Lead Software Engineer

About The Opportunity

Join efood, a rapidly growing company that is transforming the food delivery landscape. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing a reliable, scalable, and efficient real-time platform. This includes key technical components and services such as ordering and catalog management.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Take ownership of the technical foundation of our food delivery platform, ensuring it is reliable, secure, efficient, and scalable.
• Architecture and Development: Architect, design, and develop critical technical components. Own the software development lifecycle end to end and create a technical roadmap.
• Team Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented software engineers, fostering an environment of collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• High-Quality Software: Deliver high-quality software responsible for serving hundreds of thousands of requests per minute.
• Innovation: Investigate new technologies and strategies to help our services scale to larger data sets and quicker speeds into the future.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, and Tech leads as part of an agile team to build reliable systems and exceed stakeholders' expectations.
• Code Reviews: Conduct regular code reviews, ensuring high coding standards, robust testing, and adherence to best practices.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for all architectural, design, and implementation processes.

Requirements

• Education: University and/or Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience: At least 6 years of working experience in microservices development.
• Leadership Skills: Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to mentor and inspire a team.
• Technical Skills: Excellent knowledge of structural languages with ideally relevant experience in Go. Knowledge of Python and Node.js is a plus.
• Database Knowledge: Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems (e.g., MongoDB, Redis, Postgres).
• Design Principles: Familiarity with SOLID principles and software design patterns.
• DevOps Practices: Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and DevOps practices.
• Problem Solving: Superior analytical skills and a strong sense of urgency and ownership in your work.
• Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills (proficiency in Greek and English).

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with at least one major cloud services provider (experience with AWS is a plus).
• Familiarity with Apache Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS, Google Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ.
• Involvement with open source projects is a plus.

What We Offer

• Remuneration: Attractive remuneration package.
• Food Benefits: Ticket restaurant card to spend in restaurants and/or food supplies.
• Health Insurance: Private Medical & Life Insurance from day #1.
• Mental Health Support: Access to an online mental health platform with unlimited therapy sessions.
• Training: Access to our online training platform for personal and professional growth.
• Cafeteria: Enjoy our cafeteria with coffee and snacks.
• Gym: Access to our fully equipped in-house gym.
• Global Mobility: Opportunities to explore, grow, and learn with our Global Mobility plan.

Life @efood

At efood, no day is the same as the day before! We thrive in finding solutions to push our limits further. We care about our customers, our employees, and our society. We seize every opportunity to celebrate achievements and milestones. Join us and be part of a fast-growing multinational company with endless opportunities for professional growth.

Hungry enough to join us?