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 Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Home Page and Merchandising Platform
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.
Home Page & Merchandising Platform team at Deliveroo, owning 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. We're leaning into AI-assisted engineering to ship faster while keeping a high craft bar.
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack to join our London team. In this role you'll work across the stack, own features end to end, partner closely with Product and Design, and lead technical planning. Get to know our Engineering team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect.
Tasks
This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office.
•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.
Requirements
Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:
•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.
Conditions
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:
•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 the Tech Blog. The interview process typically includes 3-4 stages, with an Engineering Interview Guide available to help candidates feel confident at each stage.
