Engineering Manager - Optimization, Logistics (All genders)

Job Description

We are looking for an Engineering Manager - Optimization, Logistics (All genders) to join our Logistics team to help us create a fast, reliable and transparent delivery experience.

You will be helping our riders working across 50+ countries to get a stable and useful application which will make their work easier and connect riders to millions of customers every day.

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

The Optimization tribe owns the central piece of the Logistics architecture with a set of services responsible for finding the best rider for every order.

We enable this by solving the Vehicle Routing Problem at scale as well as building tools for operations managers and of course in close collaboration with the rider app itself which drives the whole experience and provides transparency at all times.

Lead and empower a talented team of engineers.

Develop and continuously improve stability and scalability of our services.

Work closely with other teams, communicate solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders and solve challenges.

Ensure operation and technical excellence in the team.

Practice modern software development methodologies such as continuous delivery, TDD, scrum and collaborate with product managers.

Participate in code reviews and application debugging and diagnosis.

Qualifications

A minimum of 3 years of hands-on and a minimum of 2 years technical leadership and people management experience.

Make it a priority to nurture your team - ensuring their engagement remains high by challenging them with ambitious objectives and providing honest feedback to foster their growth.

Excellent knowledge and previous hands-on programming experience in developing Backend Application (Java / Kotlin) applications.

Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Experience in designing and implementing large scale software systems.

Curiosity, creative outside-the-box problem solving abilities and an eye for detail.

Ability to manage conflicting priorities and talk to stakeholders.

Nice to have :

A completed technical degree in Computer Science or any related fields.

Experience with building and leading cross functional teams.

Experience working with the Research function.

Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases, cloud providers and microservices architecture.

Experience with various AWS services such as DDB, Lambda, CW, EC2, SQS, SNS.

Experience with the release automation process.

Additional Information

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, Corporate Discounts

At 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.