Staff Software Engineer - Full-Stack

Deliveroo·Londonsenior

In short

→Ingeniero de software principal full-stack en Londres, centrado en arquitectura a gran escala.
→Diseñas soluciones técnicas complejas, lideras equipos y mentorías, y defines la dirección técnica en un mercado global de alta demanda.
→Destaca por liderar en entornos ambiguos con 20krpm+ y colaborar con equipos globales tras la integración con DoorDash.

Ningún requisito explícito de inglés, pero el puesto se lleva a cabo en inglés.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia significativa construyendo aplicaciones web modernas.
✓Habilidad comprobada en arquitectura web a escala con alto volumen de tráfico.
✓Dominio de bases de datos relacionales (PostgreSQL, MySQL) y NoSQL (Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch).
✓Capacidad para liderar y alinear múltiples equipos en desafíos técnicos ambiguos.
✓Experiencia en diseño de sistemas de alta escala con flujos logísticos complejos.
✓Habilidades de mentoría y participación en reclutamiento técnico.

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

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