Company Description
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.
Job Description
Location: Hybrid, London office presence required
We're hiring for a Senior Software Engineer (Python). This hybrid 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.
Software Engineering plays a crucial role in the overall user experience at Gousto. Our approach is customer-centric, data-driven, and outcome-focused. We use lean principles to work iteratively, experiment, and learn rapidly.
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
- Delivering scalable, distributed, cloud-based systems in a highly available manner
- Scaling our event-driven microservices architecture
- Caring for our platform
- Obsessing over quality & performance
- Continuing to evolve our agile development process
- Supporting and collaborating with engineers around you
Who You Are
- Experience of designing and building backend systems using Python
- 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
Additional Information
Benefits
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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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What We Do
We believe home cooking is important. But in today’s busy world, it’s often the first thing to go. With Gousto, you choose recipes you’d like to cook and ta-dah! We deliver the perfectly measured ingredients. Skip the supermarket queue, and create delicious meals to share with those you love.
