Staff Engineer at Naked Wines leading technical strategies across engineering squads. Focused on architecture, system design, and mentoring engineers to enhance quality and performance.
Responsibilities
Lead architecture, system design and technical strategy across several squads
Define and embed technical standards, engineering patterns and best practices
Solve complex technical challenges, improve performance and maintain system reliability
Provide hands-on engineering support for complex or high-risk initiatives
Strengthen software security, scalability, quality and maintainability
Manage, coach and mentor engineers at multiple levels
Contribute to hiring, onboarding and development of engineers
Work closely with Staff Engineers, Product Managers and cross-functional squads
Evaluate and adopt new tools, technologies and processes
Communicate design decisions clearly and create high-quality documentation
Requirements
10+ years’ experience in software engineering (backend, frontend or full-stack)
Strong background in modern architectures (API-first, microservices, composable)
Proven experience in system design, architectural decision-making and technical leadership
Ability to debug, optimise and enhance complex distributed systems
Familiarity with modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automation, DevOps principles)
Clear and inclusive communication skills across technical and non-technical groups
Experience coaching engineers, leading technical discussions and fostering alignment
Strong judgement, resilience under pressure and ability to balance hands-on work with leadership
A strategic mindset — understanding how technical choices influence business outcomes
Benefits
A competitive salary (depending on experience) plus annual bonus opportunity
Personal Healthcare
26 days holiday and bank holidays (you can buy or sell holiday too)
A £300 annual personal development budget - we're passionate about supporting people to follow their dreams inside or outside of Naked
£450 every year to treat yourself to some of our delicious wines...all in the name of research, of course
We want to do our bit for the community and give everyone paid leave to volunteer
We have wellbeing support and access to mindfulness resources including the Headspace app
Enhanced parental leave
Honeymoon leave - newlyweds get an extra week of annual leave
We like to surprise and delight you with lovely thoughtful gifts including Naked Wine and lots more...
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