Backend Engineer, Relay

Salary not provided

+ Equity + 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Python

Terraform

Mid and Senior level

London

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Enabling retailers to supercharge their e-commerce growth

Job no longer available

Enabling retailers to supercharge their e-commerce growth

101-200 employees

RetailB2BDeliveryeCommerce

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Equity + 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Python

Terraform

Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

101-200 employees

RetailB2BDeliveryeCommerce

Company mission

Realising the most efficient delivery network to create the most compelling experience for clients, consumers and relayers.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

There is truly no job in engineering you would not be excited to take on – and some outside of engineering as well. From configuring cloud infrastructure in Terraform to standing up new API endpoints, you want to do it all. We don’t expect you to have done all (or even many) of these jobs before, but we do hope you’ll be curious to learn how to do them
You have high agency and take pride of ownership in your work. You naturally take initiative, seeking out the best opportunities for impact
You have deep empathy for the humans for whom you build technology, including customers, partners, and your fellow colleagues. You seek out the chance to hear directly from them and go out of your way to incorporate their feedback into your work
You are eager to learn new technologies and take on new problem domains
You value and practise clear communication, active listening, and intentional collaboration
Have worked on high-performing teams building software for at least four years
Have broad experience across a variety of technology stacks
Experience as a startup founder or in early stage teams is a strong plus, but not required
Python Experience would big a huge plus

What the job involves

Model and implement critical flows and edge cases in our logistics network, to help us achieve industry-leading real-time visibility into the location and status of every parcel we handle
Create systems and abstractions that will allow us to scale our API, event processing, and other core pieces of technology while maintaining excellent developer productivity
Collaborate with team members across the company
Regularly spend time in the field learning how the technology you build impacts our couriers and parcel recipients

Salary benchmarks

Our take

In recent years, e-commerce has grown considerably. Despite this, the retail sector is still in the early innings of digital disruption in the US and the UK (especially when compared to more digitally mature markets such as China).

Relay enables e-commerce through re-wiring the critical delivery infrastructure to address the growth of e-commerce in the UK. Not only do they enable orders of magnitude better delivery in speed and cost for retailers and consumers, but they are also doubling down on making sure their ecosystem of delivery drivers and the planet benefit.

Relay are early stage, and backed by founders who both have considerable experience at delivery service company, Stuart. With this expertise and solving a problem within a growing market, the company are well set make a difference to how retailers provide online delivery.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Feb 2025

$35m

SERIES A

Nov 2023

$10m

SEED

Total funding: $45m

Company benefits

Hybrid remote work (3 days/week in the office)
Cool co-working office in the heart of Shoreditch
Competitive equity and compensation package, and culture of recognition
25 Days Holiday (plus bank holidays)
Monthly social events - from Crystal Maze escape rooms to pottery painting and life-size Monopoly! We also have an annual off-site where we all get together in person to celebrate our wins and plan for more success in a relaxed environment.
Unlimited free snacks and drinks in the office (all the Dash water you can drink, a whole cupboard full of nibbles, plus we have wonderful coffee machines!)
Contributory pension
Perks At Work discount scheme - online shopping discounts, cheap cinema tickets, money off holidays and so much more!
Free membership of the gym in our co-working space

Company HQ

Old Street, London, UK

Leadership

Nicole Mazza

(CCO)

Previously worked at Stuart, becoming Commercial Director in 2018. They are also on the Board of Advisors at HYPER CRUNCH and is a Member of Pavilion.

Jonathan Jenssen

(CEO)

Worked at Stuart for over five years, first as Head of Operations and later becoming General Manager.

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