Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack - New Verticals

About the role

Deliveroo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack to join its London team. The role helps build and scale high-performance features across the entire stack, supporting customers, partners and riders. It is based in the London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Improve code structure and architecture, develop, release and run large-scale web applications while moving the monolithic codebase toward a microservice-based architecture
• Plan projects by foreseeing dependencies and risks, working with Product and Design on complex features and defining the backend architecture and tech stack
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security of backend systems
• Build relationships across global engineering teams and influence the wider technical roadmap
• Mentor colleagues and take an active part in engineering interviews to scale the team

Required profile

• Strong expertise in some areas and curiosity to grow in others
• Deep pride in writing readable, well-designed and well-tested software
• Experience managing web architecture at scale (20k rps and above)
• Experience leading implementation choices for a team of engineers

Required skills

• Use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor across the software development lifecycle
• Backend experience with Go, Ruby/Rails, Python, Scala, Rust and React
• Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL backends such as Redis, DynamoDB or ElasticSearch

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity options
• A low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment with fast feedback loops
• Flexible working and a culture built for builders