Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner, and for every meal to leave the planet better off. Gousto is changing how people shop, cook and eat food at home. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join our team - and we’re a friendly bunch!

We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK. Powered by data and a love of food, we’re a recipe box company that’s disrupting the sector, and we’re passionate about our diverse team and our customers.

All of our people are responsible for the success of Gousto, and we’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment for all to thrive. Our guiding values - Dream, Deliver and Care - show our commitment to innovation, our ambition to hit goals at speed, and our deep respect for the people we work with.

Location: Hybrid, London office presence required

We're hiring for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Foundations (Developer Experience) Team. This hybrid Senior Software Engineer role offers flexibility to work where it's most effective, whether at home or in our London, Shepherds Bush office. We value in-person collaboration, so we ask team members to come into the office 1 day per week when possible, for cross-team interaction and all-hands meetings.

At Gousto Tech, one of our key focuses is boosting productivity across our tech organisation. Because of this, it’s a great time to join our Foundations tribe, whose core mission is to enhance the productivity and efficiency of our software engineers.

Through collaboration between product teams, principal engineers, and the Developer Experience team, this team is dedicated to enhancing developer experience by applying Team Topologies Platform as a service, Collaboration and Facilitation engagement modes.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in improving developer productivity and satisfaction, specifically in backend technologies. You'll be enhancing or building new tools to address engineers' biggest pain points, tackling complex technical challenges within our platform to empower engineers across the business, or owning parts of our technology estate that support product engineers in focusing on business value.

If you are an engineer who is passionate about making engineers productive and setup for success this is a role for you!

Our structure consists of highly autonomous, cross-functional squads with the freedom to determine both their desired outcomes and the methods to achieve them. We embrace modern engineering practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Pair Programming, while fostering a DevOps culture.

At Gousto, we dedicate 10% of our time to tech innovation and hold regular brown bag sessions to share knowledge. We're committed to engaging with the wider tech community by hosting meetups, speaking at events, and sharing insights through our blog.

Core Responsibilities

• Enhancing the developer experience for engineers across Gousto
• Building scalable, reliable platforms and libraries to empower Product engineers
• Focusing on quality and performance excellence
• Evolving and improving agile development practices
• Mentoring junior engineers and fostering knowledge sharing
• Driving key technical decisions to align with long-term goals

Who You Are 

• Experience of designing and building backend systems using Python and/or Node
• You have experience with using cloud AWS cloud services (GCP is also fine)  
• Experience of designing and building REST APIs
• You are proficient in writing unit tests, integration tests and end-to-end tests. Experience with TDD would also be great
• You have worked with and made improvements to CI/CD tooling and responsibly running solutions in production
• You are familiar with Domain Driven Design and Event-Driven architecture