Backend Engineer, Relay
+ Equity + 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
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Enabling retailers to supercharge their e-commerce growth
Job no longer available
Enabling retailers to supercharge their e-commerce growth
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity + 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
Realising the most efficient delivery network to create the most compelling experience for clients, consumers and relayers.
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 values
- “Who?”: Relayer Obsession. Start with understanding the customer i.e., the “Relayer”. We’re constantly striving to learn about the Relayer and to improve their experience.
- “Why?”: Understanding of value being created. Seek to understand and articulate the “why” behind everything they do in order to provide measurable value. They connect their actions and decisions to their impact on the Relayer. They encourage peers to do the same.
- “How”: Taking tiny steps forward. Focus on their objectives and constantly take steps towards reaching them. They keep moving forward despite setbacks. They deliver quality work in a timely fashion.
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.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Relay
- We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know, our ears (and inboxes) are always open.
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