Job Overview
Location
London - The River Building HQ
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
June 4, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Design, build, and operate large-scale event streaming infrastructure supporting critical production workloads for Deliveroo, DoorDash, and Wolt.
- • Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and automation of Kafka and internally developed EventBus platforms.
- • Debug complex distributed systems issues including performance bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and production reliability challenges in Tier-0 workflows.
- • Develop infrastructure automation and self-healing capabilities to reduce operational toil and enhance platform resilience.
- • Contribute to incident response, operational readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives for Tier-0 event streaming infrastructure.
- • Collaborate closely with EventBus, Storage, SRE, Data Platform, and Core Infrastructure teams across US and EU regions.
- • Shape the long-term architecture and evolution of Deliveroo’s event streaming platform to support future growth and scalability.
- • Operate and optimize event streaming systems that underpin real-time logistics, marketplace optimization, and business-critical workflows serving millions of customers, riders, and partners daily.
- • Apply strong coding skills in Java, Go, Python, or similar languages to build reliable, maintainable production systems for event streaming platforms.
- • Enhance infrastructure automation, observability, capacity management, and operational excellence for high-availability streaming systems.
- • Work within a hybrid model based at the London HQ — The River Building — with regular in-person collaboration expected.
- • Participate in on-call rotations and operational duties for mission-critical event streaming infrastructure.
- • Maintain deep understanding of Linux, networking, and JVM-based systems to troubleshoot and optimize streaming platform performance.
- • Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to align platform capabilities with product and infrastructure needs across global regions.
- • Contribute to architectural decisions that impact the scalability and resilience of event-driven systems across a three-sided marketplace.
🎯 Requirements
- • Strong hands-on experience building or operating distributed systems in production
- • Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming systems as a platform, infrastructure service, or critical production dependency
- • Strong coding ability in Java, Go, Python, or similar languages with a focus on reliable, maintainable production systems
- • Experience operating scalable production infrastructure including debugging, troubleshooting, and improving reliability
- • Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, observability, capacity management, and operational excellence
- • Good fundamentals in Linux, networking, and JVM-based systems, or curiosity to deepen expertise in these areas
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary and equity options
- • Hybrid work model with office located at London — The River Building HQ
- • Opportunity to solve meaningful problems at real scale in a global, always-on marketplace
- • Fast-paced, low-hierarchy environment with high ownership and rapid impact
- • Career growth through challenging, ambiguous problems and strong team support
- • Collaborative culture with flexible working and continuous learning opportunities
Skills & Technologies
Python
Java
Linux
Kafka
Senior
Hybrid
About Deliveroo Holdings plc
Deliveroo operates an online food-delivery marketplace connecting consumers with restaurants and grocery retailers through a logistics network of riders. Founded in 2013 in London, the platform processes orders via mobile and web, manages dispatch, and provides data analytics to partners. Revenue comes from commissions, delivery fees, and subscription memberships. It serves urban markets across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East, holding licenses as a technology intermediary and courier service provider.
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