Staff Engineer

About Grubhub

At Grubhub, we believe food is more than just a meal: It’s a source of discovery, connection, and pure enjoyment. There’s a time and place for every type of dish, from hidden neighborhood gems to tried-and-true favorites, and we exist to connect people with the food they love in all the ways they like to dig in. We’ve been at it since 2004, but now, as part of Wonder, Grubhub is operating with a renewed sense of momentum and the high-velocity energy of a powerhouse startup.

As a leading U.S. ordering and delivery marketplace, we feature over 415,000 merchants in more than 4,000 cities, creating the ultimate food experience by elevating online ordering through innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms, and an improved delivery experience. We are constantly finding new ways to innovate—from integrated grocery delivery with groceries powered by Instacart to exclusive loyalty programs. Join our team, based out of New York City and Chicago, and help us give our diners the exceptional value they deserve.

About the job

We’re all about connecting hungry diners with our network of over 400,000 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!

Grubhub is looking for a backend software engineer to join the team in Tel Aviv. Our team creates food delivery B2B2C products for corporate and consumers settings. We work closely with BE, Devops, Mobile and Web dev Teams to build end to end high scalability solutions for tens of millions of users across the US. Our products include food delivery for Hotels, Colleges, Hospitals, Corporate Headquarters and other locations. You will join a team of Senior engineers that build products end to end and gain experience working on cutting edge technologies.

The Impact You Will Make:

• Build and design high performance, low latency and high throughput BE systems.

• Raise the bar of the engineering org by thinking and implementing improvements to our engineering systems and processes.

• Work with engineering leadership to plan future architecture and BE solutions to meet our demanding high traffic requirements.

• Guide other engineers on best practices and modern technologies.

• Use data to drive business, product and engineering decisions.

• Work with the product, design and mobile teams to help define the user experience and user flow, bridging the gap between design and technical implementation.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Writing tested, performant software solutions.

• Working both solo and in squads to design, plan, implement, integrate and validate solutions to real problems.

• Acting as a mentor to junior members of the engineering team, and showing leadership in technical fields

• Cross collaboration within the different product, design and engineering teams. Partnering up with 3rd party vendors to introduce new solutions our users will enjoy.

• Owning your code and product features from conception to deployment and beyond.

• Supporting what you build - our engineers keep close to their deliverables and provide production support by participating in our on-call rotation.

• Showing a higher level of adaptability, learning and working on BE, FE, Infrastructure, Monitoring and any other part of the system your current task requires

What You Bring to the Table:

• 5+ years of experience building highly-scalable BE systems for interactive mobile and web applications.

• 5+ years Experience with a Python, Java, Kotlin or Typescript

• Experienced with building and managing complex distributed microservices in the cloud (AWS preferred or GCP/Azure/Etc).

• Experienced with large scale datastores such as Cassandra, Redis and modern RDBMS/NoSQL DBs such as MySQL, PostgreSQL & MongoDB is a plus.

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, New Relic/Datadog, Splunk and modern CI/CD is a plus.

• Experience of advocating for the adoption of strong software architecture, development of best practices, and new technologies.

• Demonstrated ability in guiding other engineers in varying levels to accomplish large projects

• Interest in working for a fast paced, product oriented tech company - and a mindset of getting things done

New York / New Jersey Base Salary: $208,500 - $216,500.

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

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.

We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.