“To be the most loved everyday food and groceries destination!” - that’s our mission at foodpanda (small ‘f’).
foodpanda is the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia, outside of China. Operating in more than 400 cities across 11 markets, we continue to expand and grow in our core food delivery business, as well as in new verticals like grocery deliveries, with a strong tech infrastructure at our core. From our restaurants-partners, cloud kitchens and cloud grocery stores — foodpanda is just one tap away, getting everything you need into your hands quickly and conveniently!
We are looking for enthusiastic problem solvers to join us in scaling our platform, to digitalise businesses in Asia, uplift rider livelihoods and build a hyper-convenient platform for our customers. If you love working with technology to create solutions and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe here at foodpanda. Our diverse and high-performing team comprises people from more than 60 nationalities, and we welcome all experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.
We are seeking a dynamic Staff Systems Engineer to join our Global team and build highly scalable applications. You will contribute to our expanding range of services beyond food delivery, focusing on our Developer Platform in streamlining the way we build and run software to enhance security, reliability, cost-efficiency, and productivity, while delivering exceptional user experiences.
Responsibilities:
- Working with the DevOps global teams to build, maintain and monitor the infrastructure supporting the platform
- Designing and implementing robust, scalable CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery processes and orchestrating the cloud environment, ensuring high-quality releases with minimal manual intervention.
- Design and develop systems and tools to automate and orchestrate the cloud environment
- Contributing to designing and evolving the system architecture to meet current needs and support future growth and technologies.
- Proposing and implementing improvements to the platform to increase resilience and uptime
- Performing analysis of system failures and work to ensure high availability
- Enforcing coding standards and conducting thorough code reviews to maintain high-quality codebase. Implement automated testing frameworks to catch bugs early and ensure software reliability.
- Identifying and resolving complex technical issues in software and infrastructure, continuously optimizing for performance and scalability.
- Collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to align on project goals, timelines, and implementation strategies.
- Mentoring junior team members by sharing knowledge and best practices, leading by example in both technical and soft skills to enhance the team’s overall capabilities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field. MBA or relevant postgraduate degree is a plus.
- Approximately 9-11 years of experience in building complex, distributed, large-scale backend systems, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud computing.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), with a strong understanding of leveraging them for scalable and resilient solutions.
- Proficiency in Golang is a must, with a demonstrated ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) technologies for efficient deployment and management of applications.
- Experience in working with large database installations would be a plus.
- Experience in designing and implementing scalable end to end CI/CD pipelines is an added advantage.
- Experience with performance monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate with stakeholders across various disciplines.
What we offer:
- A dynamic and challenging work environment.
- A company committed to developing you personally and professionally.
- A great working atmosphere with regular company and team events.
- A vibrant and international team committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Responsibility from day one in a fast growing and global company.
- Other benefits include free food, health and dental insurance, and learning and development opportunities!
foodpanda is operated by Delivery Hero Group (“DH Group”) - the world’s leading local delivery platform, operating in 70+ markets across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Delivery Hero started as a food delivery service in 2011 and now employs 40,000+ people globally. Additionally, Delivery Hero is pioneering quick commerce, the next generation of e-commerce, aiming to bring groceries and household goods to customers in under one hour and often in 20 to 30 minutes. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017.
In July 2024, Delivery Hero SE merged three of its market-leading food delivery businesses, foodora and Yemeksepeti in Europe, and foodpanda in Asia. All three businesses now make up the second-largest organization within the Delivery Hero Group, and leading food and QCommerce delivery in 18 markets in both regions.
