# Engineering at Deliveroo India: How We Build, Collaborate, and Grow

DevFeed: [Engineering at Deliveroo India: How We Build, Collaborate, and Grow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/engineering-at-deliveroo-india-how-we-build-collaborate-and-grow-19718.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://deliveroo.engineering/2025/11/06/engineering-at-deliveroo-india.html>)

Author: Kartik Visvanathan

Published: 2025-11-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Deliveroo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/deliveroo.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [idc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/idc.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [asynchronous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asynchronous.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [cross-functional-teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-functional-teams.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [india](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/india.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>)

## AI overview

Kartik Visvanathan describes how Deliveroo's India engineering hub operates as a global, cross-functional development center. The article covers team ownership, collaboration across time zones, co-located roles, asynchronous communication, and tools including Slack, Confluence, and Figma.

## Source excerpt

Hey everyone, I'm Kartik Visvanathan, an Engineering Manager at Deliveroo, based in India. I joined the team in 2023, and it's been an exciting ride ever since. I've built some truly impactful products here, including an advertising platform that we scaled into a profitable business, and a corporate orders product that touched every part of our systems--from restaurants to delivery to customer service. But while building cool stuff is awesome, what I really want to share today is the secret sauce behind it: how we work as a team here in India. A Truly Global Hub Our engineering hub in India is a core driver of Deliveroo's global mission. Over the past few years, our teams have transitioned and taken complete ownership of key product areas. Whether we're improving the restaurant onboarding flow or fine-tuning our delivery times, the work we do here is absolutely core to Deliveroo's success. When our India Development Center (IDC) started a few years back, we had engineers reporting directly to managers in the UK. I was one of the first engineering managers hired in India in 2023, and I was given the opportunity to build a team that was entirely based here. We've since grown to include other roles like product managers, analytics engineers, and data scientists right here in India. This lets us have "co-located teams"--people who can sit in the same room, grab a whiteboard, and even go out for a team social that isn't virtual. When candidates ask about my favorite parts of the job, I always mention three things: cross-team collaboration, work flexibility and life harmony, and a culture of ownership. So let's dive into those. How We Collaborate Across Teams Working with teammates in London and other time zones means a lot of asynchronous communication. We rely heavily on tools like Slack, Confluence, and Figma, which are essentially our digital whiteboards. Regular virtual stand-ups and a focus on clear ownership help us build trust and keep things moving. In the advertis