About this role

Deliveroo is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in London - The River Building HQ (hybrid). The posting calls out experience with Python, Rust, Ruby, Scala.

Role: Software Engineer
Function: software engineering
Level: staff
Track: Tech leadership
Employment: Full-time
Location: London - The River Building HQ
Work mode: Hybrid
Department: All Cost Centers
Posted: Jan 28, 2026

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Staff-level engineer driving technical excellence across Deliveroo's marketplace platform. Design scalable solutions for high-traffic systems (20k+ rpm), mentor engineers, and align cross-functional teams on complex technical challenges. Requires deep expertise in web-scale systems, distributed databases, and languages like Go, Ruby, or Python.

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Job description

from Deliveroo careers

Staff Software Engineer

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global, three-sided marketplace, building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers, riders and partners every day.

From real-time logistics to resilient infrastructure and marketplace optimisation, we design, build and operate technology that powers Deliveroo’s growth at scale.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our London, UK - Hybrid (3 days from the office) team. In this role, you’ll help us define technical solutions for critical business problems and lead the technical direction for complex, high-scale systems.

Get to know our Engineering team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be joining a high-impact engineering group focused on solving unstructured and ambiguous challenges. You will act as a technical authority, aligning non-adjacent teams to deliver results that move the needle for the entire organisation.

Here’s what your day-to-day might look like:

Drive Technical Excellence: Act as a subject matter expert, providing high-level reviews and technical advice across multiple teams.
Architect Scalable Solutions: Define and design technical solutions for complex business problems within a high-traffic environment (20krpm+).
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