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# Staff Engineer at Wolt

- **Company:** Wolt
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-03-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wolt/jobs/7745684

## Job description

## About Wolt

At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.

Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.

Wolt’s AdTech & Promotions team is building the systems that power how restaurants and brands grow on our platform. From campaign creation to optimization and forecasting, we develop tools that help advertisers make smarter decisions and drive measurable results. As we expand our offering, we are investing in new capabilities that combine real-time data, scalable systems, and intuitive user experiences to unlock the next phase of growth.

We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Wolt AdTech & Promotions organization, who can drive technical direction across this space and help us build reliable, scalable systems that directly impact revenue and advertiser success.

## What you’ll be doing

- Drive the technical vision and architecture for Wolt’s AdTech and Promotions platforms, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and high-performing.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple teams and projects, bringing architectural consistency to complex, large-scale systems.
- Work across the end-to-end domain, contributing to backend services, data pipelines, and advertiser-facing tools.
- Design and evolve systems that support campaign execution, targeting, ranking, allocation, and reporting in real-time or near real-time environments.
- Partner with engineering, product, and data stakeholders to align priorities, improve campaign performance, and manage trade-offs in a revenue-driven environment.
- Lead large cross-team projects, guiding them from concept to rollout across multiple regions and time zones.
- Ensure strong operational excellence, including observability, reliability, and incident readiness for revenue-critical systems.
- Promote best engineering practices, mentor engineers across teams, and support their growth in scalability and system design.
- Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical colleagues, ensuring clarity and alignment across functions.
- Contribute to the technical roadmaps of AdTech and Promotions platforms by collaborating with other senior engineers.

This position is based in London

Our humble expectations

Technical Expertise

- Proven track record designing and scaling large distributed systems in production environments.
- Strong understanding of system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
- Experience working with data-intensive and real-time or near real-time systems.
- Familiarity with AdTech concepts such as targeting, ranking, attribution, or experimentation is a strong plus.
- Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and languages; while many of our services are written in Kotlin and Go, we are looking for someone language-agnostic.
- Ability to dive quickly into new domains and navigate complex system interactions.
- Familiarity with modern cloud-native tools and data systems (e.g., Kubernetes, Kafka, MongoDB).

Communication & Influence

- Strong communicator with the ability to influence, align, and build consensus across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a global environment across US and international teams.
- Skilled at translating complex technical decisions into clear direction for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience mentoring and coaching engineers, helping raise the technical bar across teams.
- Strong sense of ownership combined with a collaborative mindset, able to work effectively across team boundaries to deliver shared outcomes.
- Proactive in identifying opportunities and gaps across teams, and driving alignment to solve problems holistically rather than locally.

## What we offer

At Wolt, this role provides a rare opportunity to work on challenging AdTech problems at scale, where technical decisions directly impact revenue and user experience.

Our compensation follows a total compensation model, combining a competitive base salary with DoorDash RSUs.

You will play a key role in building and evolving the next generation of advertisement tools and platforms, shaping how advertisers create, manage, and optimize campaigns across Wolt. This is not just about maintaining systems, but about defining and scaling new capabilities in a fast-growing domain.

As a Staff Engineer, you will have end-to-end ownership and high autonomy, with the ability to influence architecture, product direction, and engineering practices across teams. Your work will have clear, measurable business impact, directly contributing to revenue growth and advertiser success.

You’ll be part of a global company operating at scale, collaborating with teams across Europe and the US, and solving problems that span multiple markets, use cases, and customer segments.

This role also offers strong opportunities for career growth and scope expansion, whether through deep technical leadership, cross-domain influence, or progression toward more senior individual contributor roles.

Alongside the technical challenge, you’ll work with talented engineers and leaders in a diverse and international environment, shaping both our systems and engineering culture while mentoring and learning from others.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Beware of recruitment scams: DASH Brands will never ask you to pay money or share sensitive financial information during hiring — learn more about DASH Brands' legitimate recruiting process at [careersatdoordash.com/recruitment-scam-awareness](http://careersatdoordash.com/recruitment-scam-awareness).

