Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack
Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat where impact innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global three-sided marketplace building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers riders and partners every day.
From real-time logistics to resilient infrastructure and marketplace optimisation we design build and operate technology that powers Deliveroos growth at scale.
Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack to join our London this role youll help us build and scale seamless high-performance features that span our entire stack ensuring a world-class experience for our customers partners and riders.
Get to know our Engineering team what drives us how we work and what you can expect.
What Youll Be Doing
This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup typically 3 days in the office.
Heres what your day-to-day might look like:
Drive technical execution by designing building and scaling backend services and frontend components that handle high-traffic workloads (20krpm and above).
Lead architectural improvements and code reviews ensuring the efficiency visibility and operational health of your teams systems.
Partner with cross-functional disciplines (PMs Experience Designers) to plan projects foresee dependencies and mitigate technical risks.
Break down complex problems into deliverable choices influencing the roadmap and technical direction within your team.
Support the growth of others by mentoring colleagues and taking an active role in our engineering hiring process to build high-performing teams.
What Youll Need to Thrive
Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:
Significant experience building web-based applications in a modern stack; we use Go Ruby Python and Scala and were looking for someone keen to work across them.
Proven ability to design and operate web architecture at scale specifically with systems handling significant request volumes.
Demonstrated ownership of relational databases (PostgreSQL MySQL) and experience with NoSQL backends such as Redis DynamoDB or Elasticsearch.
A commitment to software craft with a pride in writing readable well-designed and thoroughly tested code.
Strong collaborative leadership skills with a track record of guiding implementation choices and supporting the personal growth of teammates.
Why Join Us
At Deliveroo youll do work that matterssolving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace thats constantly evolving. Were food lovers problem solvers community builders and more brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:
Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day.
See your impact fast Ship test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy high-ownership environment.
Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support.
A culture built for builders High standards collaboration flexible working and continuous learning.
Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options so youre rewarded for the impact you make.
Want a deeper look at how we build Check out our Tech Blog.
We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shineour interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Explore our Engineering Interview Guide here to help you feel confident at each stage.
Our Global Structure
Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash bringing together teams with even greater reach scale and ambition. Depending on your role you may collaborate with teammates systems and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together were unlocking new possibilities as one global team.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
At Deliveroo we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger more creative and better at what we do. Were committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.
We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age gender ethnicity disability sexual orientation gender identity socio-economic background religion or belief.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please contact our recruitment team at and well be happy to help ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.
If youre excited about solving meaningful problems at scale and growing with a supportive team wed love to hear from you.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Senior Software Engineer - Full StackJoin us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat where impact innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global three-sided marketplace building and scaling systems that serve mi...
Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack
Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat where impact innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global three-sided marketplace building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers riders and partners every day.
From real-time logistics to resilient infrastructure and marketplace optimisation we design build and operate technology that powers Deliveroos growth at scale.
Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack to join our London this role youll help us build and scale seamless high-performance features that span our entire stack ensuring a world-class experience for our customers partners and riders.
Get to know our Engineering team what drives us how we work and what you can expect.
What Youll Be Doing
This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup typically 3 days in the office.
Heres what your day-to-day might look like:
Drive technical execution by designing building and scaling backend services and frontend components that handle high-traffic workloads (20krpm and above).
Lead architectural improvements and code reviews ensuring the efficiency visibility and operational health of your teams systems.
Partner with cross-functional disciplines (PMs Experience Designers) to plan projects foresee dependencies and mitigate technical risks.
Break down complex problems into deliverable choices influencing the roadmap and technical direction within your team.
Support the growth of others by mentoring colleagues and taking an active role in our engineering hiring process to build high-performing teams.
What Youll Need to Thrive
Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:
Significant experience building web-based applications in a modern stack; we use Go Ruby Python and Scala and were looking for someone keen to work across them.
Proven ability to design and operate web architecture at scale specifically with systems handling significant request volumes.
Demonstrated ownership of relational databases (PostgreSQL MySQL) and experience with NoSQL backends such as Redis DynamoDB or Elasticsearch.
A commitment to software craft with a pride in writing readable well-designed and thoroughly tested code.
Strong collaborative leadership skills with a track record of guiding implementation choices and supporting the personal growth of teammates.
Why Join Us
At Deliveroo youll do work that matterssolving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace thats constantly evolving. Were food lovers problem solvers community builders and more brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:
Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day.
See your impact fast Ship test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy high-ownership environment.
Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support.
A culture built for builders High standards collaboration flexible working and continuous learning.
Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options so youre rewarded for the impact you make.
Want a deeper look at how we build Check out our Tech Blog.
We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shineour interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Explore our Engineering Interview Guide here to help you feel confident at each stage.
Our Global Structure
Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash bringing together teams with even greater reach scale and ambition. Depending on your role you may collaborate with teammates systems and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together were unlocking new possibilities as one global team.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
At Deliveroo we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger more creative and better at what we do. Were committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.
We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age gender ethnicity disability sexual orientation gender identity socio-economic background religion or belief.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please contact our recruitment team at and well be happy to help ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.
If youre excited about solving meaningful problems at scale and growing with a supportive team wed love to hear from you.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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