Software Engineer II (Backend) - Home Page & Merchandising Platform

About the role

Deliveroo, now part of DoorDash, is looking for a Software Engineer to join its London team. You will help build and maintain high-performance systems that power the hyper-local marketplace, serving millions of users, riders and partners. The role is based in the London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Design and scale backend services for the real-time marketplace using languages such as Go, Ruby or Python.
• Improve code structure and architecture through deep technical discussions and code reviews.
• Enhance system reliability by focusing on visibility, monitoring and the health of production systems.
• Collaborate across teams to find integration opportunities and influence the technical roadmap.
• Take part in hiring, conducting engineering interviews and supporting peers.

Required profile

• Strong expertise in some of the listed areas and curiosity to grow in others.
• Pride in readable, well-designed and well-tested software, with a focus on long-term maintainability.
• Problem-solving mindset, especially for complex logistical or marketplace challenges.

Required skills

• Web-based application development in a modern language (Go, Ruby/Rails, Python, Scala or Rust).
• Relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Web architecture at scale, ideally handling high traffic (20k rps and above).
• Exposure to NoSQL backends or caching layers such as Redis, DynamoDB or ElasticSearch.