Python Software Engineer, Gousto
1+ day a week in office
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
Job no longer available
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Gousto's mission is to make the food in our boxes more sustainable.
Role
Who you are
- Great engineering - and this is so much more than writing great code. As well as an excellent knowledge of software craftsmanship, you'll have a test-first approach and know what automated testing to apply at which level of the stack.
- You'll have great design and architectural knowledge and plenty of experience of maintaining your code in production
- Autonomy - You thrive with autonomy, enjoying owning your process and calendar. You are comfortable managing your own deliverables and reporting progress or raising when you have blockers
- Outcome-focus - You develop a deep understanding of the problem you're solving before you build it. You are product-oriented and customer-focused, balancing technical direction with business value. You know when to compromise and when not to
- Growth mindset - You are curious and are always looking to learn. You encourage a culture of learning, emphasising the importance of breadth as well as the depth of knowledge. You value feedback as a learning tool, and you offer constructive feedback with empathy
- You have deep knowledge of Python and familiarity with frameworks like Chalice
- You have experience with a cloud provider, ideally AWS. Understanding of products including Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, ECS and Step Functions preferable
- You have experience with event-driven architecture and designing REST APIs
- You are proficient in testing
- You strive to automate manual tasks and tests
- You have worked with CI/CD tooling and responsibly running solutions in production, including logging, monitoring and alerting stacks and managing incidents
What the job involves
- Joining our Pumpkins team, this role will work towards enabling Gousto to provide greater range and availability of fresh ingredients and recipes to customers while minimising waste so we can become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner
- . To do this, we deliver high quality software for the supply chain and support our planners by building systems using forecasting data, to recommend the ingredients we need for our customers
- Designing and delivering scalable, distributed, cloud-based systems in a highly available manner
- Scaling our event-driven microservices architecture
- Obsessing over quality & performance
- Continuing to evolve our agile development practices
- Mentoring and supporting engineers around you
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
There is an accelerating consumer need to eat healthily, sustainably, and at value. Gousto aims to meet this need with its meal-kit delivery service, which offers pre-packaged ingredients and recipe instructions. It sets itself apart with more than 60 different recipes to choose from each week - a third of which are customisable.
In 2021, Gousto sold more than 90 million meals, amounting to three meals every second, a figure that is on the rise. It is part of The UK Plastics Pact, which aims for 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable plastic by 2025. As a member, Gousto has committed to eliminating problematic plastics, stimulating innovation and helping to build a stronger recycling system in the UK.
Gousto became a B Corp certified company for its sustainability efforts. Following huge recent investments, the now unicorn company is sure to continue its growth over the coming years as more consumers switch to convenient online grocery shopping.
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
42% female employees
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Team energy
"The energy at Gousto is infectious! There's always a way to get involved in the things you're most passionate about. Everyone is so enthusiastic..."
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2023
$64.5m
LATE VC
Jan 2022
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $368.4m
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays), + a holiday day added each year (up to 30 days), + buy up to 5 days extra holiday
- 40% Gousto discount, 25% for friends and family, and first box free
- Private healthcare
- Gym and ClassPass membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral scheme
- Company pension
- Quarterly team socials and mixed team events
- Gousto stash - hoodie, notepad, mug
- Free coffee, tea, fruit and ice cream
- Free beer, wine and soft drinks on Fridays
Company values
- Dream - We’ve got huge ambition and believe everything is possible - Curious, bold and resilient, we’ve got an insatiable appetite to learn and grow
- Deliver - We work at pace and focus on impact, taking ownership of the solution and raising the bar every step of the way
- Care - We obsess over our customers, doing the right thing for them and for the planet. We are one team, supporting and celebrating one another
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
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Founders
Timo Boldt
(CEO)Spent 4 years in Finance at Rothschild and a hedge fund before founding Gousto in 2012. Sits on the Digital Advisory Board at Unilever.
People progressing
Joined as Operations Development Director, being promoted to EVP Operations after 1 year, and has since become Chief People Officer.
Joined as a Customer Care Agent in 2014, and is now Head of Customer Care.
Joined as PR Manager, being promoted to Senior Brand and PR Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Brand Marketing and PR after 3 years.
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