Wolt is a technology company that makes it incredibly easy to discover and get the best restaurants, grocery stores and other local shops delivered to your home or office. Wolt is not just a delivery app – we’re a technology company building a commerce platform to seamlessly connect our millions of customers with thousands of merchant and courier partners, in real-time across 23 countries and 250+ cities. Our apps (iOS and Android) have the industry’s highest ratings, largely thanks to our customer-first-mindset, which shows in how we build products and run operations. In June 2022 we officially joined forces with DoorDash. Combined, we have a presence in 27 countries, 23 of which operate with the Wolt brand and app. Wolt and DoorDash continue largely independently, with Wolt’s name, brand, product, technology and team.

Working in Product Development at Wolt

At Wolt, we’re about getting things done. You’ll probably enjoy it here if you like taking ownership, developing yourself and being around friendly, humble and ambitious people. 

The behind the scenes of Wolt is run by an awesome bunch of over 400+ planners, builders, designers and data crunchers. We call ourselves Product+, as we’re the very core of Wolt’s products, tools and platforms. To build our products, we work in over 40  cross-functional, independent and autonomous teams. Teams are made up of a mix of talented individuals: engineers, designers, data scientists, analysts, and product leads. Each team takes ownership for solving customer problems in the best possible way.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.

Join us today to build Wolt together!

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To build a bigger, better Wolt, we’re looking for Software Engineering Interns to join us for summer 2023 in Berlin and Helsinki! 🤩

About the program

The program will last for 4-6 months — you can decide the duration within this frame. We’re also flexible with the start month — you can join us in March, April, May, or June.

The internship is paid (4200€/month) and you’ll be assigned to one of our 40+ engineering teams where your existing skills will find their best match in terms of mentorship and tech.

We are preferring candidates who are able to continue full-time after the internship period, so this is truly a chance for a career path - today we have numerous members in different product teams who originally started as interns! Every intern will get their own mentor from the chosen team to work closely with and learn from, so there will be plenty of room for sharing knowledge and growing together.

At Wolt we take ownership beyond the obvious, do common things uncommonly well, think big but stay humble, and treat all people equally kind. If this sounds like a place for you, then make sure to keep on reading as we dive deeper into the program below.

Crafting the path

We have three different options available for your choice, Frontend, Backend, or Mobile. You can apply to either track, by choosing one of the versions of the assignment we have designed for you. Needless to say, these three options make a big difference in what your handprint will be to our service. Whichever you choose, rest assured, you will have an impact and develop real product features as a member of your future team!

We will make the path for you inside of your chosen competence by getting a picture of your skills and preferred technologies during the recruitment process. At the beginning of your Wolt journey, you might find yourself developing our consumer-facing applications, courier, merchant or support services, logistics, core & infrastructure of our platform, fintech, or even new businesses such as Wolt market.

Read more about the Engineering internship at Wolt - HyeSoo from Courier Onboarding Team tells her story here.

In the frontend development, we are using TypeScript and React in all of the teams - those two are all you need to start your Frontend Internship at Wolt. In the backend, we use Scala, Kotlin, and Python, so if one of these is your language of choice, we will have a team ready for your craft. Lastly, our mobile applications are based on Swift for iOS using UIKit and Kotlin for Android and we'd expect the Android assignments to be done following Google guidelines, more info about this is in the assignment link below.

We want to welcome people from diverse backgrounds, with an open mindset and eagerness to build something great together. We hope you are not scared to ask questions, make mistakes and share your learnings and opinions with other people. 💙

Foremost, we are looking for growth potential - good basics in at least one programming language and an understanding of good development practices will give you a good kick start. That's why we ask you to prove your skills through our assignment right from the get-go.

As we want to provide long-term career paths, we are prioritizing candidates who are able to continue with us full-time after the internship.

Ideally, you’re already located in Berlin or close by to have the possibility to visit the office at least once a week, to work as close as possible with your mentor and team members that are located in Berlin. We are unfortunately unable to offer relocation or visa support for internships, so you should be eligible for work in Germany for the duration of the program. If you’re offered to stay with us on a permanent basis after the internship, we’ll take care of your work visa if that’s needed.

👀 The process is easy:

1 -Read through the assignment instructions carefully & write some code. When you’re ready, put your code (as a zip) into Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive (or similar). Remember to check permissions! If we cannot access the file, we cannot review your code. Please don’t store your solution in a public GitHub repository during the application period.

2 - Click “Apply now”, fill in the form, answer a couple of our questions and attach your link. If you have a CV, want to tell us more about yourself and your interests in a cover letter, or have some interesting projects that you’d like to share with us, feel free to include those as well.

3 - Send your application!

Please note that the assignment is a mandatory part of the process. Applications without attached solutions won’t be accepted.

The deadline is the 6th of February (end of day). We’ll review the assignments and invite successful candidates for interviews within one week. If you have any questions you can turn to our Talent Acquisition Partner, Sandra Weigt at [email protected]. Please note that we do not accept applications via email or LinkedIn messages.

FAQ

How many intern positions are open this year?

We have several spots for frontend and backend interns available, but only one for mobile.

Do I need to be based in Berlin? Do you offer relocation support?

We have our tech hubs in Helsinki and Berlin and we would need you to be able to work at least partly from the office with your future mentor and other team members. This means commuting to the office every now and then for events and working together. We don’t offer relocation and visa support for this specific program so you should be already in one of those locations with a valid work permit. Please note: Wolt will only cover commuting expenses for possible team events but not for the weekly commute. If applying to Helsinki, please do it here.

I want to apply; what happens after I send my application?

If you are selected for the first round, you will get an invite for the next step by the latest the following week the application period ends. We will be in touch with each and every candidate who applied regardless of the outcome. The recruitment process includes the preliminary home assignment, an interview, and a meeting with your possible team lead. We are aiming to make the decisions during February.

I'm a student/ fresh graduate. Can I apply?

We want to provide long-term career paths so we are looking for candidates who are able to continue with us after the internship full-time. Therefore, we are especially looking for graduated candidates but if you are at the very end of your studies and feel comfortable finishing those while working with us, you are welcome to do so!

I'm interested in working with Kotlin but I don't have experience in Kotlin specifically, can I apply using modern Java?

Unfortunately, we will only be considering the applications done in Kotlin.

Can I change my focus at some point and try new things at Wolt in the future?

Definitely! We are mainly looking for backend and frontend engineers in this program, as well as one mobile engineer, as we currently have teams and mentors available for those paths, but we are always open to internal mobility.