Engineer II, Golang Tech Foundations, Developer Platform

Company Description

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. the company has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are the company.

We are on the lookout for a Software Engineer II, Golang to join the Traffic Engineering squad on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

As a Platform Engineer in a team running a global Traffic Management solution powering all the company brands around the world, you will have a primary focus on software engineering, playing a critical role in developing and maintaining user interfaces, API and infrastructure toolings to efficiently manage traffic resources and automations. This position provides a unique opportunity to work on challenging problems, contribute to high‑quality and architecturally sound systems, and drive significant technological advancements.

• Manage and optimize the Global Service Mesh, API Gateways, SSL Certificates, Domain Management, Kubernetes Traffic Resources and Cloud Networking Resources.
• Develop and maintain user interfaces, API and infrastructure toolings for operating traffic resources and automations.
• Provide technical support, ensuring seamless operation and troubleshooting of traffic engineering components.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to streamline and automate infrastructure management.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Actively contribute to technical discussions, bringing innovative ideas and drive technological improvements through RFCs or other tools to explain, discuss and align decisions, paving the future of our solutions

• Hands‑on experience with Service Mesh solutions (preferably Istio), API Gateways and cloud networking concepts and configuration.
• Proficiency in managing DNS and domain configurations.
• In‑depth understanding of Kubernetes and its traffic management resources.
• Fluent in reading and writing codes in Golang
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and methodologies.
• Passionate about crafting simple solutions to complex engineering problems and writing readable, maintainable, well‑tested code

• Experience in measuring, monitoring and improving latency in complex traffic platforms.
• Hands‑on Experience with the Open Application Model.
• Previous involvement in running a tech platform.

• * 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*
• * We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.*
• * Get moving and release those wonderful, mind‑boosting endorphins:
  Health Checkups, Meditation, 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*
• * 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. Courses.*

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.

We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just let us know with an email to our Inclusion Officer at hr@unitedstatesdigital.space.

Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration.

You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.