Software Engineering Manager

Grubhub

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health and Wellness benefits

Weekly Grubhub credit

Support for community causes

Job summary

A leading food tech company in Chicago seeks an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to manage and lead engineering teams. Responsibilities include building and scaling new features while collaborating with diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have substantial experience in software engineering and team management, alongside strong technical skills in Java and AWS. This role offers a full-time position with competitive benefits including flexible PTO and health insurance.

Qualifications

7+ years of software engineering experience including 2+ years of management experience.
Experience managing a team of Engineers and providing mentorship.
Experience prioritizing and improving test coverage.

Responsibilities

Lead and coach a team of senior and junior engineers.
Craft a meaningful vision for the team.
Run your team's agile ceremonies.

Skills

Proficiency with Java

Proficiency with Kotlin

Microservice architecture

Kafka

Python

Apache Spark

AWS offerings (EC2, S3, Lambda)

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Programming or Engineering

Job description

Overview

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Grubhub & Wonder

Why Work For Us

Grubhub, part of Wonder Group Inc, is all about connecting hungry diners with our network of over 375,000 merchants nationwide. Innovative technology, user-friendly platforms and streamlined delivery capabilities set us apart and make us an industry leader in the world of online food ordering. When you join our team, you become part of a community that works together to innovate, solve problems, grow, work hard and have a ton of fun in the process!

The Impact You Will Make

We’re looking for someone to join the Merchant team as an Engineering Manager who will be responsible for owning and building core order processing services as well key partner integrations across convenience, grocery, alcohol, and other new vertical spaces. This is an opportunity to shape how we bridge the gap between prepared foods and consumer packaged goods while connecting millions of users with the products that they need in real time. You will be responsible for a team that will define, architect, build, maintain, and scale new and innovative features for our users. Our Engineering Managers wear a lot of hats – you will work with other technology teams, product managers, product designers, and business stakeholders to build new business lines and scale them to millions of users across the country.

Duties will include

Lead and coach a team of senior and junior engineers tasked with delivering performant, flexible, and scalable features.
Craft a meaningful vision for the team, working in concert with product managers and other multi-location technology teams. Guide the team as you build out features that pave the way for new lines of business.
Work with product and business leaders to identify your roadmap and build deliverables and timelines.
Run your team's agile ceremonies. Positively influence the planning, refinement, and execution of your team’s goals in a rapid development environment.
Build a diverse team while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
Build and utilize metrics to analyze features as they are deployed to Production to ensure they are functioning as expected and properly alerting when necessary.
Contribute to the adoption of strong software architecture, development best practices, and new technologies.

What You Bring to the Table

Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Programming or Engineering related field or equivalent practical experience
7+ years software engineering experience including 2+ years of management experience
Experience managing a team of Engineers and providing mentorship and coaching on career growth.
Strong proficiency with Java, Kotlin, and microservice architecture. Kafka, Python, and Apache Spark experience is helpful.
Strong understanding of AWS offerings like EC2, S3, and Lambda.
Experience building multi-datacenter hot-hot architectures.
Ability to debug production issues with observability and logging tools.
Pattern of building, owning, and maintaining scalable and reusable services, features, and components
Experience prioritizing and improving test coverage while designing for testability
Track record of advocating for the adoption of strong software architecture, development best practices, and new technologies
Experience being self-directed and responsible for deliverables
Familiar with Agile methodologies
You will work with your team to monitor and ensure the health of the platform, which includes a 24/7 hour on-call rotation, to ensure a great customer experience

Behaviors we expect of all leaders in our engineering organization

Build and enable great teams - Leaders recruit, inspire, grow and empower amazing people and teams. They remove blockers, coach, and build mechanisms to enable scale, efficiency, and quality.
We recognize, celebrate, and double down on success - Our employees are multi-faceted, recognizing their skills and interests will keep our people engaged and motivated.
Know what you’re talking about - We dive deep, understanding the subject matter at the absolute not the abstract level. We build trust because we understand and focus on the details. You have shown the ability to gather the data required to make your decisions.
High Bar - Leaders set the bar high, push the boundaries, and hold themselves and teams accountable.
Innovative - Leaders think long-term and platform-wide, inventing their way around constraints to deliver breakthrough solutions, not settling for the status quo.
Make Informed Decisions - We favor data-driven, objective decisions. Never myopic or short sighted, always focused on what’s right for Grubhub. We are also willing to revisit the decision when the world changes.
Ownership - Leaders own problems, decisions, and messages. We look for people to broaden their responsibility and accountability beyond the things they directly own or have direct influence over.
Humble and self-critical - Leaders always learn, admit mistakes, and strive to improve.
Trust and respect - Leaders earn trust through the consistency, transparency, and fairness of their actions. We always treat others with respect.
Get stuff done - Leaders focus on results. They simplify complexity, executing with a sense of urgency and purpose.
Communicates Effectively - Listen actively, stay engaged in conversation, be genuine & authentic, understand impact of words and nonverbal cues.

Compensation and Benefits

Flexible PTO Grubhub employees enjoy a generous amount of time to recharge.
Health and Wellness Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits, 401k matching, employee network groups and paid parental leave are just a few of our programs to support your overall well-being.
Free Meals Our employees get a weekly Grubhub credit to enjoy.
Social Impact Grubhub supports the Grubhub Community Fund and offers paid time off to support causes important to employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Grubhub is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity and encourage a workplace that is just as diverse as the customers we serve. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. If you’re applying for a job in the U.S. and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to TalentAcquisition@grubhub.com and let us know the nature of your request and contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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