Senior Staff Engineer

Base pay range

About Us

In a nutshell, we’re all about making the world of wine a better place. We fund and source directly from independent winemakers to bring customers better quality wine for a better price. No thirsty middlemen as far as the eye can see.

It’s a different way of doing things, sure. But it works. We’re one of the UK’s favourite wine clubs, shipping over 1 million cases a year to curious wine lovers, and with an ambitious road ahead, we’ve got no plans on plugging the cork on growth.

Our global team (we have offices in the US and Australia, too) is entrepreneurial by nature, obsessive about customer experience, and driven by performance. All things that make Naked a great place to grow both personally and professionally. And yes, we like wine. A lot.

It takes a village to be Naked and now our Engineering team is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer. You’ll be stepping into a high‑impact role where your ideas shape the way we build, scale and evolve our technology. From guiding cross‑team architecture to enabling faster, safer delivery, you’ll influence some of the most important technical decisions we make. If you’re motivated by solving meaningful problems and raising the engineering bar, you’ll thrive here.

Hybrid – Norwich or London (1–2 days per week at primary office)

• Lead architecture, system design and technical strategy across several squads
• Define and embed technical standards, patterns and best practices
• Improve software performance, reliability, security and maintainability
• Oversee engineering workflows, including release processes and architecture review
• Act as a technical escalation point for complex issues and cross‑team decisions
• Partner with product and technology leaders to prioritise work and allocate resources
• Facilitate design reviews, workshops and knowledge‑sharing sessions
• Provide hands‑on engineering support for high‑impact or high‑risk projects
• Manage, coach and mentor engineers at all levels
• Lead hiring, onboarding and development for your direct reports
• Join squads when needed to deliver strategically important initiatives
• Help evaluate and adopt new tools, technologies and processes
• Shape cross‑discipline architecture and contribute to company‑wide technology strategy

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering (backend, frontend or full‑stack)
• Strong knowledge of modern architectures (API‑first, microservices, composable)
• Proven experience leading system design, architecture reviews and technical decision‑making
• Ability to debug, optimise and improve complex distributed systems
• Experience with modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automation, Dev Ops principles)
• Clear and inclusive communication skills with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Ability to influence decisions, build alignment and collaborate across squads
• Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities, especially for senior engineers
• Strong planning, estimation and forecasting skills
• Steady judgement and calmness during high‑stakes or time‑critical incidents
• A strategic mindset, understanding how technical decisions impact business outcomes
• Breadth across the full technology stack (backend, frontend, mobile)
• Ability to set and guide multi‑year technical direction
• Ability to navigate complex organisational environments and build trusted relationships

• Ambition (dream big): you translate the strategy into action (projects, tasks and processes)
• Judgement (make good decisions): you identify the need for tactical change and lead on implementation
• Discipline (adhere to high standards): you follow results closely and adapt plans as necessary
• Influence (have a big impact): you facilitate collaboration and manage talent efficiently
• Accountability (take full responsibility): you deliver results and identify issues, setting up ways to avoid them

• You support all stakeholders from the winemaker, through to the customer. We are Naked Together
• You embrace growth, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone to overcome obstacles
• You always start with our customers and winemakers
• You keep it simple and are data‑led, from the wine…