they need to deliver the task at hand. This way our teams stay close to their customers. They work how they see best, and in return, they're responsible for seeking alignment and owning the outcome.

Our Product Playbook

Our culture

At Wolt, 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. All of which comes from working with passionate, caring, down-to-earth and super-smart people.

Our culture

"Wolt is a great environment for screwing up, learning from that, growing, and moving on to do things better. We never blame anyone for mistakes, we just make sure we can learn from them"

• Kimbo, Software Engineer

Read Kimbo's story

Team

Engineering at Wolt

We build the technologies powering Wolt. Our apps connect millions of customers, hundreds of thousands of courier partners, and tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. We now operate in 30 countries, 500+ cities and we're growing fast.

We build at scale, are laser-focused on building world-class customer experiences, and do things with heart. Dive with us into the complex problems of building the delivery of (almost) everything.

Engineering at Wolt

Tech blog

What we're working on

On this journey towards delivery of (almost) everything, we're building a wide suite of products — from the systems powering our own Wolt Market stores, to our support tooling, and even fintech solutions.

Get a sneak peek into what we're working on through our Wolt Tech blog, Wolt Tech Talks podcast, and more from the link below.

@WoltEngineering

How we work

We build beautiful products, the Wolt way

We like to do things well and move fast. Doing that requires less red tape and more trust.

At Wolt, every product team has the resources, talent, and autonomy they need to deliver the task at hand. This way our teams stay close to their customers. They work how they see best, and in return, they're responsible for seeking alignment and owning the outcome.

Our Product Playbook

Our culture

Our culture

At Wolt, 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. All of which comes from working with passionate, caring, down-to-earth and super-smart people.

Our culture

Our people

"Wolt is a great environment for screwing up, learning from that, growing, and moving on to do things better. We never blame anyone for mistakes, we just make sure we can learn from them"

• Kimbo, Software Engineer

Read Kimbo's story