Senior Software Engineer (iOS)

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - IOS Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global, three-sided marketplace, building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers, riders and partners every day. From real-time logistics to resilient infrastructure and marketplace optimisation, we design, build and operate technology that powers Deliveroo’s growth at scale. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer - iOS to join our London team. In this role, you’ll help us evolve our mobile architecture and deliver seamless, high-performance features that define the future of on-demand delivery. This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup, typically 3 days in the office. Get to know our Engineering team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING You’ll be joining the Consumer team. We are responsible for the primary touchpoint of millions of users, ensuring the journey from "hungry" to "happy" is intuitive, lightning-fast, and reliable. As a Senior Engineer, your individual work meaningfully contributes to achieving goals across multiple teams. Here’s what your day-to-day might look like: * Lead Technical Execution: Design and scale robust iOS architecture, ensuring our mobile codebase remains modular, testable, and maintainable. * Drive Code Excellence: Take pride in shipping readable, well-designed software through rigorous code reviews and by setting a high bar for engineering standards. * Champion Operational Health: Continuously simplify the maintenance of production systems, focusing on visibility, crash rates, and overall app performance. * Collaborate & Influence: Partner closely with Product and Design to break down complex problems and shape a roadmap that balances feature delivery with technical debt. * Mentor & Grow: Proactively assist in the growth of your colleagues, guiding technical choices and participating in the hiring process to build a world-class team. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO THRIVE Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others: * Significant experience building iOS applications with a deep understanding of Swift and/or Objective-C. * Proven ability to scale mobile architecture within a large-scale codebase, ensuring performance and stability for millions of users. * Demonstrated ownership of technical delivery within a cross-functional team, ideally within a fast-paced product environment. * Expertise in modern iOS frameworks, including a strong command of UIKit and AutoLayout. * A commitment to quality, with a natural inclination toward writing well-tested code and implementing CI/CD best practices. * Effective communication skills, with the ability to translate technical trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders. WHY JOIN US? At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters—solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving. We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to: 🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex, always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day. 🌱 See your impact, fast Ship, test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment. 🧠 Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big, ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support. 🌎 A culture built for builders High standards, collaboration, flexible working and continuous learning. 💰 Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options, so you’re rewarded for the impact you make. ➡️ Want a deeper look at how we build? Check out our Tech Blog. We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Explore our Engineering Interview Guide here to help you feel confident at each stage. OUR GLOBAL STRUCTURE Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief. If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience. If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!

Working at CreateFuture CreateFuture [https://createfuture.com/] is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference while always putting people first. We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years. CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company [https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1572759]and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row. Join us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today. About the role and team: We develop for both iOS and Android and regularly design for both phone and tablet use cases.  Our iOS devs work with modern technology, using the tools and techniques - we where early adopters of SwiftUI, Combine and Swift Concurrency and many other approaches. We conduct unit testing across all our projects, code is always peer reviewed, and as a team we are always at the forefront of pushing new approaches to challenges. What you'll be doing: * Developing mobile apps with a focus on readable, maintainable and tested code using Swift. * Collaborating with designers, product owners, testers and clients to deliver great products as an agile team * Being an advocate for engineering best practices across mobile platforms * Using the latest AI tools like Claude Code to accelerate your own and your teams delivery of high-quality iOS apps   We'd love to talk to you if you are: * A strong native mobile developer using recent iOS framework versions * Enthusiastic and experienced in using engineering best practices, clean code and unit testing * Experienced in working as part of a cross-functional development team * Passionate and enthusiastic for delivering great product * Already working effectively with AI tools and want to push it further   WHAT WE’LL OFFER YOU: We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed. We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look. OUR HIRING PROCESS We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process. It usually looks like this: * Call with our Talent Acquisition Team  * Role specific capability interview  Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens. INCLUSION AT CREATEFUTURE  We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work. If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help. We look forward to your application!