Senior Frontend Engineer

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 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!

The team is in charge of multiple in-restaurant solutions, including food ordering kiosks, POSs (cash registers), KDSs (app that shows order queue to the kitchen and allows the kitchen staff to let customers know their food is ready), CDS (TV that shows customers the status of their orders - preparing / ready), among others. The team handles both the frontend (React Native, React) and the backend (Python) for the above products, as well as multiple integrations with external software and hardware providers.

The Impact You Will Make:

• Taking features and breaking them down into smaller pieces/units of work, ensuring that each part aligns with the overall goal and objectives.

• Creating tickets in JIRA and specifying acceptance criteria, ensuring clear and concise communication of the requirements to the development team.

• Working with the design team to help define the user experience and user flow, bridging the gap between design and technical implementation.

• Estimating at a high level and estimating tickets during ticket refinement, providing realistic timelines to facilitate efficient planning.

• Working with product managers, designers, and other engineers to figure out what needs to be done to build a feature, plan it out, and then execute – sometimes individually, sometimes leading a small group of other frontend engineers. This role will be a lot of heads-down development, but it also requires good communication with others, wise translation of product requirements into features, and sometimes directing the work of others.

What you Bring to the Table:

• 5+ years of experience building highly-scalable interactive web applications

• Growing/ mentoring junior engineers

• Expert knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 (experience using Typescript and SCSS is a plus)

• Demonstrated ability to use a modern web framework or library such as React Pattern of designing scalable and reusable components and features.

• Experience working in a test-driven development environment Track record of advocating for the adoption of strong software architecture, development of best practices, and new technologies.

• Experience being self-directed and responsible for deliverables Familiar with Agile methodologies, including breaking down large features and creating tickets with detailed acceptance criteria.

• By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to Grubhub's commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction, utilizing your skills in Frontend development, project management, and collaboration.

• If you're an energetic individual looking to make an impact in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then Grubhub Corporate Engineering is the place to be!

Benefits & Perks:

• Annual learning budget for personal development

• Every other Sunday off

• 20 day of paid time off per year

• Private health insurance at company's expense

• Food stiped for days in office

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 TalentAcquisition@grubhub.com 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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