## About Wolt

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that connects people ordering food, groceries, and other goods with courier partners and merchants, enabling rapid delivery in over 1,000 cities across 30+ countries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by DoorDash in 2022 for approximately €7 billion)
- **Headquarters**: Helsinki, Finland
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Miki Kuusi (CEO), Elias Aalto, Juhani Mykkänen, Petri Rahja, Lauri Andler, Mikael Matikainen, and Oskari Pétas

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: On-demand delivery (food, groceries, and retail goods) / Logistics Technology
- **Target Customers**: B2C (consumers ordering delivery), B2B (merchants/restaurants using the platform), and B2B (courier partners earning through deliveries)
- **Mission Statement**: "We create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world."

## Products & Services
- **Wolt App (Consumer Platform)**: A mobile and web application allowing users to order food, groceries, and other goods from local restaurants, stores, and Wolt Market for rapid delivery.
- **Wolt Market**: The company’s own network of dark stores (small fulfillment centers) that stock groceries and everyday essentials, enabling delivery in minutes.
- **Wolt for Merchants**: A B2B SaaS platform and partnership program for restaurants and stores to manage orders, menu, and delivery logistics.
- **Wolt Drive**: A logistics API and service enabling businesses to integrate Wolt's delivery network for their own orders (white-label delivery).
- **Courier Platform**: The technology and operational system that connects and manages the fleet of 180,000+ active courier partners globally.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by DoorDash in 2022 for ~€7 billion. Current standalone valuation not publicly available.
- **Key Metrics**: 
    - **290,000+** active venues (restaurants and stores) on the platform
    - **50+** million customers
    - **180,000+** active courier partners
    - **15,000+** employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: DoorDash (parent company), Prosus, ICONIQ Capital, 83North, Highland Europe, EQT Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and others (pre-acquisition).
- **Growth Signals**: Since joining DoorDash, Wolt has expanded rapidly across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, launching in new countries and doubling down on grocery (Wolt Market) and retail delivery.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Strong Local Brand & Culture**: Wolt has built a highly regarded, "no-politics" culture with a strong emphasis on ownership, kindness, and excellence, making it a top employer in Finland and across its markets.
- **Technology-First Approach**: The company is deeply engineering-driven, with a focus on building its own logistics, routing, and marketplace technology from the ground up, rather than relying on third parties.
- **Operational Excellence**: Known for a meticulous, data-driven approach to local operations, balancing rapid growth with high-quality execution ("do common things uncommonly well").
- **DoorDash Backing**: As part of the DoorDash group, Wolt has access to massive capital, global expertise, and a shared technology stack, allowing it to compete aggressively with rivals like Uber Eats and Delivery Hero.

## Strategic Focus
- **"Deliver (Almost) Everything"**: Wolt is actively expanding beyond food delivery into grocery, convenience, pharmacy, and other retail categories through Wolt Market and merchant partnerships.
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuing to launch in new cities and countries, particularly in Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, leveraging the DoorDash playbook.
- **Deepening Merchant & Courier Relationships**: Investing in tools, earnings, and support for both merchants and courier partners to maintain a high-quality, reliable network.
- **Product Innovation**: Building new features for the consumer app, improving logistics algorithms, and developing autonomous delivery capabilities in partnership with DoorDash.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Wolt is famous for its low-ego, high-performance culture. The company emphasizes "heart" (treating people kindly), "ambition" (thinking big but staying humble), and "attitude" (taking ownership beyond the obvious). It’s described as a safe space to express opinions, with a no-blame environment.
- **Impact & Ownership**: Employees are given significant autonomy and are expected to take ownership of projects from start to finish. The company prides itself on being a place where you can "learn more, build more, and ship more" than elsewhere.
- **Diversity**: The team includes over 100 nationalities, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- **Work Model**: Wolt supports a hybrid work model (mix of office and remote), though specific policies vary by team and location. Engineering teams are known for having a strong in-office culture in Helsinki, but remote roles exist.
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation, stock options (historically), a "twinkle in the eye" atmosphere, and the chance to work on a product used by millions daily.

## Sources
1. [Wolt Careers - Overview](https://careers.wolt.com/en/)
2. [Wolt Careers - Welcome to Wolt](https://careers.wolt.com/en/welcome-to-wolt)
3. [Wolt Careers - Culture](https://careers.wolt.com/en/culture)
4. [Wolt Careers - Teams](https://careers.wolt.com/en/teams)
5. [Wolt Careers - Jobs](https://careers.wolt.com/en/jobs)

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