Deliveroo: Senior Software Engineer — Hyderabad, India

About Deliveroo

Deliveroo operates an online food delivery service. Its platform connects consumers with restaurants, grocers and retail partners for on-demand delivery, with riders handling the transport leg and delivery-only kitchen sites used for some partner brands. The London-based company was acquired by DoorDash in 2025, and its employer feed lists roles across engineering, product and commercial functions for the delivery marketplace.

The position and its setting

Deliveroo lists Senior Software Engineer in Hyderabad, India, under reference 8311914. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Engineering (Ads)
• Employer listing date: 22 October 2026

Responsibilities and work described

• Here’s what your day-to-day might look like:
• Drive Technical Excellence: Improve code structure and architecture across your team’s remit, performing high-impact code reviews to ensure quality and scalability
• Leadership: Project Planning: Foresee dependencies and risks, partnering closely with Product and Design to ensure smooth delivery of complex features
• Optimise Operations: Simplify the maintenance and operation of production systems, promoting visibility, health, and operational readiness
• Collaboration: & Influence: Build relationships across engineering teams to identify collaboration opportunities and influence the wider technical roadmap
• Mentor & Hire: Support the personal growth of your colleagues through technical guidance and take an active role in conducting engineering interviews to scale our team

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Our ideal candidate will bring expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:
• Engineering Principles: Deep pride in writing readable, well-designed, and well-tested software
• Backend Expertise: Significant experience building web-based applications (we use Go, Ruby/Rails, Python, Scala, and Rust)
• Data Proficiency: Practical experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and "NoSQL" backends like Redis, DynamoDB, or ElasticSearch
• Systems at Scale: ability to manage web architecture at scale (handling 20krpm and above)
• Technical Leadership: Experience breaking down large pieces of work and guiding implementation choices for a team of engineers

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• 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 Senior Software Engineer to join our Hyderabad (Hybrid - 3 days from the office) team
• In this role, you’ll help us improve code structure and architecture while leading team project planning to maximise efficiency and reliability across our production systems
• Get to know our Engineering team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect
• Advertised location: Hyderabad, India

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Deliveroo

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Open the official Deliveroo posting below and match the title and reference 8311914.

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• NoSQL
• maintenance
• recruitment
• logistics