Senior Software Engineer, Android SDUI at Deliveroo in London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo

Job description

• We’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join our SDUI team. In this role, you’ll help us build and scale our server-driven UI (SDUI) platform, enabling teams to build a UI once and have it deploy seamlessly to iOS, Android, and Web without redeploying a new app — performantly and consistently. This role is based in our London office with a hybrid setup, typically three days in the office.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be joining the SDUI team. We own the Android rendering layer of our server-driven UI platform, and the backend services that drive it, ensuring every consumer surface built on it is fast, correct, and visually indistinguishable from native.
• Drive technical execution by designing, building, and evolving the Android SDUI renderer — and the backend services (Kotlin, Golang, Protobuf) that feed it — to handle complex, real-time UI updates at scale.
• Lead architectural improvements and code reviews, ensuring the maintainability, visibility, and operational health of the renderer as more teams build on top of it.
• Partner with cross-functional disciplines (iOS and Web renderer engineers, product and design teams) to plan rollouts, align on platform decisions, and influence the roadmap.
• Own large-scale initiatives from design to delivery — including the push to bring SDUI motion and interaction quality to native-equivalent, and the ongoing migration off legacy rendering systems.
• Support the growth of others by mentoring colleagues and taking an active role in our engineering hiring process.

Requirements

• Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:
• 5+ years building Android applications at scale, with a deep understanding of Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Backend development experience, specifically with Golang, Kotlin, and Protobuf, and the comfort to move between client and server code as the work demands.
• Experience building or maintaining a server-driven / declarative UI system, with a keen interest in pushing what's possible with declarative rendering — bonus points if that included Litho or another DSL-based renderer.
• A product mindset, and the instinct to apply it to how you design platform services for the teams that build on top of them.
• Demonstrated ownership of technical delivery within cross-functional teams, guiding implementation choices and technical design for a platform other teams build on.
• Strong communication skills, working across time zones with iOS, Web, and Backend counterparts, plus PMs and multiple product teams.
• A pride in software craft, with a commitment to writing readable, well-designed, and thoroughly tested mobile code.
• Bonus points for exposure to Figma-to-code tooling, design-token/theming systems, or accessibility work in mobile rendering.

Skills

Required

• Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• Golang
• Protobuf
• Server-driven / declarative UI systems
• Android development at scale
• Backend development
• Technical delivery ownership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strong communication
• Software craft and testing

Preferred

• Litho or another DSL-based renderer
• Figma-to-code tooling
• Design-token/theming systems
• Accessibility work in mobile rendering

Benefits

• At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters — solving real problems for a platform that every consumer-facing team builds on. We’re renderer engineers, systems thinkers, and platform builders, brought together by a shared drive to make shipping UI changes fast and safe. Working here you can expect to:
• 🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale — Work on a rendering platform that every consumer surface depends on, used by millions of customers every day.
• 🌱 See your impact, fast — Ship, test and improve the renderer quickly in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment.
• 🧠 Grow through challenge and ownership — Take on big, ambiguous platform 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.