Backend Engineering Manager

3 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Grubhub Full time

At Grubhub, we're seeking a seasoned Backend Engineering Manager to spearhead our technical efforts. This pivotal role requires a proven leader with expertise in translating business objectives into actionable technical plans.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement technical strategies to drive business growth and improve user satisfaction.
  • Lead a high-performing team of software engineers, providing guidance on career progression, planning, and challenging them to continuously raise the bar.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and other technologists to create software aligned with business and technical priorities.
  • Ensure delivery, deployment, maintenance, and monitoring of applications and platforms.
  • Evaluate tools, technologies, and vendors for the platform, working closely with senior team members.
  • Drive quality and adherence to established engineering and operational guidelines within the team.
  • Facilitate agile operations by overseeing sprints and managing the team backlog.
  • Participate in future product direction, drive technology strategy, and execute on plans.

Requirements:

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in a science, programming, or engineering-related field.
  • 7+ years of experience building highly scalable consumer-facing applications, preferably in e-commerce.
  • 3+ years of experience managing engineers and providing mentorship, career progression, and planning in a formal setting.
  • Strong proficiency in Java, C#, or a similar modern object-oriented language.
  • Fundamentals of computer science, including object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms, to guide the team in building optimal solutions.
  • Experience in architecting, designing, and developing testable, fault-tolerant, and performant software.
  • AWS experience or similar cloud-based offerings.
  • Experience with eventually consistent databases, including Cassandra, MongoDB, CouchDB, and ElasticSearch.
  • Automated testing experience applicable for services, including JUnit, Mockito, JMeter, and Gatling.io.
  • Experience in developing highly available distributed systems with 5x9s uptime.
  • Familiarity with Docker, containerized solutions, CI/CD tools like Gradle, Jenkins, and stakeholder management with data-driven communication and prioritization.

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