We’re looking for experienced Software Engineers to join various teams within the Merchant Group at Wolt! If you have a strong track record of building and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems and want to drive impact at scale, this is the place for you.

Who We Are

The Merchant Group consists of 150+ engineers across 25+ cross-functional teams, working together to help merchants grow their businesses and streamline operations through innovative technology. Some of us focus on building seamless experiences for our merchants, while others work on the behind-the-scenes magic that makes everything run smoothly.

What You’ll Do

As an engineer in our group, you’ll work on production-level microservices in Kotlin and Go, helping shape how merchants succeed with Wolt. You’ll have opportunities to:

• Design, build, and scale reliable systems that power merchant experiences.
• Work across the full development lifecycle – from business logic and testing to cloud infrastructure and data streaming.
• Collaborate on architecture and technology choices that keep our systems simple, scalable, and efficient.
• Grow your skills and knowledge by working alongside experienced teammates in an environment that values learning and experimentation.

How We Work

• Autonomy & Ownership – Our engineers have end-to-end responsibility for their services, from implementation to production.
• Collaboration – Architecture and working methods are defined together, ensuring we make the best choices for long-term success.
• Scalability & Simplicity – We value pragmatic solutions that keep our systems robust without unnecessary complexity. We use technologies that serve Wolt, our teams, and our engineers best. You’ll have the freedom to experiment and adopt the tools that work.

Find out more by checking out our Kotlin-related Tech Talks below:

• Scaling Kotlin Backend Development Podcast 

• Kotlin at Wolt

• Kotlin Meetup

Our Tech Stack

Our core technologies include Kotlin (Ktor, Koin, Spring, gRPC), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, GitHub Actions, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Why Join Us?

Wolt is a place where you can learn, teach, and grow. If you’re passionate about building great technology and working in an environment that values teamwork and autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

📍These open roles are based in our tech hubs in Berlin, Helsinki or Stockholm. We work in distributed teams, but might not be able to offer fully remote work or relocation. 

Our humble expectations

We’re seeking experienced Software Engineers with a strong background in building scalable microservices. While Kotlin is our primary language, experience with Java, Scala, or other JVM backend languages is great. As we are exploring Go, we're looking for people who are confident in their ability to learn and teach! 🛠️

Beyond technical expertise, we value ownership, collaboration, and a mindset for growth. We think you're a great communicator who thrives in tackling complex challenges, questioning conventions, and working closely with teammates to build reliable, scalable systems. 🚀

Next steps

We are hiring for multiple open positions across different teams in the Merchant Group. During the initial screening call our Talent Acquisition Partner will discuss with you your expectations and possible domain preferences as well as share more about the group. After the recruiter screening call, during the rest of the interviewing steps, you’ll meet hiring managers and software engineers from the Merchant group, a specific team being proposed at the end of the process - that’s the moment when you’ll get to meet your possible Team Lead. Throughout the process, we will do our best to match your experience, skills, and aspirations with the most suitable Engineering team!

As a Senior Staff Engineer in the Merchant Group, you’ll tackle complex engineering challenges at scale, building the products and platforms that power how merchants run and grow their businesses with Wolt. From small local shops to large enterprise partners, you’ll help craft solutions that thousands of merchants rely on every day.

You’ll join a dynamic, evolving area where solutions are discovered as we build. Expect to work from partial data and changing priorities - your role is to create clarity by framing problems, defining pragmatic plans, and making trade-offs that empower teams deliver value quickly while protecting long-term quality.

