Staff Software Engineer, Kafka & Kotlin - (Logistics, Customer Choice)

Requirements

• Very deep understanding & proven experience of JVM-based technologies (Kotlin knowledge is a plus)
• Experience with complex distributed systems, microservice architectures, event-driven topologies using Kafka, and their observability
• You have a deep understanding of the software stack, cloud infrastructure, and networking, and you can be hands-on in all of them when needed
• You contribute completely autonomously, creating transparency of your work for your Tech Lead and all the EM/teams you interact with.
• You have excellent communication skills and can clearly explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• You curious about the business goals our systems are serving

Nice to have

• You have prior experience with the Python stack (in production) and Machine learning techniques
• You are passionate about technology and are not afraid to put forward and defend your opinions where needed.
• You have a track record of sharing knowledge through brown-bag sessions, blog posts, or conferences.

What you'll be doing

• Drive technical improvements for our services together with EMs: Identify architectural blockers, reliability risks, and cost leaks (“the problems”), determine ballpark effort, risk, and benefit of possible solutions, avoiding any over-engineering, prioritize, and plan solutions.
• Consult/inform domain leads whenever the decision between risk, opportunity, and costs is non-trivial.
• Solve the most critical problems for the domain that are beyond the scope of any squad while building consensus and sharing understanding of the solution.
• Serve as the mediator on the technical topics inside the organization (between squads, domainsguilds) and outside of the organization (with platforms and brands)
• Be a key contributor to the tribe’s Backend chapter and provide input on tribe-level technical topics.
• Own the long-term architecture of the domain services and technical stack.
• Promote best practices across the teams.

Perks and benefits

• 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.
• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, 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.
• 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, Corporate Discounts. Courses.