Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.
Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer in the Incubator domain, you will join a dynamic, AI innovation focused team.The Incubator team operates with a high degree of autonomy to identify, develop, and validate new business ideas and technologies from high-risk moonshots to innovative concepts with the potential to drive future growth.
The Incubator functions like an internal startup, rapidly testing early-stage ideas for market viability and business value. Once proven, these initiatives are scaled and transitioned to long-term product teams within JET. Current area of exploration - AI-driven conversational commerce (LLMs and agentic platforms) and other disruptive technologies.
Your role will be pivotal in fostering communication and collaboration. You will work closely with product owners, front-end engineers on web and mobile, as well as other backend engineers. Together, you will design and implement new features, enhance existing ones, boost performance, streamline platforms, and develop robust and scalable backend solutions that serve our extensive customer base.
Location: Hybrid- 3 days a week from our Amsterdam or London office & 2 days working from home
Reporting to: Technology Manager
These are some of the key components to the position:
- You have a deep mastery of at least one high-performance, statically typed language (such as Kotlin or Go) but are pragmatic enough to use Python when the AI ecosystem demands it
- Developing and executing new innovative ideas, staying current with industry trends, and applying a "fail fast" approach.
- Master the craft of writing high-quality, thoroughly tested code within a high performing team.
- Take ownership of projects, mentor peers, and collaborate effectively. Introduce innovative ideas and develop robust, well-considered code.
- Adhere to and help refine the team’s standards and processes. Contribute to setting these standards to ensure continuous improvement.
What will you bring to the team?
- Strong software engineering and architectural experience.
- A deep understanding of event driven architecture & distributed systems.
- Experience of working with big data & near real time data processing problems.
- Experience (or a deep curiosity) in integrating AI models, with an understanding that the 'best' solution often involves balancing cost, speed, and accuracy
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP for example)
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Experience of guiding software engineering decisions via influence, rather than by authority.
- Flexible & proactive with the ability to manage shifting priorities.
- Experience with mobile apps and managing distributed teams is beneficial but not essential
At JET, this is how we play
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side.
At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ loyalty, again and again.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.
Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.
What else is cooking?
Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels.
Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!
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Skills Required
- Deep mastery of at least one high-performance, statically typed language such as Kotlin or Go
- Pragmatic ability to use Python for AI-related development
- Strong software engineering and architectural experience
- Understanding of event-driven architecture and distributed systems
- Experience with big data and near-real-time data processing
- Experience or strong curiosity integrating AI models
- Proficiency with a cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience guiding software engineering decisions through influence
- Flexibility and proactive management of shifting priorities
- Experience with mobile applications
- Experience managing distributed teams
What We Do
Just Eat Takeaway.com is a leading global online food delivery marketplace, connecting consumers and restaurants through our platform in 20 countries. Like a dinner table, working at JET brings our office employees and couriers together. From coding to customer service to couriers, JET is a fun, fast-paced and supportive place where you can be yourself. No day is the same. Our days are filled with new experiences. We see every challenge that comes our way as a chance to grow, both the business, and ourselves. We’re connected to millions of food-lovers, hundreds of thousands of connected partners and some of the best-known brands of the planet. When you take your seat here, you’ll find that a simple scribble on a napkin can turn into something seen by millions. Together we transform, create, reinvent and empower every food moment. As a leading online food tech company, JET brings together the stability of a global business, with the agility of a start-up. We got here by always staying one step ahead of the competition. So load up your plate with ideas that get you excited, because at JET everything is on the table. https://careers.justeattakeaway.com
