Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable, Reliable Cloud Systems

GrubHub Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 176,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

PTO

Job summary

Wonder in New York is seeking a senior engineering professional to own the design, development, and operation of scalable software systems. You will deliver robust services, drive architectural decisions, and lead by example in code quality and security.

The role emphasizes building highly available distributed systems, observability, CI/CD, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced tech environment. Equity and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a science, programming or engineering related field.
• 5+ years experience building highly-scalable consumer-facing applications (e-commerce preferred).
• Experience with Java or other object-oriented languages.
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing testable, fault tolerant, and performant software.
• Experience with complex systems spread across the network.

Responsibilities

• You’ll gain expertise in your domain and build highly scalable, reliable additions to our platform.
• You’ll be accountable for delivery, deployment, maintenance, and monitoring the performance of your applications and the platform as a whole.
• You’ll evaluate tools, technologies, frameworks, and vendors for the platform with senior team members.
• You’ll write performant and concise code, review peers’ code, and ensure security and scalability of features.
• You’ll help create the backlog of tech debt and features, suggesting improvements.
• You’ll work with teammates in the domain as a team player.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud/AWS

Automated testing

Data structures

Observability

Containerization

CI/CD

IC leadership

Customer experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

JMeter

Gatling

Gradle

Jenkins

Spinnaker

Job description

Wonder in New York is seeking a senior engineering professional to own the design, development, and operation of scalable software systems. You will deliver robust services, drive architectural decisions, and lead by example in code quality and security.

The role emphasizes building highly available distributed systems, observability, CI/CD, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced tech environment. Equity and comprehensive benefits are offered.