Senior Engineer
4 days ago
London
Department Tech Employment Type Full-time, London Office Attendance Expectation Hybrid About the role At &Dine, we’re building a community of food lovers, connecting exceptional independent makers with teams who want better food at work. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who cares about quality, performance, and product impact - someone who enjoys solving real-world problems at scale and shaping how a platform grows, not just writing code. You’ll work across front-end, back-end, and infrastructure, partnering closely with product, operations, and design to deliver reliable, elegant solutions across ordering, payments, logistics, and internal tools. What you'll be doing • Lead development across key product areas from concept to production, • Build high-quality front-end features using a modern JS stack (Vue/Nuxt or similar), • Design and maintain scalable APIs and services in Node.js with SQL/Sequelize, • Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance, • Help shape our technical roadmap and introduce new tools, frameworks, and practices where they make sense, • Own technical decisions around architecture, performance, and reliability, • Collaborate with product and operations to translate business needs into robust solutions, • Improve system observability, monitoring, and incident response, • Identify technical debt and proactively drive refactors, • Support CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and environment management What we're looking for • Strong experience as a Senior Software Engineer or equivalent, • Proven ability to guide and support junior developers, • Deep knowledge of modern front-end frameworks (Vue, React, or similar), • Solid back-end experience with Node.js and relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) using ORMs such as Sequelize, • Confidence in evaluating and adopting new technologies pragmatically, • A product-led mindset: you care about outcomes, not just implementations, • Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment, • Clear communicator across technical and non-technical teams, • A genuine interest in food, hospitality, or building better workplace experiences Front-end Experience with some of the following, or a strong willingness to learn: • JavaScript / TypeScript – modern ES standards, async patterns, clean architecture, • Frameworks – Vue / Nuxt (or React / Next.js), component-based development, • State management – Vuex, Pinia, or equivalent patterns, • API integration – REST/JSON, error handling, loading states, • Performance – bundle optimisation, code splitting, rendering strategies, • Accessibility & UX – semantic HTML, responsive design, usability best practice, • Testing – unit and component testing (Jest, Vitest, Testing Library, Cypress/Playwright), • Version control – Git workflows, PR reviews, and collaboration Back-end Experience with some of the following, or a strong willingness to learn: • Node.js – building scalable, maintainable services, • APIs – RESTful design (GraphQL a plus), authentication, validation, rate limiting, • Databases – PostgreSQL / MySQL, schema design, indexing, query optimisation, • ORMs – Sequelize or similar (migrations, associations, transactions), • Business logic – handling payments, scheduling, pricing, permissions, and workflows, • Testing – unit, integration, and API testing, • Security – data protection, authentication, role-based access, and best practices DevOps/Infrastructure Experience with some of the following, or a strong willingness to learn: • CI/CD – GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar automated pipelines, • Cloud platforms – AWS, GCP, or Azure, • Containerisation – Docker and environment configuration, • Deployments – staging/production environments, rollback strategies, • Monitoring & logging – error tracking, performance monitoring, alerting, • Reliability – uptime, backups, and incident response Engineering Practices • Writing clean, maintainable, well-documented code, • Code reviews and constructive technical feedback, • Coaching juniors and helping them level up technically, • Evaluating new technologies and introducing them where they deliver clear value, • Designing systems with scalability, performance, and security in mind, • Pragmatic decision-making in a startup environment Bonus points if you • Have led or owned major product areas or technical initiatives, • Have introduced new tools, frameworks, or processes that improved delivery or quality, • Have experience with Nuxt, server-side rendering, or marketplace platforms, • Have any of the certificates LPIC-1, LPIC-2 or AWS associate, professional or specialist, • Have experience being Security Champion and knowing STRIDE, PASTA and Hybrid, • Have worked on B2B, payments, logistics, or operationally complex systems, • Care deeply about food, hospitality, and how shared meals bring people together Benefits of working at &Dine • Join our options pool and be a business owner!, • £250 learning and development budget. Here we’ve got some courses that may be beneficial to your development at &Dine., • Charlie HR. Secure great offers too from top retailers such as John Lewis and Samsung via our HR Platform., • Enjoy your birthday. Take a day off for your birthday - on us!, • £500 referral bonuses. If you bring in a new face to the business, once they have passed their probation period, you will receive £500!, • Team socials. We’re big foodies, so you’ll be sure to enjoy some food and drink with us, as well as some great activities!, • Work abroad for 1 week
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