E-commerce platform and logistics optimization for a major Spanish supermarket chain
Mercadona Tech operates the online fulfillment platform for Mercadona, processing over 10,000 orders daily across Spain. The stack reveals a logistics-first engineering org: Python + Kotlin, Kubernetes containerization, OR-Tools for routing optimization, and a heavy ML/data layer (scikit-learn, XGBoost, BigQuery, dbt). Active projects around fleet routing, delivery prediction, and data ecosystem transformation signal a company scaling from e-commerce basics toward algorithmic supply-chain automation—a structural shift reflected in hiring skewed toward senior engineers and data roles.
Mercadona Tech is the technology division of Mercadona, Spain's largest supermarket chain, responsible for the online shopping platform and supporting logistics. The company operates two tech hubs (Valencia and Madrid) with 180 engineers and data specialists, plus 2,000 cross-functional staff across five Spanish cities handling fulfillment, warehousing, and last-mile delivery. The platform delivers thousands of orders daily and sits at the intersection of high-volume e-commerce and real-time logistics—requiring both customer-facing product work and backend optimization of routing, forecasting, and supply-chain automation.
PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin, BigQuery, dbt, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Metabase, Sentry, Argo Workflows, OR-Tools, scikit-learn, and XGBoost. The mix indicates a data-driven logistics platform built on containerized infrastructure.
Core projects include data ecosystem transformation, logistics and fleet routing optimization, delivery time prediction, and e-commerce personalization. The emphasis reflects scaling from basic online fulfillment toward algorithmic supply-chain efficiency.
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