Senior Staff Software Engineer

GrubHub Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

Wonder, a vertically integrated food company, seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to set the technical direction for ordering, planning, production, inventory, and fulfillment systems. This hands-on role focuses on backend systems, cross-team collaboration, and delivering scalable services with strong design principles.

You will own cross-system architecture, mentor engineers, and partner with product, design, and operations to ensure reliable delivery and performance in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of backend software engineering experience, including time at a staff level or equivalent scope.
• Strong system design skills and a track record of architecting, shipping, and operating production services.
• Deep proficiency in at least one JVM language; Kotlin preferred.
• Experience owning a technical domain end to end, from data model to production operations.

Responsibilities

• Design core services for ordering, planning, production, inventory, and fulfillment.
• Lead cross-system technical designs and architecture reviews across multiple domains.
• Mentor senior and staff engineers and drive post‑mortems toward systemic fixes.
• Define event models, data contracts, and service boundaries; build scalable integrations with inventory, warehouse, and supplier systems.

Skills

Kotlin

System design

Mentoring

Cross-team leadership

Distributed systems

gRPC

Event sourcing

CQRS

Production operations

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GRPC

Job description

About Wonder

Everything’s on the menu at Wonder. Except compromise. Wonder is the mealtime platform built to feed every craving in one order. With Wonder, you can mix and match hundreds of dishes from 20+ exclusive restaurants in a single order, so everyone gets exactly what they’re craving. Enjoy everything from tacos to Thai with $0 delivery fees, plus dine-in or pick up at a Wonder location near you. Each dish is made to order on-site by our culinary team and served hot. Behind the scenes, Wonder owns and operates every step of the dining experience, from recipe development to the technology that powers our experience, allowing us to deliver quality, variety, and consistency at scale. Join us as we work to make great food more accessible.

About The Opportunity

A vertically integrated food company runs on thousands of decisions a day: what to order, what to make, what to move, what to ship, what to cut. Those decisions happen across dozens of facilities, hundreds of operators, and a supply chain that is growing in both scale and complexity. The systems behind those decisions have to be correct, fast, and durable - when they fall behind reality, food is wasted, orders go short, and the experience breaks down. We’re looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to set the technical direction for those systems. This is a hands‑on, backend‑heavy individual contributor role on our Supply Chain Technology team. You’ll own cross‑system architecture across ordering, planning, production, inventory, and fulfillment, spanning several technical areas and the teams that depend on them. You’ll partner closely with product, design, data, and operations, and act as the technical leader other engineers check their designs against.

The Impact

Designing and implementing the core services behind ordering, planning, production, inventory, and fulfillment. Leading development efforts across several technical areas at once, and supporting the teams that contribute to them. Creating cross‑system technical designs that balance operational requirements with technical quality. Defining the event models, service boundaries, and data contracts that other teams build against. Building scalable services that integrate with inventory, warehouse, and third‑party supplier systems. Establishing patterns and practices for robust error handling and system resilience. Mentoring senior and staff engineers, and setting the bar in code reviews and architectural decisions. Driving design reviews and post‑mortems toward systemic fixes rather than symptomatic ones. Developing solutions that optimize network throughput, inventory accuracy, and cost.

What You Bring to the Table

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. 9+ years of experience in backend software engineering, including time at a staff level or equivalent scope. Strong system design skills and a track record of architecting, shipping, and operating production services. Deep proficiency in at least one JVM language. We primarily use Kotlin. Experience owning a technical domain end to end, from data model to production operations. Track record of leading cross‑team technical initiatives through influence rather than authority. Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical challenges of any complexity. Track record of mentoring senior engineers and raising the engineering bar of the teams around you. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead technical discussions with product, design, and operations partners. Project management experience is a plus. Got these? Even Better Experience with complex supply chain, logistics, or warehouse management systems. Event sourcing and CQRS, including event schema design, replay, and projection rebuilds. Strong proficiency in Kotlin and the JVM ecosystem. Knowledge of gRPC service implementation. Inventory management, production planning and scheduling, or demand forecasting systems. Working with large‑scale operational datasets.

Our hybrid model requires 3 days a week in the office. That said, many team members choose to come in more often to take advantage of in‑person collaboration and connection. You’re welcome—and encouraged—to be in the office up to 5 days a week if it works for you. #LI‑Hybrid

Salary

New York: $240,000 - $249,500 per year. 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

The benefits applicable to this role include a competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k). We also offer a 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, and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law in addition to paid parental leave, discounted meals and 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.

A 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. If you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

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.