Senior Backend Engineer – Real-Time Marketplace

Deliveroo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Deliveroo in London is seeking a Software Engineer to help build and maintain high-performance systems powering our hyper-local marketplace.

You’ll design and scale backend services in Go, Ruby, or Python, improve architecture, and ensure production health. This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office, offering the chance to collaborate across teams.

Qualifications

• Readable, well-designed and well-tested software.
• Experience writing web-based applications in modern languages (Go, Ruby/Rails, Python, Scala, or Rust).
• Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL).
• Experience with scalable web architectures and high-traffic environments.
• Exposure to NoSQL data backends or caching layers (Redis, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch).
• Strong problem-solving mindset applied to complex logistics or marketplace challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale backend services for our real-time marketplace using languages such as Go, Ruby, or Python.
• Improve code structure and architecture by participating in deep technical discussions and reviewing code across your team’s remit.
• Enhance system reliability by focusing on visibility, monitoring, and the overall health of production systems.
• Collaborate across teams to identify integration opportunities and influence the technical roadmap within your domain.
• Take an active role in the hiring process, conducting engineering interviews and supporting the growth of your peers.

Skills

Readable code

Web development

Relational DBs

Scalable web architecture

NoSQL / caching

Problem solving

Job description

Deliveroo in London is seeking a Software Engineer to help build and maintain high-performance systems powering our hyper-local marketplace.

You’ll design and scale backend services in Go, Ruby, or Python, improve architecture, and ensure production health. This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office, offering the chance to collaborate across teams.