Senior Software Engineer - Checkout & Payment (m/f/d)

Company Description

Flink is the leading quick commerce player in Europe. We are on a mission to give people back time: You can order your groceries through our app and we deliver to your doorstep in minutes. We carry 3,000 products with a focus on the leading brands in each category. We aim for sustainability by making deliveries on electric bikes and utilizing recyclable packaging. 

Flink launched in February 2021 and already operates in more than 90 cities in Germany, and the Netherlands. The business generated more than EUR 400m in revenues in 2022 and is operationally profitable. Flink is backed by the world’s most renowned tech investors, including Prosus, Mubadala, and Bond, and strategic investors like Doordash and REWE. We take great pride in being an inclusive employer that offers equal opportunities, and we celebrate the diversity and multiculturalism of our team. We're growing fast and always pushing ourselves to do better - we play for #1.

In your role as a Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d) you will shape our pricing strategy by growing and managing the team, conducting in depth analysis and capturing value for the company. You will be instrumental in building features on the Cart, Checkout and Payments system using Golang or Kotlin, with a focus on the backend. (If you have limited exposure to Kotlin or none at all, feel free to apply, especially if you have significant experience as a Golang developer.)

Job Description

• Embracing your inner creative to help design new features and solutions across Flink's Checkout and Payments team
• Collaborating closely with other teams to deliver high value to the end-user
• Driving the team towards adapting and experimenting with new technologies
• Contributing to the scaling up of the team by bringing great talent on board and developing other team members - we never let another Flinker fail!
• Fostering the Flink culture promoting inclusivity, diversity and creativity in all aspects of your day to day role
• Taking part in the discussions and planning of new feature and development roadmaps

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable and reliable large-scale applications.
• 5+ years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer
• Previous experience of architectural input into the design and build of a backend application/product/feature
• Comfortable with event-based communication between microservices
• Familiarity with data storage and message brokering tools such as Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Experience using cloud provider platforms like GCP or AWS, and deploying distributed services to Kubernetes. (Terraform knowledge is nice to have)
• Ideally previous experience designing and developing high-availability systems with high data/events throughput
• Proficient in applying best practice Design patterns and Design principles when building your software
• Familiarity with optimization algorithms or techniques, and in particular with the challenges of applying them in real-world settings
• Fluent English communication skills

Additional Information

• A €1000 annual L&D budget as well as individual coaching options to ensure you have plenty of opportunities to learn, grow and achieve your goals
• 26 days of vacation, +1 day every year up to a maximum of 30 days
• A mobility budget of 30 EUR per month with NAVIT, which you can use individually for Uber, BVG and many other providers 
• A cool discount on your Urban Sports Club membership
• Attractive company pension options
• Unlimited access to an e-learning and development platform, MyAcademy, including online German courses
• Online discounts with Corporate Benefits and Future Bens
• A cool discount off your personal Flink orders; be the first to test out new products!
• A modern and dog-friendly office in the heart of Berlin - lots of delicious lunch spots available within short walking distance

It is our commitment that every applicant will be evaluated according to their skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.