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About the job

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

5+ 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

New York Base Salary: $176,000 - $183,500.

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 .

A Final Note

At Wonder, we build the best teams by hiring with an objective lens — evaluating people for their potential while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. As part of our commitment to fair and compliant hiring practices, Wonder participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility. If you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

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