Wonder

Staff Engineer

Wonder$208K — $216K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience building highly-scalable backend systems for interactive applications.
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, Kotlin, or Typescript.
  • Experience managing complex distributed microservices in the cloud (preferably AWS).
  • Familiarity with large scale datastores like Cassandra and Redis, and RDBMS/NoSQL like MySQL and MongoDB.
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and modern CI/CD practices is a plus.
  • Proven advocacy for strong software architecture and new technology adoption.
  • Ability to mentor and guide engineers across varying levels.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop high performance, low latency backend systems.
  • Implement improvements to engineering processes and systems.
  • Collaborate with leadership to plan future backend architecture.
  • Mentor junior engineers on best practices and technologies.
  • Use data to inform business and engineering decisions.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to define user experience.
  • Own code and features from development to deployment.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k).
  • Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Company-paid short and long term disability coverage.
  • Flexible paid time off for exempt employees and vacation for non-exempt employees.
  • Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law and parental leave.
  • Discounted meals and exclusive perks across the Wonder family of brands.
Full Job Description
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.

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

About Wonder

World of Wonder Productions is an American production company founded in 1991 by filmmakers Randy Barbato and Portsmouth-born Fenton Bailey. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in documentary television and film productions, with credits including the Million Dollar Listing docuseries, RuPaul's Drag Race, and the documentary films Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Together, Bailey and Barbato have produced programming through World of Wonder for HBO, Bravo, HGTV, Showtime, the BBC, Netflix, and VH1. World of Wonder is perhaps best known for its contributions towards LGBTQ programming, for which they won an Outfest Annual Achievement Award in 2011. Their most well known LGBTQ production is RuPaul's Drag Race, having managed the career of drag queen and titular host RuPaul for many years before this, eventually producing the franchise alongside the majority of its live shows, podcasts, television specials, and conventions.
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