You’ll set technical direction across teams, drive alignment on architecture and ways of working, and lead high-impact initiatives end-to-end. You’ll work closely with product, design, data, and operations, while mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar so we can deliver high-quality outcomes efficiently and predictably. Whether it’s designing scalable systems, improving merchant-facing experiences, or launching new capabilities, you’ll play a key role in shaping how merchants succeed with Wolt.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading complex initiatives that span multiple services and org boundaries, partnering deeply with product and business stakeholders to ensure solutions deliver measurable impact
• Designing and evolving scalable distributed systems, balancing speed, quality and long-term maintainability
• Identifying and delivering AI opportunities in our products, and champion AI-enabled tooling and practices that increase productivity and improve decision quality across individuals and teams
• Navigating ambiguity and driving clarity and execution in a fast-changing business environment
• Improving system reliability and operational excellence, proactively addressing bottlenecks and failure modes
• Communicating complex technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, building alignment in situations with many unknowns and constraints
• Mentor engineers in their career as well as help define our engineering culture and best practices

What we’re looking for

• Experience operating at Staff Engineer level or equivalent scope, owning large, ambiguous problem spaces and delivering measurable business impact
• Strong track record of leading complex, cross-team initiatives in distributed systems environments
• Deep expertise in system design and scaling backend services for reliability and performance
• Experience working in fast-paced, product-driven environment, balancing speed with long-term quality
• A pragmatic, impact-oriented mindset with a bias for action and simple, effective solutions
• Ability to influence and align stakeholders through clear communication and technical leadership
• Experience mentoring engineers, and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement

It’s a plus if you have

• Experience in retail, e-commerce, or marketplace platforms
• Expertise in one or more backend languages (e.g. Go, Kotlin)
• Background working with data-intensive systems, experimentation, or analytics to inform and validate product and technical decisions for B2B/merchant use cases

We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer join our Go initative within the Merchant Group at Wolt! If you have a strong track record of building and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems you like to drive impact at scale and mentor juniors and peers - this is the place for you!

Who We Are

The Merchant Group consists of 150+ engineers across 25+ cross-functional teams, working together to help merchants grow their businesses and streamline operations through innovative technology. Some of us focus on building seamless experiences for our merchants, while others work on the behind-the-scenes magic that makes everything run smoothly.

What You’ll Do

As a senior engineer in our group, you’ll work your magic in Go or Kotlin (and some Kotlin) helping shape how merchants succeed with Wolt. You’ll have opportunities to:

• Design, build, and scale reliable systems that power merchant experiences.
• Work across the full development lifecycle – from business logic and testing to cloud infrastructure and data streaming.
• Collaborate on architecture and technology choices that keep our systems simple, scalable, and efficient.
• Grow your skills and knowledge by working alongside experienced teammates in an environment that values learning and experimentation.

How We Work

• Autonomy & Ownership – Our engineers have end-to-end responsibility for their services, from implementation to production.
• Collaboration – Architecture and working methods are defined together, ensuring we make the best choices for long-term success.
• Scalability & Simplicity – We value pragmatic solutions that keep our systems robust without unnecessary complexity. We use technologies that serve Wolt, our teams, and our engineers best. You’ll have the freedom to experiment and adopt the tools that work.

Our Tech Stack

Our core technologies include Go, as well as Kotlin (Ktor, Koin, Spring, gRPC), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, GitHub Actions, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Why Join Us?

Wolt is a place where you can learn, teach, and grow. If you’re passionate about building great technology and working in an environment that values teamwork and autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
📍This open role are based in our tech hubs in Berlin, Helsinki or Stockholm. We work in distributed teams, but might not be able to offer fully remote work or relocation.

Our humble expectations

We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineer, so we expect that you:

• Not only understand customer problems but can break them down into actionable steps for both yourself and the team. You balance short-term needs with long-term goals, creating high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Lead by example, setting high standards for work quality and managing projects effectively, even in uncertain situations. You take full ownership of your team’s work, making improvements that benefit both customers and colleagues. You regularly spot gaps and provide valuable recommendations to cross-functional partners.
• Are used to being a role model and informal leader, collaborating with partner teams and mentoring both juniors and peers.
• Are an excellent communicator, being succint and to the point. 

Next steps

We are continuously reviewing applications, so don’t hesitate to apply today - you will hear back from us as soon as possible.
You can read more about our recruitment process here.