About the role

At our company, data is essential to making informed decisions. We appreciate your perspective and welcome any insights you may have, but we prioritise the use of data in our decision-making process. To be a successful Backend Engineer at Mercadona Tech, you should know what makes phenomenal product experiences.

What you will do

The best way to understand how it is working with us is by asking our Backend Engineers: Routing Lechugas at Mercadona Tech

Being a Backend Engineer at Mercadona Tech

We like to say that we, engineers, are product-minded engineers. We don't see technology as a goal but as a means to achieve our goals, which is Selling Lettuce (Vendiendo Lechugas). This mindset makes us participate in all the process stages and collaborate with other roles such as Product Managers, Product Designers, or Operations Managers, not just implementing the solution. Because we also like to say that we are data-driven, we have access to relevant data that lead us to make decisions. This makes us aware of what exact impact has had on what specific action we did as individuals and as a team.

All we do are feedback loops so we are always looking for ways to maximize these while minimizing its size and cost. We embrace Lean Software Development and Extreme Programming principles and practices like Pair Programming, TDD, Small Safe Steps, etc. to keep things simple and avoid overengineering.

Technology at our Backend Team

• Every team deploys several times per day thanks to our CI/CD pipeline and they are autonomous to do it. You can read more in this post: Continuous deployment. How to enhance the quality of our products.
• We follow an Event-Driven Architecture for communication between services.
  Our backend services are mainly in Python with PostgreSQL databases for persistence.
• Our observability stack is based on ELK stack for logging and APM, Sentry for error tracking, and Prometheus / Grafana are used for telemetry and custom metrics.

About You

As a Product Engineer in our dynamic e-commerce project, we seek an individual with a unique blend of technical expertise, creativity, and a deep understanding of the e-commerce & logistics landscape. As the ideal candidate, you are passionate about clean code, feedback loops, and Extreme Programming, but if you never put it into practice - don't worry. We will show you the way!

What you already bring to the table

• Understanding how to deliver the best engineering solutions,
• Know what makes phenomenal product experiences,
• Welcome and embrace change and the capability to adapt to new contexts quickly,
• Willingness to improve yourself and your team continuously,
• Spanish fluency and communicative English skills.
  
  What about us? We can offer you
• Working in a hybrid workplace (3x2): spending 3 days in the office and 2 day remotely.
• We provide you with the best-in-class equipment, ensuring that you have access to necessary tools and resources to excel in your role.
• For all our Mercadona Tech employees we organise language classes: we offer English and Spanish
• Continuous learning and development drive us forward, as it is the growth that motivates us.
• Join us at our own tech and product meetup: Awakatech. It's the perfect opportunity to network and connect with other professionals in the field.
• International environment - over 17 different nationalities and growing that number month by month ;)
• Juicy internal referral program, for those who are proud to recommend us to their friends and network, we have prepared a special bonus.
• Relocation Bonus if you are moving to work with us
• The Mercadona Medical Service provides employees with the opportunity to have medical consultations in the office once a month.
• With our competitive salary packages, we strive to attract and retain top talent in the sector. The salary range for this position is 35-65k according to your tech level and experience.