Description
Join 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.
The Home Page & Merchandising Platform team at Deliveroo owns the backend that powers the homepage experience for millions of customers. You'll work closely with Product and Design, contribute to a platform that's evolving alongside Deliveroo's broader integration with DoorDash and Wolt, and help shape how we build at scale.
What You'll Be Doing
- 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 team's 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 You'll Need to Thrive
- Significant experience building web-based applications in a modern stack; we use Go, Ruby, Python, and Scala, and we're 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?
- 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.
- Competitive salary and equity options, so you're rewarded for the impact you make.