Software Engineer

Diddo is changing how people connect with their favorite shows and shop for what inspires them-we want to enable people to connect with the culture they see on screen. Using computer vision, we identify on-screen items and offer comparable options at different price points, all with a seamless native checkout experience. We're in the business of building luxury products for every individual in our product journey—from the developers integrating our API with the largest media providers in the world to the end viewers purchasing items from their favorite shows and movies.

We’re backed by some of the best names in the venture capital and media worlds. If you’re excited about radically changing the way people shop and consume media, reach out to us.
You will get to work, learn, and grow alongside a strong and hungry team supported by incredible partnerships from the earliest days of company creation.

Role Description:
We are hiring for a core position on our team--one with high visibility and high ownership. We want our Software Engineer to help build and maintain data-intensive and highly performant services. On top of that, we expect you to be well-versed in our future product’s user experience and design, ensuring seamless integration between our technology and our users.

Responsibilities:

• Write and maintain high quality code both independently and collaboratively
• Taking ownership/initiative of projects and being a clear communicator – we all make mistakes, we just have to be on top of it as a team
• Design stable and performant APIs for both internal and client-facing products
• Build user-centric and intuitive features that align with business goals
• Collaborate with customers, designers, other engineers, and cofounders to implement features effectively
• Ensure the scalability and maintainability of our systems
• Be comfortable wearing many hats – no job is too small if it paves the path for long-term success.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering
• Demonstrated strong coding skills in backend languages like Golang, Node, etc.
• Demonstrated strong coding skills in frontend frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Strong experience with building SDKs
• Knowledge of data intensive applications and good system design
• Deep understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, with a focus on best practices and maintainable architecture
• Experience with state management libraries and frontend testing frameworks
• Familiarity with modern build tools and workflows (e.g., Webpack, Vite, or Babel)
• Experience deploying and optimizing to cloud environments like GCP, Azure, or AWS
• A strong sense of design and UX principles with an eye for detail

Nice to have:

• Passionate about entertainment/e-commerce
• Experience with LLMs and prompt engineering
• Interest in mentoring junior developers and growing a team from the ground up

Benefits:

• Competitive pay (and equity) in an onsite role in central London with a Fora Roam membership (flexibility for remote)
• Be part of a close-knit, open company culture at an exciting startup as one of the earliest employees

Here at Diddo, we are building the future of the media industry–if you’re a talented individual, we want to hear from you. Even if this role does not fit every qualification in the description, we encourage you to apply anyways – you might be the right candidate for this or future roles.