Senior Software Engineer

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 inviting experienced Senior Software Engineers to join us in an exciting greenfield project within our Expand tribe, which focuses on our international expansion plans. This is a wonderful opportunity to leverage your deep technical expertise to help shape the next generation of Gousto's digital experience.

This nurturing Senior Software Engineer role embraces flexibility, allowing you to work where you feel most inspired and effective, whether that's in the comfort of your home or in our welcoming London, Shepherds Bush office. We value the warmth of in-person collaboration and invite team members to join us in the office twice a week, fostering cross-team connections, participating in inclusive all-hands gatherings, and providing technical leadership.

At Gousto, Software Engineering plays a vital role in nurturing customer relationships, from the first hello to long-term loyalty, and in crafting delightful user experiences. Our approach is thoughtfully customer-centric, informed by data, and focused on meaningful outcomes. We embrace lean principles to work collaboratively, experiment with care, and grow our knowledge rapidly.

Our inclusive structure features supportive, cross-functional squads that are empowered to shape both their aspirations and the thoughtful methods to achieve them. We cherish and maintain high standards for development quality and expertise. We're passionate advocates for collaborative practices like extreme programming, test-driven development, and pair programming, which foster a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

Whilst our tech-stack includes using TypeScript, Node, React and AWS (amongst others), we are happy to consider Senior Software Engineers with a background using any programming language(s), provided you are happy to learn and work with the technologies/languages used at Gousto.

We believe in nurturing innovation and dedicate 10% of our time to exploring new tech ideas. Our regular brown bag sessions create a warm space for knowledge sharing. We're also committed to building connections within the wider tech community by hosting welcoming meetups, sharing our experiences at events, and offering insights through our blog.

Join us in this role to help cultivate the future of food technology in a caring, innovative environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Implement high-quality, scalable, and efficient user experiences in a modular and test-driven environment, with a focus on performance, security, and maintainability
• Obsessing over the quality & performance of customer-facing interfaces
• Supporting and collaborating with other engineers as well as non-technical members of the team 
• Mentoring junior members of the team, helping them grow their skills and take on more responsibility

Who You Are

• Extensive experience in leading the build of performant, responsive and secure applications (we're happy to consider any programming language or technologies)
• Strong knowledge and experience with test-driven development practices is a "must-have" to be successful in this team.
• Deep understanding of modern architectural patterns and design systems
• Excellent ability to work collaboratively with team members and stakeholders
• Proven track record of mentoring and supporting junior engineers
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling to responsibly run applications in production

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Equal Opportunities 

Whether it is creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation. At all levels we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner. 

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

If you like what you’ve read about Gousto and want to find out more please click I’m interested below to apply! 

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