Requirements

• A track record of owning complex technical initiatives end-to-end, contributing to making architecture-level decisions and understanding their long-term consequences.
• Deep, hands-on expertise operating Kubernetes and container orchestration in production, including cluster scaling, upgrades, and multi-tenancy.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including networking, IAM, account structuring, and cost management.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred) and building provisioning or automation frameworks that other engineers rely on.
• Solid software engineering skills (Go, Python, or similar) applied to building internal tooling and automation, not just operational scripting.
• Broader knowledge across supportive technologies (e.g. Kafka, gRPC, Postgres / MongoDB, Redis, CI / CD such as GitHub Actions) and the ability to weigh trade-offs between them for a given problem.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles, including incident response, fault-tolerant architecture, and capacity planning.
• Experience unblocking and mentoring other engineers (e.g. code / design reviews, knowledge sharing, or driving best practices), and willingness to contribute to hiring across interviewing, tech talks, etc.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; this role works closely with many engineering teams, increasingly operating at global scale.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with GitOps tooling (e.g. Argo CD, Flux), progressive delivery, or service mesh technologies.
• Experience operating multi-cluster or multi-region Kubernetes environments at scale.
• GCP exposure, especially compute and networking aspects.
• Familiarity with cloud cost optimization / FinOps practices for cloud and Kubernetes workloads.
• Experience contributing to multi-org infrastructure unification efforts.
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or platform engineering projects, especially in the CNCF ecosystem.

Why Deliveroo

Our mission is to transform the way you shop and eat, bringing the neighbourhood to your door by connecting consumers, restaurants, shops and riders. We are transforming the way the world eats and shops by making access to food and products more convenient and enjoyable. We give people the opportunity to buy what they want, as they want it, when and where they want it.

We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the most rapidly expanding industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, looking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy and ownership, and we are always looking for new ideas.

Workplace & Benefits

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. Benefits differ by country, but we offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, well-being, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances, including time off to support a charitable cause of your choice. Benefits are country-specific, please ask your recruiter for more information.

Diversity

At Deliveroo, we believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest-growing businesses in a rapidly growing industry.

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our hiring process. We recognise that some candidates may require adjustments to apply for a position or fairly participate in the interview process. If you require any adjustments, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will make every effort to provide the necessary adjustments to ensure you have an equitable opportunity to succeed.