Senior Go Backend Engineer - Retail Group

As a Software Engineer in Global Retail, you'll shape how customers discover, browse, and buy retail products - apparel, beauty, electronics, auto parts and more - across Wolt, DoorDash and Deliveroo. Retail is a large growth opportunity for the business, and our mission is to be the most trusted and magical way to shop the brands and local stores customers love. You'll play a key role in making that real - from product discovery through to shopping experience in the apps millions of people use every day.

You’ll join an evolving area where we are replacing and improving parts of the existing consumer apps, building specific retail journeys within large-scale B2C applications. This means working in a complex environment where multiple teams own different parts of the same app, and where strong technical judgment is needed to create consistency, quality and speed across teams.

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 Helsinki. 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.