Software Engineer II Full-Stack

Software Engineer II Full-Stack Overview

This role is for a full-stack software engineer within Deliveroo’s Technology organization, based at The River Building headquarters in London on a permanent basis. The team works on a large, always-on marketplace that serves millions of people and is part of a business focused on making food more convenient and accessible through technology. The environment is described as high-ownership, fast-moving, and collaborative, with an emphasis on building products and systems that have real-world impact.

What you will do

• Contribute directly to team objectives as an individual engineer, while also taking on work that may have impact beyond your immediate team.
• Partner with managers and group leads to deliver results and help move work forward across the organization.
• Improve the quality and structure of the codebase, and help shape architectural decisions.
• Review code written by teammates, including changes of any size or complexity.
• Help make production systems easier to run and support by improving maintainability, operational readiness, observability, and overall system health.
• Take a leading role in technical delivery and look for opportunities to collaborate with other engineering teams.
• Own substantial pieces of work, contribute to design discussions, and help decide implementation approaches.
• Influence the team roadmap through technical insight and delivery experience.
• Participate in hiring by interviewing engineering candidates and contributing to the recruitment process.
• Support the growth of colleagues by helping them become more effective and efficient in their roles.

Experience and skills the team is looking for

• The company does not expect every candidate to have every skill listed, but it would like experience in some of the following areas.
• A strong focus on producing software that is readable, thoughtfully designed, and well tested.
• Hands-on experience building web applications in any language, plus curiosity and willingness to learn technologies such as Go, Ruby on Rails, Python, Scala, or Rust.
• Experience working with relational databases, including systems such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience with web architecture at scale, around 20,000 requests per minute or more.
• Experience with non-relational data technologies and supporting tools such as Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, or Memcache.
• Experience using software to solve logistics-related problems.
• Comfort working in a setting where priorities can be ambiguous and where you may need to take ownership of large, complex problems.

What Deliveroo offers

• A competitive salary package tailored to the role and location.
• Possible annual cash bonus, sign-on bonus, or relocation assistance depending on the role and location.
• Employer pension contributions of up to 5%.
• Equity or share awards may be available for some roles, allowing employees to participate in the company’s success.
• Free Deliveroo Plus membership, including free delivery and access to special offers.
• Team lunches from highly rated local restaurants.
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays, with more holiday earned over time.
• One paid day each year to volunteer with a registered charity.
• Funded single-person healthcare on the core plan, with the option to add family members at the employee’s own expense.
• An on-site gym at headquarters, plus discounted membership for external gyms.
• Access to wellbeing and fitness apps through GymPass, including services such as LesMills+, Strava, Headspace, and Yogaia.
• Discounted dental insurance and other flexible benefits such as critical illness cover, partner life cover, travel insurance, and health assessments.
• Life assurance coverage.
• Parental leave benefits, including maternity, paternity, maternity shared parental leave, available from day one.
• Equipment and support for working from home, along with a family-friendly culture.
• Free mortgage advice.
• Cycle to Work support or Season Ticket Loans, depending on how you travel.
• Access to learning and development resources through RooLearn, Deliveroo’s internal learning platform.
• Regular social activities organized by employee resource groups, including dinners, dance lessons, and in-office yoga sessions.
• Summer and end-of-year parties.
• Competitive salary plus equity options so employees can share in the value they help create.

How the hiring process works

Deliveroo says it aims to run a fair process that allows candidates’ skills to come through clearly. The interview process typically has three to four stages, and the company points candidates to its Engineering Interview Guide for preparation.

About the company and team context

Deliveroo describes itself as building the leading online food company and using its technology and delivery network to make food more accessible. The company emphasizes impact, speed of learning, and the opportunity to grow quickly through challenging work. It also notes that it is now part of DoorDash, which means some roles may involve working with teams, systems, and leaders across Deliveroo, DoorDash, and Wolt as part of a broader global organization.

Culture and inclusion

The company says it values diversity, equity, and inclusion and wants a workplace that reflects the wider world. It welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and says that differences in age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief are all welcome. If an applicant has a disability or long-term health condition and needs support or reasonable adjustments during recruitment, Deliveroo says there will be a way to request that after submitting the application.

How to apply

Applicants are invited to begin the online application through the careers site. The posting also encourages interested candidates to sign up for job alerts if this is not the right role, so they can be notified about future openings.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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