Backend Software Engineer

Imagine: 30 unique restaurants to order from, brought to your door in under 30 minutes. That’s what our customers experience. At Wonder, we are making world-class food within reach, no matter where you live. Tech drives our entire process from raw ingredients all the way to your door — this vertical integration provides a new standard of dining that allows you to enjoy menus from award-winning chefs and iconic restaurants across the country, all in one place. Our elevated brick + mortar locations offer pick up and dine in options, as well as delivery to your home. As a food-tech startup backed by top-tier venture capitalists and led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs — including some of the most accomplished leaders in the technology, culinary, and logistics industries — we’re growing fast. Join us in pioneering a new category of dining — “Fast-Fine” — and revolutionizing the way people eat. You’ll work in a supportive and collaborative environment where our culture and values — Mastery, Compassion, and Courage — are taken as seriously as delivering an incredible experience for our customers. About the Role We're looking for a product-minded senior back end engineer to drive our restaurant platform forward. As an individual contributor on the Wonder tech team, you will be critical in developing our Kitchen Display System — the primary system that will power our restaurants as we expand from tens to hundreds of locations across the country. You will design and implement features that optimize complex operational flows, enable operational analytics, and simplify the preparation of high quality food across hundreds of restaurants and menu items. Qualifications for the Role Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 5+ years of experience in software engineering. Proven experience in implementing high-quality systems. Deep proficiency with one or more modern programming languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin, C#, C++, etc. Deep proficiency with both relational and document databases: MySQL, Postgres, CosmosDB, MongoDB, etc. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical challenges. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills What You're Experienced In Working closely with product managers, product designers, and other engineers to design and build transformative systems. Leading technical projects from planning through execution and delivery. Designing and maintaining distributed systems comprised of both synchronous and asynchronous services, as well as data infrastructure with varied consistency guarantees and performance characteristics. Working with public cloud infrastructure such as Azure, AWS, or GCP. Working with modern orchestration and containerization products such as Kubernetes, Docker, etc. What You're Passionate About Creating clean, well-documented, and easily maintainable code. Achieving operational excellence in the development lifecycle. Robust integration and unit tests that support confident deployment of complex feature and system changes Strong opinions on CI/CD and how application teams work within the platform. Understanding every aspect of your systems, particularly through the collection of telemetry data. Bonus Points Strong working knowledge of Java and the JVM. Experience with microservice architectures. 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. We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed. A Final Note At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your 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. If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you. We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy. #J-18808-Ljbffr