Senior Backend Engineer - Finance Tech

At HelloFresh, our mission is simple: to change the way people eat, forever. As a global digital-native FMCG company and the world's leading mealkit provider, we are transforming the traditional food supply chain through a data-driven, on-demand model that enables scalable and more sustainable food delivery. The HelloFresh Group includes eight brands serving customers across multiple meal occasions, including HelloFresh, Green Chef, EveryPlate, and Chefs Plate, as well as ready-to-eat meals from Factor and YouFoodz, meat and seafood subscriptions through Good Chop, and pet nutrition with The Pets Table. Through technology, data, and culinary innovation, we deliver personalized food experiences to millions of households worldwide.

• Strong background in backend development, with a focus on microservices and distributed systems
• Proven ability to build event-driven architectures using messaging technologies such as Kafka, or AWS SQS/SNS
• Proficiency in JVM based languages (Kotlin/Java) is preferred; experience with Spring and willingness to learn Kotlin is also welcome.
• Practical knowledge of Docker, container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, and CI/CD implementation
• Solid foundation in testing practices, including both unit and end-to-end testing
• Deep understanding of relational databases
• Familiarity with AI tools, GitOps, and Python (e.g., Streamlit for monitoring dashboards) is a plus

• Work on the architecture, design, development, deployment and operations of the microservices you will develop, using DevOps practices, pair programming and other cutting-edge methodologies.
• Be an active, solution-oriented member of autonomous, cross-functional agile teams collaborating with Product Owners, Front-end Engineers and a number of different stakeholders involved in our projects.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of HelloFresh’s core product and architecture, and act as an ambassador for software solutions, offering support and guidance to colleagues.
• Drive the design and implementation of backend services to build integrations for core financial systems, such as Oracle and Workday, and unify order flows across global entities.
• Work with state-of-the-art technologies like Kotlin, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes and more.