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!
Grubhub is looking for a Director of Engineering - Data Platform to build and lead all our data & ml platform and event-driven data lake/mesh efforts. You will be heading multiple teams of passionate and skilled engineers responsible for building and owning data microservices, event-driven streaming, batch data pipelines that process tens of terabytes of data daily and support all of the warehousing, analytics, machine learning and data science needs across the organization.
The Impact You Will Make

• Develop the platform vision and roadmap strategy to provide proactive solutions and enable stakeholders to extract insights and value from data.
• Raise engineering bar. Build high-quality engineering teams and design the teams to scale.
• Work with strong engineering leaders across organizations and partner with them to create robust solutions to complex technical problems.

What You Bring to the Table

• 8 years in a leadership/management capacity around engineering, building data pipelines and data products.
• Ability to dive deep into key business metrics and strategy and to help define our short- and long-term business objectives, matching them to technical goals
• Familiar with both modern data technologies and event-driven microservice architecture. Being a technologist and providing guidance to your teams and throughout the company.
• Excellent communication, adaptability and collaboration skills. Partner with cross-functional peers and other stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of any of the backend languages: Java and/or Scala, Python, etc.
• Experience with AWS, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, DataDog, Splunk, etc. is a plus!

New York Salary Range: $$241,500- $314,000
The Base Pay component of our Total Rewards package is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: job responsibilities, location, experience and, education/certifications. In addition to the pay component, this role may be eligible for equity and benefits as part of the Total Rewards package. The Total Rewards package will be determined at the time a contingent offer is made.
And Of Course, Perks!

• Flexible PTO/PTO. Grubhub employees enjoy a generous amount of time to recharge.
• Health and Wellness. Excellent medical benefits, employee network groups and paid parental leave are just a few of our programs to support your overall well-being.
• Learning and Career Growth. Your personal and professional development is a priority at Grubhub. We empower you to be a leader and grow your career through training, coaching and mentorship opportunities.
• MealPerks. Get meals on us! Our employees get a weekly Grubhub credit to enjoy and support local restaurants.
• Fun. Every Grubhub office has an employee-led Culture Crew that connects people through fun, meaningful events and initiatives like Wellness Wednesdays, Slack competitions and virtual happy hours!
• Social Impact. At Grubhub we believe in giving back through programs like the Grubhub Community Relief Fund and donating $1 million to the Equal Justice Initiative in 2020. 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 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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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 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