Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) - Merchants

About the role

Deliveroo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) to join its London team. The role sits in MX Intelligence, which builds the tools used to find, sign and onboard restaurants and merchants, including CRM, quoting and contracting tools. It works across the stack, from backend services and integrations handling merchant discovery, matching and onboarding to the web tools used by sales and operations teams.

The position is based in the London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office. You will own features end to end, partner closely with Product and Design, and lead technical planning as core sales workflows move off Salesforce onto a first-party platform.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and scale backend services and frontend components handling high-traffic workloads (20k rps and above)
• Lead architectural improvements and code reviews, keeping systems efficient, visible and healthy
• Work with product managers and experience designers to plan projects, foresee dependencies and mitigate technical risks
• Influence the roadmap and technical direction by breaking complex problems into concrete choices
• Mentor colleagues and take an active part in engineering hiring

Required profile

• Significant experience building web applications in a modern stack, with curiosity to grow in other languages
• Proven ability to design and run web architecture at scale, with systems handling significant request volumes
• Demonstrated ownership of relational databases and experience with NoSQL backends
• Commitment to software craft: readable, well-designed and thoroughly tested code
• Collaborative leadership, guiding implementation choices and supporting teammates' growth

Required skills

• Go, Ruby, Python and/or Scala
• Relational databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• NoSQL backends: Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity options
• A low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment with fast shipping and testing
• Flexible working and continuous learning