Senior Technical Recruiter

Deliveroo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Deliveroo is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter – Engineering to join our London-based Engineering Recruiting team in a hybrid role. You will partner with senior tech and product leaders to design strategies that attract, assess, and hire world-class technical talent across global markets.

You’ll own full-lifecycle recruitment for Principal Engineers, Staff Engineers, and Engineering Leadership, collaborating with Heads of Engineering, Product, and People to shape roles and align talent

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end technical recruitment in a fast-growing tech or product organisation.
• Strong track record hiring for complex senior technical roles (Staff/Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers).
• Excellent sourcing and stakeholder management; ability to influence senior engineering leaders and close top talent in competitive markets.
• Fluency with recruitment data and tools, including ATS platforms (such as Ashby), LinkedIn Recruiter, and market insight dashboards to inform strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to lead TA initiatives that improve hiring processes, equity, or candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead senior end-to-end hiring for critical, highly technical roles, balancing speed, quality, DEI, and candidate experience.
• Partner with Heads of Engineering, Product, and People to shape role designs and hiring strategy.
• Turn market intelligence and dashboards into actionable insights to guide decisions and optimize pipelines.
• Refine assessment frameworks and interview calibration; collaborate with TA Ops to test new tools.
• Embed diversity, inclusion, and strong candidate experience across all job design and sourcing stages.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Senior technical hiring

Stakeholder management

ATS tools & market insights

TA initiatives

Job description

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, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team.

Senior Technical Recruiter – Engineering

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation, and growth drives everything we do. Our People team are the architects of a great workplace where brilliant minds come together to do their best work. From discovering diverse talent and nurturing future leaders, to creating spaces that spark collaboration and crafting rewards that celebrate success - we're passionate about building a culture where everyone can thrive.

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter – Engineering to join our London team. This is a hybrid role. In this role, you’ll help us hire the engineers who design, build, and scale Deliveroo’s technology, from our mobile application to the complex systems powering every order.

Get to know our People team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be joining the Engineering Recruiting team. We partner directly with senior tech and product leaders to design strategies that attract, assess, and hire world-class technical talent across global markets.

Here’s what your day-to-day might look like:

• Lead senior end-to-end hiring: Own full-lifecycle recruitment for critical, highly technical positions (Principal Engineers, Staff Engineers, and Engineering Leadership), running tailored strategies that balance speed, quality, DE&I, and candidate experience.
• Act as a trusted business advisor: Partner closely with Heads of Engineering, Product, and People to shape role designs, influence hiring strategy, and align talent acquisition outcomes with broader business goals.
• Drive data-led strategy: Turn market intelligence, recruiting metrics, and People Analytics dashboards into actionable insights to guide hiring manager decisions and optimize pipeline performance.
• Optimise recruiting operations & bar-raising: Refine assessment frameworks, streamline interview calibration, and partner with TA Operations to test new tools and maintain high data accuracy across systems.
• Champion diversity, inclusion & candidate experience: Embed inclusive practices into every stage of job design and sourcing, deliver an exceptional candidate journey, and mentor junior recruiters on best practices.

What You’ll Need to Thrive

Essential

• Proven experience leading end-to-end technical recruitment within a fast-paced, high-growth tech or product organisation, with substantial experience in global tech environments.
• Strong track record of hiring for complex, senior technical roles (Staff/Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers, or Technical Directors).
• Excellent sourcing and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence senior engineering leaders and close top-tier talent in competitive markets.
• Fluency with recruitment data and tools, including experience using ATS platforms (such as Ashby), LinkedIn Recruiter, and market insight dashboards to inform strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to lead TA initiatives that improve hiring processes, equity, or candidate experience operating with high autonomy.

Nice to Have

• Experience partnering with People Analytics teams to design custom recruiting performance dashboards.
• Prior experience mentoring and coaching mid-level recruiters or sourcers within an engineering talent team.

Why Join Us?

At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving.

We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:

Make a visible impact every day

Your work directly improves experiences for customers, partners and riders.

Learn fast in an entrepreneurial environment

Work close to the market with autonomy, pace and real responsibility.

Build a career, not just a role

Stretch yourself, develop new skills and grow as the business evolves.

Deliver together in an inclusive culture

Collaborative, values-driven teams that support how you work best.

We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Find more about how we hire here.

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. We’re 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 require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!