Deliveroo - Staff Software Engineer, Dev Environments
Requirements
• A track record of shipping production systems and leading cross-team initiatives with group level impact - comfortable owning delivery end to end, from design through to production and adoption. • Hands on fluency with the languages and tooling used to build developer tooling (e.g. Go, Python, TypeScript) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform). • Experience managing compute via Kubernetes (multi-tenant workload isolation, autoscaling ephemeral workloads, cost management), or lightweight VM/sandbox technology (e.g. Firecracker). • Working knowledge of cloud networking, including securely and cost-effectively routing traffic across network boundaries (VPNs, service meshes, etc.) • Experience integrating LLM/AI tooling into developer workflows - e.g. Claude Code - both locally, and remotely. • Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence senior stakeholders and align multiple non-adjacent teams without formal authority over them. • Experience building close working relationships with the engineering teams who consume your platform, not just the platform team itself. • Experience in developer platforms or adjacent infrastructure: devcontainers, remote development, remote IDE backends, or developer workstation tooling. • Practical experience with JetBrains remote-backend flows, Codespaces/Codeserver-style products, or equivalent. • Experience with remote build/execution systems (e.g. BuildBuddy), or large-scale build caching.
Responsibilities
• Technical direction • Define the architecture for how thousands of engineers across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo actually develop and ship code: local and remote dev containers, remote IDE/VM lifecycle, and the full local-to-remote loop. • Build monorepo dev tooling at scale. It's part of consolidating all the companies under DoorDash’s umbrella onto one global backend - you're setting the standard, not patching one org's tooling. • Provision production-shaped environments in seconds, keep state in sync over the network, and make a remote machine feel local, reliably and cheaply, at thousands-of-concurrent-engineers scale. • Expect to invent as much as you adopt: much of this is genuinely unsolved elsewhere in the industry. • Design for AI agents as first-class consumers of the environment, not an afterthought: sandboxes that spin up on demand, run in parallel, and are safe to hand a real repo. • Support agents launched from an IDE, a CLI, or a Slack message - with no laptop required to review and ship what the agent did. • Collaboration & leadership • Align teams that don't naturally sit adjacent to each other (e.g. Security, Infrastructure, Product Engineering) around unstructured, ambiguous problems where there's no existing playbook. • Mentor engineers at all levels: run design reviews; raise the engineering bar through code review, pairing, and architectural guidance when appropriate. • Help set the hiring bar: lead interview loops, help calibrate, and support onboarding of senior hires.
Benefits
• At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters—solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving. We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to: • 🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex, always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day. • Solve meaningful problems at real scale • 🌱 See your impact, fast Ship, test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment. • See your impact, fast • 🧠 Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big, ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support. • Grow through challenge and ownership • 🌎 A culture built for builders High standards, collaboration, flexible working and continuous learning. • A culture built for builders • 💰 Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options, so you’re rewarded for the impact you make. • ➡️ Want a deeper look at how we build? Check out our Tech Blog. • We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Explore our Engineering Interview Guide here to help you feel confident at each stage. • Our Global Structure • Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team. • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion • At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. • We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief. • If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. • Diversity, Equity and InclusionAt Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. • If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience. • If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you! • Beware of recruitment scams: DASH Brands will never ask you to pay money or share sensitive financial information during hiring — learn more about DASH Brands' legitimate recruiting process at careersatdoordash.com/recruitment-scam-awareness.
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