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.

Work with HelloFresh in Warsaw and its HelloTech organisation, HelloFresh’s global technology backbone with more than 1000 people, building the digital products that power our end-to-end food experience. From meal kits and ready-to-eat meals to specialty offerings like pet food and premium meat & seafood, HelloTech creates the platforms that bring tailored food solutions to millions of customers every month. Our subscription-based, direct-to-consumer model relies on technology at every step, from customer-facing apps and personalization logic to pricing, forecasting, supply chain optimization, and initiatives that help reduce food waste. While our brands operate independently to serve distinct customer needs, they are united by shared platforms, data, and operational excellence built by HelloTech.

HelloTech works in autonomous, cross-functional alliances, each owning a specific product or domain end to end. By working with our Warsaw office, you will help shape scalable, data-driven products used across our markets, working with a modern tech stack and international teams to continuously improve how people discover, order, and enjoy HelloFresh’s products, today and in the future.

About the role: What's in the Box

The position is part of the Finance Tech squad, which has the mission to support and automate internal finance processes. Finance Tech squad acts as a global team to uniform processes connected to placing orders and make sure all financial transactions are processed correctly and timely. Backend Engineers assume development and operational responsibility for the HelloFresh platform that serves millions globally to deliver the best experience for our internal users.

At HelloTech, flexibility and cross-functional collaboration are core to how we work. While this role is aligned to a specific Alliance, strong candidates may also be considered for opportunities across different teams or projects.

What you’ll do: The Recipe

• 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.

What you’ll bring: The Ingredients 

• 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

Above all, we are looking for individuals who will make HelloFresh better. We believe there are many different ways of developing skills and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t “tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you.

What we offer: The Toppings

• Global collaboration at scale: Collaborate with experienced engineers and product partners across HelloTech’s international teams, in a culture of active knowledge sharing.

• Technology with real-world impact: Build and operate modern systems at global scale, supporting 6+ millions of customers and complex supply chain operations.

• Technical/Product/Design leadership: Drive best practices and influence architecture/design, quality, and ways of working in an autonomous, product-led setup.

• End-to-end development/delivery: Drive decisions from problem definition to production, improving systems and enabling long-term scalability.

• Access to workspace at Warsaw Centre Point. The hub offers modern facilities including showers, breakout zones, outdoor space, cycle parking, and refreshments (coffee, soft drinks, and fruit).

Are you the missing ingredient? If this sounds like a tasty opportunity, we’d be excited to hear from you.  We aim to review your profile and respond within 5 business days.