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Senior Software Engineer; Backend

Job in New York, New York County, New York, 10261, USA
Listing for: Wonder
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-11-04
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Senior Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 176000 - 183500 USD Yearly USD 176000.00 183500.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Location: New York

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 Grub Hub, 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
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 Grub Hub, 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 No

    SQL 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.

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…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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