Backend Engineer, Rodeo
£75-90k
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1-5 days a week in office (Hammersmith, London)
The future of flexible work.
Open for applications
The future of flexible work.
1-20 employees
Open for applications
£75-90k
Share options
1-5 days a week in office (Hammersmith, London)
1-20 employees
Company mission
To build the future of flexible work.
Role
Who you are
- Are highly technically skilled: 2+ years of professional experience building backend systems in any language (we use Typescript, Node) and experience of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL). Experience using GraphQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. Redis, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch) would also be useful
- Embrace learning and adaptability: You’re highly motivated to learn new technologies and methodologies, and you’re not afraid to dive into unfamiliar territory. Whether it’s exploring a new tech stack or solving a novel problem, you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and figure it out
- Advocate for simplicity: You prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones
- Communicate clearly: Whether it’s asking users the right questions or breaking down a problem with the team, you are a thoughtful and articulate written and verbal communicator
- Build great products: Building a great product matters hugely to you, rather than purely being driven by a particular technology
- Manage ambiguity: You like taking on problems which aren’t clearly defined and collaborating to find solutions. We’re early on our journey and are learning new things every day
- Are a force of nature: You bring drive, energy, curiosity and humility to work. There will be easy days and tough days so we need people who can push through
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a product focused backend engineer who is just as interested in business impact as they are on solving challenging technical problems.
- Working with high agency and freedom you will be involved in the product development process from start to finish.
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The appetite for rapid home delivery of food and groceries has soared in recent years. This has exacerbated the existing problems for workers in this area of the gig economy: unpredictable earnings and wait times, and unfair practices as a result of no contractual accountability on the part of delivery apps.
Delivery rider app Rodeo is an interesting market player looking to alleviate these problems. Its app syncs Deliveroo and Uber Eats orders onto a centralised platform, from which riders can track earnings, compare fees for jobs, and share restaurant information with other users to help improve their efficiency and experience.
Existing apps for delivery drivers focus on route-mapping and traffic dodging, and there aren’t a lot of them in the UK, so Rodeo is operating in a fairly non-competitive market with a novel solution that is likely to prove highly attractive. With the pool of delivery drivers - all potential customers - continuing to grow, it will be interesting to see how Rodeo fares with its strong solution to an issue of growing importance.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2023
$5.2m
SEED
Total funding: $5.2m
Company benefits
- Be one of the founding team members building something meaningful
- Share options, as part of low-tax EMI scheme
- Remote or hybrid - we're flexible as long as you are within a few timezones of London.
- Collaborative, supportive and occasionally entertaining colleagues
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
Leadership
Alfie Pearce-Higgins
(Co-Founder)Previously a Trader and Analyst at Barclays Capital. Went on to act as Senior Manager of the Economic Reform Team at Adam Smith International, and then became CFO at transport and delivery platform, SafeBoda.
William Day
(Co-Founder)Previously a General Manager of Special Projects at Deliveroo, then Global Director of Operations at Dija. Went on to found Unearth.
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