Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - New Verticals

Deliveroo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Deliveroo is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our London hybrid team. You will define technical direction for high-scale systems and lead initiatives that impact millions of users, riders, and partners across a three-sided marketplace.

You will drive architectural excellence, mentor engineers, and shape the technical roadmap while collaborating with global teams across DoorDash and Wolt. This is a high-impact role in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building web-based applications at scale.
• Proficiency in Go, Ruby, Python, Scala, or Rust.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL backends (Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch).
• Ability to design high-scale architectures for massive traffic loads.
• Strategic leadership to align multiple disciplines and teams to resolve complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical authority across multiple teams, delivering high-level reviews and guidance.
• Architect scalable solutions for complex business problems in a high-traffic environment.
• Lead the long-term technical roadmap, manage timelines, risks and delivery pace.
• Mentor engineers across levels and help grow the engineering culture.
• Lead engineering interviews and contribute to recruiting strategy to maintain high talent standards.

Skills

Web-scale apps

Go

Ruby

Python

Scala

Rust

Distributed systems

Leadership

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

DynamoDB

Elasticsearch

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.

Staff Software Engineer

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 Deliveroo’s growth at scale.

In November 2023 we launched our non-food retail offering, Deliveroo ‘Shopping’, where we work with large and small merchants. We oversee all operations within the grocery and retail ecosystem, ensuring stores are equipped to receive and efficiently process orders. Our solutions empower stores to manage orders seamlessly through multiple channels, including our in‑house app, API integration, and devices pre-installed with our software. Additionally, we provide tools to maintain and update product catalogs, ensuring accurate inventory for consumers. The technology we’ve developed enables our partners to pick the correct items swiftly while keeping inventory data current, optimizing both efficiency and accuracy.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our London, UK - Hybrid (3 days from the office) team. In this role, you’ll help us define technical solutions for critical business problems and lead the technical direction for complex, high‑scale systems.

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

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be joining a high‑impact engineering group focused on solving unstructured and ambiguous challenges. You will act as a technical authority, aligning non‑adjacent teams to deliver results that move the needle for the entire organisation.

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

• Drive Technical Excellence: Act as a subject matter expert, providing high‑level reviews and technical advice across multiple teams.


• Architect Scalable Solutions: Define and design technical solutions for complex business problems within a high‑traffic environment (20krpm+).


• Lead Strategic Direction: Influence the long‑term technical roadmap and manage project timelines, risks, and sustainable delivery paces.


• Mentor & Coach: Support the growth of engineers across all levels and partner with up‑and‑coming leaders to scale our engineering culture.


• Shape the Team: Lead engineering interviews and contribute to recruiting strategy to ensure we maintain a high bar for talent.

What You’ll Need to Thrive

Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:

• Deep Technical Mastery: Significant experience building web‑based applications at scale and a pride in writing readable, well‑tested software.


• Polyglot Mindset: Proficiency in (or a strong desire to learn) languages such as Go, Ruby, Python, Scala, or Rust.


• Distributed Systems Expertise: Practical experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL backends (Redis, DynamoDB, or Elasticsearch).


• High‑Scale Architecture: Proven ability to design and operate systems handling massive request volumes and complex logistical workflows.


• Strategic Leadership: Strong understanding of how to align multiple disciplines and teams to resolve ambiguous technical challenges.

Why Join Us?

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 you’re 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 shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Explore our Engineering Interview Guide here to help you feel confident at each stage.

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