Staff Software Engineer

Deliveroo
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will contribute to group-level goals with expert-level technical delivery, forecast and manage timelines, define scalable solutions, and lead cross-team collaboration. You’ll coach emerging leaders, shape technical direction, and participate in all facets of engineering interviews, while working in a hybrid London-based environment on high-impact software for a leading online food platform.

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Deliveroo
Deliveroo
7 months ago

Staff Software Engineer

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Job Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will contribute to group-level goals with expert-level technical delivery, forecast and manage timelines, define scalable solutions, and lead cross-team collaboration. You’ll coach emerging leaders, shape technical direction, and participate in all facets of engineering interviews, while working in a hybrid London-based environment on high-impact software for a leading online food platform.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the technical direction of the team and influence strategic direction, including building relationships with non-adjacent teams.
  • •Align non-adjacent teams and disciplines to resolve unstructured and ambiguous challenges while coaching engineers across levels.
  • •Contribute to group-level goals and metrics, and deliver results with managers and group leads.
  • •Forecast and manage project timelines and risks, setting a sustainable and incremental team pace.
  • •Lead engineering interviews and contribute to recruiting discussions beyond the immediate team.

Key Requirements

  • •Pride in readable, well-designed, well-tested software.
  • •Experience writing web-based applications in any language, and an interest in learning (Go, Ruby/Rails, Python, Scala, or Rust).
  • •Familiarity and practical experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
  • •Familiarity and practical experience with web architecture at scale (20krpm and above).
  • •Familiarity and practical experience with NoSQL data backends and key-value stores (Redis, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Memcache).
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Tech Stack:GoRubyRailsPythonScalaRustPostgreSQLMySQLRedisDynamoDBElasticSearchMemcachedWeb architectureNoSQL

Company Brief

Deliveroo
Deliveroo is a multinational online food and grocery delivery marketplace connecting consumers, restaurants, retailers and riders via its app and platform, operating across multiple countries with fast local delivery and logistics services.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2013
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