About this role
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.
We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our IT Automation team, building the internal applications and automation that power the employee experience across DoorDash and Wolt.
This team develops the platforms behind employee lifecycle processes, HR systems, self-service experiences, and business automation used by thousands of employees globally. As Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of talented software engineers while driving technical strategy, delivering high-impact initiatives, and partnering closely with stakeholders across Engineering, IT, HR, and Product.
This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on how internal technology enables the business to scale while helping shape the next generation of AI-powered employee experiences.
What you'll be doing
• Lead, coach, and grow a team of software engineers across multiple locations.
• Own the technical direction and delivery of internal applications that improve the employee experience.
• Partner with Product, HR, IT, and business stakeholders to understand priorities and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and continuous improvements across the team's codebase and development processes.
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from planning through successful delivery.
• Balance delivery, technical quality, and long-term platform strategy.
• Help modernize and consolidate internal platforms as DoorDash and Wolt continue integrating systems.
• Foster an AI-first engineering culture by adopting AI-assisted development tools and identifying opportunities to embed AI into internal applications and automation.
• Create an environment where engineers can grow, collaborate, and do their best work while delivering meaningful business impact.
Our humble expectations
• Bring significant software engineering experience, ideally 8+ years building scalable production systems.
• Have previous experience leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Be comfortable balancing technical leadership with people leadership.
• Have strong full-stack development experience using technologies such as React, Node.js, and Python .
• Bring experience designing scal