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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # backend software engineer - **Company:** Grubhub Inc. - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $208,500.0 - $216,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Software Architecture, Redis, Software Systems, TypeScript, Datadog, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Cassandra, Terraform, Splunk, New Relic (SaaS), Docker, Microservices - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2977314399-2 ## About the Role * 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 ## Description 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. 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