Backend Engineer

About us: 

Passion for food. Hunger for tech. We make METRO digital. 

Today technology is driving the world. And at METRO.digital we are driving the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO. From e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software, we work on a wide range of products to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues. With passion and ownership, we build the future of wholesale.  

You are driving to create smart solutions for customers around the globe? You want to grow in a flexible environment? Let the right career opportunity find you and join us! 

Your Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate within a cross-functional product team and with other teams to solve customer problems by delivering high-quality product functionality and operational support.
• Participate in all phases of the software engineering lifecycle, including ideation, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation.
• Develop high-quality, maintainable code in accordance with established best practices and clean code principles.
• Proactively advocate for and contribute to improvements in product quality, security, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineers and other team members across multiple layers of the infrastructure to design, implement, and launch new features.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand, clarify, and help shape their requirements, providing technical guidance and recommendations where appropriate.

Required Key Competencies and Qualifications

• Profound expertise in GitHub Actions and GitHub Workflows, as well as strong programming skills in TypeScript and Bash.
• Demonstrated passion for automating, scaling, and optimizing test and deployment processes, including hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong commitment to implementing state-of-the-art DevOps practices within CI/CD and deployment pipelines.
• Ability and willingness to consult and collaborate with cross-functional teams on software delivery pipelines, and to share best practices in modern software delivery.
• Enjoyment of solving complex technical and business challenges in a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Strong motivation for continuous learning and professional development, with a desire to contribute to meaningful improvements in digital products and platforms.
• Interest in data processing, analysis, and the calculation and interpretation of relevant metrics.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring, adopting, and applying new technologies and industry trends.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Strongly Preferred

• Hands-on experience with GitHub, including GitHub Workflows, Actions, Apps, and self-hosted runners.
• Solid practical knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, specifically Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with a focus on GKE, Cloud Run Functions, and BigQuery.
• Familiarity with GitHub Enterprise Cloud administration and management.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and TypeScript.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and deploying Helm charts.

Nice to Have

• Experience designing and maintaining dashboards in Datadog.
• Knowledge of maintaining Jenkins shared libraries, including Groovy scripting.