Talent Acquisition Partner, Engineering

Company Description

Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that provides an online platform for consumers, merchants and couriers. It connects people looking to order food and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local logistics to retail software and financial solutions – as well as operating its own grocery stores under the Wolt Market brand. Wolt’s products include Wolt+ (subscription service for customers), Wolt for Work (meal benefits and office deliveries for companies), Wolt Drive (fast last-mile deliveries for merchants) and Wolt Self-Delivery (service for merchant partners with their own delivery staff). Wolt’s mission is to make cities better by empowering and growing local communities. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 31 countries today, 27 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

So, why work at Wolt?

At Wolt, We’re About Getting Things Done. You’ll probably enjoy it here if you like taking ownership, developing yourself and being around friendly, humble and ambitious people.

We work hard to make cities into better places, and it’s pretty cool seeing us grow every week. If you’re passionate about building things that just… work, Wolt might be for you.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.

Join us today to build Wolt together.

Job Description

At Wolt recruitment is a first class citizen. We invite you to come feel that love and support yourself by joining as a Talent Acquisition Partner for our Product development organization!

Wolt is more than just a food delivery operation – in fact we are built upon a solid foundation of state-of-the-art technology. Our Product+ organization which includes all of product development (engineering, design, product management and analytics), has grown from mere 20 people to 800+ in the space of 6 years thanks to the efforts of this team. Our product development organization has more depth than meets the eye; Wolt builds almost all systems and tools it needs in-house, meaning we have 20+ teams working on 10+ different products. 

Our Product+ talent acquisition team is currently a passionate team of 20 people, split between our offices in Berlin and Helsinki. We hire for roles across 7 locations; mostly in Finland, Sweden and Germany, but also occasionally in Japan, Estonia, Denmark and Israel. 

We're now looking to add a Talent Acquisition Partner to support our tremendous growth. As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you'll be responsible for the execution, hiring strategy and stakeholder collaboration of your dedicated domains. Our team hires for everything under the product development umbrella but at the moment we're looking to hire a talent partner specializing in Engineering hires. You'll work closely with different level stakeholders to deliver and ensure the best possible hiring, staying current with our approach, ahead of the curve when it comes to hiring needs, and troubleshooting challenges. Talent Acquisition at Wolt is highly collaborative with the business, so we expect you to want to work very closely with the stakeholders of your domain. 

What you'll be doing

• Work independently and autonomously to fill roles within your dedicated domain(s)

• Provide guidance, understanding and insight to your hiring managers based on your experience, know-how, market understanding and well informed data points to inform hiring processes; interviewing methodologies; hiring decisions and practices.

• Driving exceptional quality - both in candidate experience and in your service towards your internal stakeholders. We don’t settle, we strive for excellence and do common things uncommonly well at every opportunity.

• Bring value by being able to discuss our business, product development, values and mission with vehemence with candidates and stakeholders.

• Actively sourcing high-quality candidates at all levels.

• Screen and sell Wolt to candidates in order to pinpoint and convert the right talent to introduce to your hiring team.

• Communicating effectively (both verbally and written) to various stakeholders, usually our department VP’s and directors, hiring managers, lead engineers and our awesome pool of interviewers. 

• Guiding your hiring teams through the recruitment process with efficiency and finesse. Mentoring them on best practices, and supporting them in decision making.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in recruiting, preferably for engineering and/or data roles, and a proven track record of filling such roles.

• A genuine passion to hire efficiently and effectively at scale and with high volumes.

• Experience working directly in close collaboration with (preferably engineering) stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently end-to-end, and think on your feet in a fast-moving environment.

• Be able to collaborate and communicate clearly both verbally and in written form in English.

• Comfortable working with data to effectively drive decision making, creating best practices and influencing stakeholders.

Additional Information

If you are excited about working in a high-growth environment, taking ownership, and being part of an extremely ambitious team, then click below to apply and get the conversation going!
Along with a competitive salary and benefits, you will also be eligible for our long term incentive plan.
You will fit into a truly diverse team across 27 countries - what really matters to us is a caring and welcoming environment where we embrace uniqueness and celebrate diversity. Experience a company culture where we work on eye level, decisions are made quickly and knowledge sharing, as well as mentoring, is on our daily agenda.

Please note that we do not accept applications sent by mail. You should submit your application through our careers website!