Engineering Manager- Backend

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!
About the Team
The engineering team you will manage owns the products and services used to provide world-class customer service. We help support all of Grubhub's customers, which include our diners, drivers, and restaurants. In this role you will manage a wide range of micro-services that power our Care policy, automation, search functionality, Care support agents, and BFF's (back-end for front-ends). The opportunities to learn, grow and impact the entire Grubhub product offerings are endless as this engineering team supports nearly every facet of the Grubhub marketplace.
The Impact You Will Make

• Lead a backend focused team of senior and junior engineers tasked with delivering performant, flexible, and scalable platform services to the Grubhub Care and internal tools platforms.
• Create a meaningful vision for the team, working together with various stakeholders across multiple verticals.
• Work with product and business leaders to identify your roadmap and build deliverables.
• Run your team's Agile ceremonies. Positively influence the planning, refinement, and execution of your team's goals in a rapid development environment.

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Programming or Engineering related field.
• 6+ years experience building highly-scalable consumer-facing applications
• 3+ years experience managing a team of Engineers and providing mentorship and career progression and planning in a formal setting
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Java, C#, or a similar modern object-oriented language
• Experience architecting, designing and developing testable, scalable, fault tolerant, and performant software
• Experience developing distributed systems and cloud computing services such as AWS
• Experience with eventually consistent databases (Cassandra/MongoDB/CouchDB)

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 [email protected] 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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