Senior Software Engineer- Backend
Grubhub
About The Opportunity
We’re all about connecting hungry diners with our network of over 300,000 restaurants 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!
Why Work For Us
Grubhub is a place where authentically fun culture meets innovation and teamwork. We believe in empowering people and opening doors for new opportunities. If you’re looking for a place that values strong relationships, embraces diverse ideas–all while having fun together–Grubhub is the place for you!
We're looking for someone to join the Scheduled Team Order team as a Sr. Software Engineer (Backend) who will be responsible for owning and building many key features of Grubhub Corporate. We're building best-in-class food ordering and delivery experience for our corporate customers. We obsess over the customer experience and work to reduce the number of hurdles of coordinating this for our customers feeding thousands of their people.
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, 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
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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