Staff Engineer - Backend
About The Position
Grubhub, part of Wonder, 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! About the team: This team will own the Catalog and Merchant platforms - the core domain models and services that power our merchant subsystem and drive discovery across the diner experience. 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
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
- Experience building services that enable high-scale, performant client applications (both server and UI).
- Strong coding abilities (Java, Kotlin, Scala / Python / C++ or equivalent) and experience with architectural patterns of large application-driven products.
- Demonstrated hands-on expertise in architecting, building, and maintaining highly available services in a large service-oriented architecture.
- Experience in partnering with other leaders in setting product strategy.
- Experience building versioned, public APIs consumed by external applications.
- Shipped several large scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams.
- Technical leadership and strong communication skills with ability to lead other experienced engineers.
Responsibilities
- delivery
- deployment
- maintenance
- monitoring the performance of your applications and the platform as a whole
- evaluate tools, technologies, frameworks, and vendors for the platform along with other senior team members
- 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
- help to create the backlog of tech debt and features, suggesting areas for improvement and enhancement
- actively work with other team members in the domain and be a team player
Benefits
- PTO. Grubhub employees enjoy a generous amount of time to recharge.
- Health and Wellness. Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits, 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. At Grubhub we believe in giving back through programs like the Grubhub Community Fund. Employees are also given paid time off each year to support the causes that are important to them.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Telecommunications
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
