Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Wonder Group, INC; United States; On-site; USD 176,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

401(k)

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Discounted meals

Exclusive perks across Wonder brands

Job summary

Grubhub is seeking an accomplished software engineer to help build scalable, reliable platform components in a fast-paced environment. You will drive delivery, deployment, maintenance, and performance monitoring of services across distributed systems, while reviewing peers’ code for security and scalability.

You will evaluate tools and vendors with senior team members, contribute to backlog refinement, and ensure a high standard of software quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, programming or engineering.
• 5+ years building scalable consumer-facing apps (e-commerce preferred).
• Experience with Java or other OOP languages.
• Experience designing testable, fault-tolerant software with scalability.
• Experience with distributed multi-component systems across networks.
• AWS experience or similar cloud offerings.
• Automated testing experience (JUnit/Mockito, JMeter/Gatling).
• Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
• Experience building highly-available distributed systems.
• Building observability into applications.
• Modeling resource needs as load changes.
• Interest in fast-paced, product-focused tech company.
• Distributed Cassandra or NoSQL experience.
• Docker or containerized solutions.
• CI/CD tools like Gradle, Jenkins, Spinnaker.
• Experience leading as an IC, prioritization and self-management.
• Accountability for customer experience during outages.
• Challenging the status quo and solving problems creatively.

Responsibilities

• Gain domain expertise and build scalable, reliable platform components.
• Responsible for delivery, deployment, maintenance and performance monitoring.
• Evaluate tools, technologies, frameworks, and vendors with the team.
• Write performant, concise code and review peers’ code for quality and security.
• Ensure security and scalability of features across the platform.
• Help create the backlog of tech debt and new features; suggest improvements.
• Collaborate with domain teams; be a team player and proactive.

Skills

Java / OOP

Distributed systems

Observability

Security

AWS

JUnit/Mockito

Data structures

CI/CD

Self-management

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Gradle

Jenkins

Spinnaker

Cassandra

JMeter

Gatling

Job description

The Impact You Will Make

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 along with other senior team members. You’ll write performant and concise code to meet the defined standards here at GrubHub, review the code of peers, and ensure security and scalability of the features you work on. You’ll help to create the backlog of tech debt and features, suggesting areas for improvement and enhancement. You’ll actively work with other team members in the domain and be a team player.

What You Bring to the Table

• 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 with emphasis on future evolution
• Experience with complex systems composed of multiple components spread across the network
• AWS experience, or similar cloud based offerings
• Automated testing experience applicable for services (junit/testing, mockito + jmeter/ gatling.io)
• Strong fundamentals (data structures, algorithms)
• Experience developing highly-available distributed systems (4x9’s uptime etc.)
• Building observability as part of the application
• Experience modeling system resource requirements as system load changes
• Interest in working for a fast paced, product oriented tech company
• Distributed database experience with Cassandra or similar NoSQL database experience preferred
• Docker, or similar containerized solutions
• CI / CD tools experience like Gradle, Jenkins, Spinnaker, or similar technologies
• Experience leading as an individual contributor, i.e. time prioritization, self-management, and working within and across teams to drive results
• Dedication to improving the customer experience and designing systems to avoid poor customer experience during outages and guarantee the availability of services
• Passion for challenging the status quo, understanding new things, and solving problems in creative and unconventional ways
• A sense of accountability for developed software and ownership of upstream and downstream dependency

New York Base Salary

$176,000 - $183,500. Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k)
• Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company paid short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off including flexible time off for exempt employees
• Paid vacation for non-exempt employees
• Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law
• Paid parental leave
• Discounted meals
• Exclusive perks across the Wonder family of brands

Eligibility, effective dates, and available plan options vary by employment classification and location. To learn more about benefits for this role, visit our Careers page here.

Final Note

At Wonder, we build the best teams by hiring with an objective lens — evaluating people for their potential while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. As part of our commitment to fair and compliant hiring practices, Wonder participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility.

Company Overview

Join Our Team At Grubhub, we champion restaurants from coast to coast. Restaurants sit at the heart of communities. It’s our mission to strengthen their roots, deepen their connections, and increase the positive impact they have on people and society. Grubhub, part of Wonder, delivers the best local, authentic cuisine right to diners’ doors—and new customers and billions in revenue to local businesses. Featuring over hundreds of thousands of merchants in over 4,000 cities nationwide, our innovative technology, user-friendly platforms, and streamlined delivery capabilities have made us an industry leader in the world of online food ordering. Since we opened our doors in 2004, Grubhub has been opening doors all across the country. Bakery doors in Hyde Park, jibarito joint doors in Queens, and doors of opportunity all across the country. Join our team and help us open more.