Senior Software Engineer

Gousto; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will shape the future of Gousto's digital experience. This role offers flexibility with a hybrid working model, allowing you to collaborate in person while also working from home. You will be part of a supportive team focused on innovation and customer-centric solutions. Your expertise in TypeScript, React, and Node will be crucial as you mentor junior engineers and contribute to high-quality software development.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in building performant, responsive applications.
• Proven track record of mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Implement high-quality, scalable user experiences.
• Obsess over the quality & performance of customer-facing interfaces.
• Support and collaborate with other engineers.

Skills

Team Collaboration

Mentoring

Test-Driven Development

Tools

TypeScript

React

Node

AWS

Job description

Company Description

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner, and for every meal to leave the planet better off. Gousto is changing how people shop, cook and eat food at home. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join our team - and we’re a friendly bunch!

Company Description

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner, and for every meal to leave the planet better off. Gousto is changing how people shop, cook and eat food at home. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join our team - and we’re a friendly bunch!

We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK. Powered by data and a love of food, we’re a recipe box company that’s disrupting the sector, and we’re passionate about our diverse team and our customers.

All of our people are responsible for the success of Gousto, and we’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment for all to thrive. Our guiding values - Dream, Deliver and Care - show our commitment to innovation, our ambition to hit goals at speed, and our deep respect for the people we work with.

Job Description

Location: Hybrid, London office presence required

We're inviting experienced Senior Software Engineers to join us to leverage your deep technical expertise to help shape the next generation of Gousto's digital experience.

This nurturing Senior Software Engineer role embraces flexibility, allowing you to work where you feel most inspired and effective, whether that's in the comfort of your home or in our welcoming London, Shepherds Bush office. We value the warmth of in-person collaboration and invite team members to join us in the office twice a week, fostering cross-team connections, participating in inclusive all-hands gatherings, and providing technical leadership.

At Gousto, Software Engineering plays a vital role in nurturing customer relationships, from the first hello to long-term loyalty, and in crafting delightful user experiences. Our approach is thoughtfully customer-centric, informed by data, and focused on meaningful outcomes. We embrace lean principles to work collaboratively, experiment with care, and grow our knowledge rapidly.

Our inclusive structure features supportive, cross-functional squads that are empowered to shape both their aspirations and the thoughtful methods to achieve them. We cherish and maintain high standards for development quality and expertise. We're passionate advocates for collaborative practices like extreme programming, test-driven development, and pair programming, which foster a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

Whilst our tech-stack includes using TypeScript, Node, React and AWS (amongst others), we are happy to consider Senior Software Engineers with a background using any programming language(s), provided you are happy to learn and work with the technologies/languages used at Gousto.

We believe in nurturing innovation and dedicate 10% of our time to exploring new tech ideas. Our regular brown bag sessions create a warm space for knowledge sharing. We're also committed to building connections within the wider tech community by hosting welcoming meetups, sharing our experiences at events, and offering insights through our blog.

Join us in this role to help cultivate the future of food technology in a caring, innovative environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Implement high-quality, scalable, and efficient user experiences in a modular and test-driven environment, with a focus on performance, security, and maintainability
• Obsessing over the quality & performance of customer-facing interfaces
• Supporting and collaborating with other engineers as well as non-technical members of the team
• Mentoring junior members of the team, helping them grow their skills and take on more responsibility
  
  
  

Who You Are

• Extensive experience in building of performant, responsive and secure applications using TypeScript, React & Node
• An interest to follow Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices in a paired programming environment
• Deep understanding of modern architectural patterns and design systems
• Excellent ability to work collaboratively with team members and stakeholders
• Proven track record of mentoring and supporting junior engineers
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling to responsibly run applications in production
  
  
  

Additional Information

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Interview Process

• Call with a Talent Acquisition Partner
• Paired Programming Interview
• System Design Interview
• Thrive Interview
  
  
  

Gousto is for everyone:

Whether it’s creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. Across our business we lead with inclusivity and strive for equality in all we do; working hard to ensure Gousto is an environment where you can be totally yourself.

Everyone is welcome and we’re looking for applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but wondering if you tick every box? We recommend applying anyway so that we can review your profile. And, if you’re in a job share, why not just apply as a pair.

For our roles outside of Operations, most of our people spend 1 or 2 days in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility and time together with colleagues. We want to enable you to do your best work, and if you require additional flexibility, please talk to us about it.

If you have a disability that you’re worried will affect you during the interview process, please let us know and we will do our best to help you feel comfortable.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please let us know.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services

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