{"id":1401,"date":"2026-06-27T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/job\/engineering-manager-event-streaming-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:55:44","slug":"engineering-manager-event-streaming-systems","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/job\/engineering-manager-event-streaming-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Manager, Event Streaming Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Engineering Manager, Event Streaming Systems Overview<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Company Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Deliveroo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Job Role<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Engineering Manager, Event Streaming Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not Specified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>General Jobs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Job Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Full Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Join Deliveroo as an Engineering Manager for Event Streaming Systems, where you will play a crucial role in transforming the way people shop and eat. Our engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges within a global marketplace, building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers, riders, and partners daily. This position is based in our London office with a hybrid working arrangement, typically requiring 3 days in the office.<\/p>\n<h3>What You\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll Be Doing<\/h3>\n<p>As part of the Event Streaming Systems team within the broader Storage organization, you will lead a team responsible for building and operating reliable, scalable, and efficient streaming infrastructure, including Kafka and EventBus. Your daily responsibilities will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leading and developing a team of engineers focused on Kafka, EventBus, and event streaming infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Overseeing the delivery of key initiatives for the streaming platform, ensuring a balance between reliability, scalability, and future growth.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with infrastructure and engineering leaders across Deliveroo, DoorDash, and Wolt to establish the streaming strategy and roadmap.<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing the scalability, observability, automation, and reliability of Tier-0 streaming systems.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting operational excellence through effective incident management, postmortems, and continuous improvement practices.<\/li>\n<li>Recruiting, mentoring, and nurturing engineers while fostering a high-performing and inclusive team environment.<\/li>\n<li>Participating in architecture and design reviews, contributing to technical decision-making for large-scale distributed systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What You\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll Need to Thrive<\/h3>\n<p>The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in some of the following areas and a willingness to grow in others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proven experience in leading teams focused on streaming infrastructure, platform, or distributed systems engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Familiarity with Kafka or large-scale event streaming systems.<\/li>\n<li>Strong technical expertise in scalable production systems, with a history of managing high-reliability infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Experience in building or maintaining event streaming, storage, or data infrastructure on a large scale.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent while establishing clear expectations and a positive team culture.<\/li>\n<li>Proven track record of driving execution on complex technical initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>A mindset geared towards operational excellence, including skills in incident leadership, observability, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing technical and organizational direction across teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why Join Us?<\/h3>\n<p>At Deliveroo, you will engage in meaningful work that addresses real-world challenges in a dynamic marketplace. We are a team of food lovers, problem solvers, and community builders, united by a common goal to improve the world around us. Working here, you can expect to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solve significant problems at scale, impacting millions daily.<\/li>\n<li>Quickly ship, test, and refine ideas in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment.<\/li>\n<li>Grow through challenges and ownership, accelerating your career with robust support.<\/li>\n<li>Be part of a culture that values builders, emphasizing high standards, collaboration, and continuous learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are excited about making a substantial impact in a fast-paced marketplace and advancing your career alongside ambitious and supportive teams, we encourage you to apply!<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Degree Requirement:<\/strong> Not Specified<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visa Sponsorship Promising<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"London","_application":"https:\/\/careers.deliveroo.co.uk\/role\/engineering-manager-event-streaming-systems-96e798a6e663\/","_company_name":"Deliveroo","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"GBP","_job_salary_unit":"yearly"},"job-types":[],"class_list":["post-1401","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}