SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AT DELIVEROO

We focus our time where it counts. That means prioritising projects that unlock the biggest value for our customers and the business. It’s about being intentional with our effort, making smart trade-offs, and delivering real impact.

Big results often come from small, steady steps. We aim to reduce complexity by choosing straightforward solutions we can ship, test, and iterate on quickly. This helps us stay agile, reduce risk, and keep momentum going—even in messy or ambiguous spaces.

We succeed together. That’s why we treat helping others, whether it’s unblocking a teammate or sharing context, as core engineering work. When you make time to lift others up, you raise the whole team’s bar.

Repetitive tasks slow us down and drain our energy so we look for ways to automate anything that doesn’t need human creativity. It’s not just about saving time—it’s about making space for more meaningful work.

No one gets it right all the time. We’re open about what went wrong, dig into why, and share what we’ve learned—so we can all move forward smarter. Mistakes aren’t failures here, they’re feedback.

If we can’t see it, we can’t improve it. That’s why we build in monitoring, logging, and alerting from the start—giving ourselves and each other the visibility we need to understand what’s happening and respond fast when things go sideways.

We’re not just hacking things together—we’re building systems we can live with. That means writing clear code, documenting decisions, and designing with resilience in mind. Because it’s not done until it’s maintainable.