Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Boston, MA
Hybrid
216K-324K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Food • Sales • Software
Grubhub connects millions of diners with the food they love from their favorite local restaurants.
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer at Grubhub, you will develop and maintain scalable applications, evaluate technologies, write concise code, and help create a tech backlog. You will collaborate with your team and ensure application performance, security, and reliability, while dedicating effort to customer experience and software accountability.
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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!
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
  • 7+ 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, Spinnaker, 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


The base salary range for this position is below:
New York: $215,500- $323,500 base salary range
Grubhub 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.
And Of Course, Perks!

  • 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. 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.


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 [email protected] 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.
If you are a resident of the State of California and would like a copy of our CA privacy notice, please email [email protected].

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
10,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

Grubhub is part of Just Eat Takeaway.com (LSE: JET, AMS: TKWY), and is a leading U.S. food ordering and delivery marketplace. Dedicated to connecting diners with the food they love from their favorite local restaurants, Grubhub elevates food ordering through innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms, and an improved delivery experience. Grubhub features more than 375,000 restaurant partners in over 4,000 U.S. cities.

Why Work With Us

Our teams thrive in a fast paced environment that strives to reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities we serve. We value curiosity and data-driven mindsets to empower each other to think like owners, and innovate like entrepreneurs all while maintaining a healthy work-life balance and offering opportunities for professional growth

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Grubhub Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We offer a flexible working environment where we value our in-person culture, while balancing the needs of our people with the needs of the business.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
HQChicago, IL
Boston, MA
New York, NY
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