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 are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to be part of the loyalty back-end team of Grubhub with missions to lead the team to tackle engineering challenges.
The Impact You Will Make

• The candidate will be part of the loyalty back-end team of Grubhub with missions to lead the team to tackle engineering challenges.
• Write performant code and ensure the overall code quality output from the team.
• Ability to identify performance issues in a large-scale application that impacts our customers and provide solutions that align with product directions.
• Know how to troubleshoot multi-service production issues and can lead a cross functional team effort to debug them.
• Address any securities or vulnerabilities and lead the team to resolve them in a timely manner.
• Ensure adoption of good security practices for our services and systems within the organization.
• Working with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into manageable tasks.
• Ensure high quality of code delivered into our production environment with rigorous code review and testing.
• Advocate the team to identify and address technical debts and introduce opportunities to automation when appropriate.
• Have a high sense of ownership for the systems or services that the team manages to allow its highest stability possible.
• Communicate clearly and effectively across teams, stakeholders and leadership and bring team collaboration to the highest efficient level as possible.
• Mentor other team members and help the team grow.

What You Bring to the Table

• Minimum degree required: Preferably BS or MS in Computer Science or Mathematics.
• 5 years of experience in building back-end applications and have had exposure to working with microservice architectures.
• Good understanding of algorithms, data structures.
• Experience working with Java or Scala programming (or any functional programming languages before).
• Experience working with distributed systems with high scalability and availability.
• Experience designing, building and load testing large scale systems.
• Experience working in a dynamic environment that contains multiple projects and requires cross-team collaboration.
• Nice to have experience working with any e-commerce platform before.
• Possess clear verbal communication and concise technical writing skills to leverage technical documentation and system architecture materials for the organization.

NYC Salary Range: $215,500 - $269,500
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. 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.
• Compensation. You'll receive a great compensation package with eligibility for generous incentives, commission, or RSUs (role-specific).
• Free Meals. Our employees get a weekly Grubhub credit to enjoy and support local restaurants.
• 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 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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