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 is looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to expand our Consumer Web Platform team. The team is part of the Consumer Product group and is responsible for enabling the delivery of the consumer web apps – most notably wolt.com – that millions of people in over 20 countries around the world see when ordering food and other products.
Our client platform teams share a clear mission:
“Enable delivery and ownership of Wolt-grade Consumer Client Applications through engineering excellence and domain expertise.”
What You’ll Be Doing:
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Building the Foundation of our top-rated consumer-facing applications, ensuring high performance, security, and reliability at scale.
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Enabling Product Teams: You’ll provide a robust platform that makes it simple and fast for our feature teams to reach millions of users.
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Driving Technical Initiatives around architecture, developer experience, observability, performance, and more.
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Supporting Engineering Excellence: Champion best practices, improve developer workflows, and continually raise the bar for code quality.
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Long-Term Thinking: Balance short-term deliverables with long-term platform health to maintain a maintainable, extensible, and secure environment.
If you love collaborating with multiple engineering stakeholders, focusing on the long-term quality of the user experience, and making life easier for fellow engineers, this is the team for you!
📍This role is based in our Helsinki tech hub. Read more about our hybrid setup here.
To apply for this role you must have:
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Proven expertise in building consumer-facing frontend applications, using TypeScript and React.
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Deep understanding of modern web technologies and performance optimization techniques.
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Track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues.
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Able to lead and drive technical projects and improvements across an engineering organization.
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Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Ability to write efficient, maintainable, and scalable code.
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Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
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Proven experience with Web Platform, supporting multiple Product teams.
Nice to haves:
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Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and cloud infrastructure.
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Hands-on experience with frontend build tools, module bundlers, and performance profiling tools.
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Strong knowledge of browser rendering behavior and optimization strategies.
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Experience or strong interest in web observability (Datadog or similar).
Why Join Us?
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Impact: Build and shape the core web platform that supports millions of users worldwide.
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Collaboration: Work with talented engineers across Wolt to deliver real value to customers.
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Growth: Take on complex challenges and grow your skill set in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.
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Culture: Be part of a diverse, open-minded team that values creativity, autonomy, and continuous learning.
Feel free to check out the Wolt Tech Blog for more insight into our culture and technology.
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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.
Engineering at Wolt
We build the technologies powering Wolt. Our apps connect millions of customers, hundreds of thousands of courier partners, and tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. We now operate in 30 countries, 500+ cities and we’re growing fast.
We build at scale, are laser-focused on building world-class customer experiences, and do things with heart. Dive with us into the complex problems of building the delivery of (almost) everything.
What we're working on
On this journey towards delivery of (almost) everything, we’re building a wide suite of products — from the systems powering our own Wolt Market stores, to our support tooling, and even fintech solutions.
Get a sneak peek into what we’re working on through our Wolt Tech blog, Wolt Tech Talks podcast, and more from the link below.
We build beautiful products, the Wolt way
We like to do things well and move fast. Doing that requires less red tape and more trust.
At Wolt, every product team has the resources, talent, and autonomy they need to deliver the task at hand. This way our teams stay close to their customers. They work how they see best, and in return, they’re responsible for seeking alignment and owning the outcome.
Our culture
At Wolt, 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. All of which comes from working with passionate, caring, down-to-earth and super-smart people.
“Wolt is a great environment for screwing up, learning from that, growing, and moving on to do things better. We never blame anyone for mistakes, we just make sure we can learn from them”
- Kimbo, Software Engineer
Engineering at Wolt
We build the technologies powering Wolt. Our apps connect millions of customers, hundreds of thousands of courier partners, and tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. We now operate in 30 countries, 500+ cities and we’re growing fast.
We build at scale, are laser-focused on building world-class customer experiences, and do things with heart. Dive with us into the complex problems of building the delivery of (almost) everything.
What we're working on
On this journey towards delivery of (almost) everything, we’re building a wide suite of products — from the systems powering our own Wolt Market stores, to our support tooling, and even fintech solutions.
Get a sneak peek into what we’re working on through our Wolt Tech blog, Wolt Tech Talks podcast, and more from the link below.
We build beautiful products, the Wolt way
We like to do things well and move fast. Doing that requires less red tape and more trust.
At Wolt, every product team has the resources, talent, and autonomy they need to deliver the task at hand. This way our teams stay close to their customers. They work how they see best, and in return, they’re responsible for seeking alignment and owning the outcome.
Our culture
At Wolt, 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. All of which comes from working with passionate, caring, down-to-earth and super-smart people.
“Wolt is a great environment for screwing up, learning from that, growing, and moving on to do things better. We never blame anyone for mistakes, we just make sure we can learn from them”
- Kimbo, Software Engineer
