Senior Software Engineer at GrubHub in Chicago, IL

We have a fast-paced environment and that is what our teams thrive on. Grubhub believes in empowering people and offering opportunities for development, as well as professional growth. We value strong, positive relationships in all areas: with each other, our customers and our greater community. DO you want to be part of a team of diverse collaborators in an authentically fun culture? If so, we want to talk to you - and hear what’s your favorite restaurant for food delivery!

Our Ruby on Rails Developers sit on our Platform engineering team to build and maintain the core set of systems that power the LevelUp ecosystem, an online ordering interface and network of dozens of mobile payments apps (maybe even the ones you use to order lunch) and point-of-sale integrations. We are a team of smart, highly motivated engineers that place a high value on writing well crafted, thoroughly tested, and maintainable code. We’re growing extremely fast and are taking on the exciting challenges of keeping up with new product development while scaling our services to support higher volume and more clients.

The Impact You Will Make

• How can we empower businesses to excite and reward their customers in new ways?
• What interesting things can we do with SKU-level data when a user places an order?
• Why should businesses keep using LevelUp or run more campaigns? How can we help them reach those conclusions more easily?
• Who might want to build on top of our platform and how can we make sure our API supports their needs?
• When will our system reach its breaking point? What must be done now to push back that date?

What You Bring to the Table

• 4+ years professional software development experience with a modern web framework like Django or Rails
• Team player with excellent written and spoken English communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or ample real-world experience
• Previous experience with relational database design fundamentals (PostgreSQL)
• Distributed version control expertise with Git.