Senior Engineer

Location: Hybrid (minimum 2 days/week in our Vauxhall, London office)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £75,000-£85,000, based on experience
Eligibility: UK-based applicants only - we are unable to offer visa sponsorship now or in the future

🌍 About Oddbox

Oddbox is revolutionising the fight against food waste with our fruit and veg subscription service. Having saved over 50 million kilograms of perfectly good produce from going to waste, we're scaling our technology and impact even further. Join us to help shape smarter, data-driven solutions that power more sustainable operations and deliver joyful customer experiences.

Senior Engineer Opportunity – Join Our Impact-Driven Technology Team

We have an exciting opening for mission-driven Senior Engineers to be at the heart of our tech innovation. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, owning and delivering software projects that will optimise our supply chain, elevate the customer journey, and enable measurable business growth. Our environment values experimentation, autonomy, and sustainable outcomes. Both of these roles involve being a technical leader within a small team, with the support of Jack

Key Engineering Responsibilities

🍇Leading on the successful delivery of complex projects and features across both the backend and frontend of our tech stack, contributing directly to key product goals by working on technical designs and building quality solutions.
🍇Increasing team velocity and efficiency through the adoption of engineering best practices and improved collaboration.
🍇Enhancing the technical skills and growth of other team members through effective mentoring and knowledge sharing.
🍇Recognised as a go-to technical expert within Oddbox, leading to more informed technical decisions across all teams.

Senior Engineering Skills & Experience - Technology Leadership

🥝Extensive experience with designing, developing and delivering robust engineering solutions in commercial environments (we primarily use Python, Javascript and Typescript).
🥝Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure and CI/CD (e.g., AWS, Terraform, Github Actions).
🥝Familiarity with modern software architecture and cloud design patterns.
🥝Comfortable working in high-autonomy, collaborative environments, balancing urgency with quality.
🥝Excellent problem-solving and technical debugging skills, with the ability to mitigate and solve complex issues.
🥝A continuous learning mindset, keeping pace with the latest trends in engineering and technology.
🥝Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities – able to explain technical concepts to all audiences.
🥝Commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within technical teams.
🥝Experience in managing or coaching more junior engineers.

Why Oddbox? - Sustainable Technology Careers

🥦Be part of a mission-first environment, reducing food waste and driving real-world impact.
🥦Work on meaningful engineering challenges across a fast-moving, values-led company.
🥦Hybrid working – flexibility and team connection in our Vauxhall, London office.
🥦Development opportunities and the chance to shape the future of sustainable technology.

Our Engineering Hiring Process

⌚Introductory Call (30 minutes): A friendly conversation to help you learn more about Oddbox and the Senior Engineer role, and for us to learn a little more about you.

⌚Technical Challenge (60 minutes): A session where you review and evaluate some code and provide feedback to an engineer on our team.

⌚Final Interview (60 minutes): A collaborative session with our Engineering and Product leaders, focused on decision-making, problem-solving, and your impact-driven mindset.

⌚Meet the team

Looking after you: We won't waste your time telling you annual leave is a benefit—it's your right. But we'll give you five extra days of annual leave (33 days including bank holidays), four "not-sick" days, and two volunteering days each year. We provide a £300 self-service L&D budget, alongside generous peer-to-peer learning opportunities. You'll have access to well-being support through YuLife and receive discounts on Oddbox products.

You’ll join us at least two days a week in our London Vauxhall office. Occasionally, you may visit our Croydon distribution centre and Birmingham facility.

Are you ready to launch your data career with purpose? Apply now and help Oddbox make every box count!