Staff Software Engineer, Back End

Deliveroo

London, London

3d ago

Work as part of a full stack product team to develop solutions to ensure optimal experiences for our customers, riders, and restaurants

Utilise a variety of backend technologies to build scalable products

You'll take part in decisions related to how we undertake new projects

You'll gather requirements and scope out projects with the rest of the team

Requirements

Pride in readable, well-designed, well-tested software

7 or more years professional experience writing web-based applications in any language, and a willingness to quickly get up to speed on our stack (Ruby / Rails, Go, Python or Scala)

Experience with TDD environments (RSpec, Minitest, Capybara, Selenium)

Experience with relational databases (PostGreSQL, MySQL) and key-value stores (Memcache, Redis)

Experience with front-end web technology, bonus points for React

Experience with web architecture at scale (20krpm and above)

Experience with PostGIS, or any geography-heavy applications

Experience with "NoSQL" data backends (Redis, MongoDB, ElasticSearch)

Experience solving logistical problems with software

Life at Deliveroo

We are a growing team, with very large impact, seeking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, we’re always looking for new ideas and we’re very transparent about the decisions we make and why we make them.

There are so many questions we need to answer and plenty more we haven’t even encountered. How do data and technology help restaurants to grow as consumer habits change?

How can we predict what someone wants to order for dinner long before the idea has even crossed their mind? At Deliveroo these are just some of the tough problems we are solving - and there is no challenge that cannot be yours.

No solution is owned by a particular team, which means the scope for growth and personal impact is enormous.

Benefits and Diversity

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.

In 2018 we announced our decision to give every employee equity in the company. We did this because we wanted all of our employees, regardless of location, level or role to be owners and because we believe that this is the right thing to do.

We believe this helps build a culture where everyone is committed and able to share in the company’s success.

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