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Grubhub

Database Reliability Engineer II

Grubhub, Chicago, IL, United States


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 Day to Day:

As an SRE in the "Runtime Engineering" org, you'll co-own critical production service designs, ensuring high reliability. You'll drive improvements in reliability and observability using SLOs and telemetry data. Your responsibilities include building and enhancing internal tools and automation software to maintain production services effectively and safely. Leading reliability-focused practices, such as Failure Analysis, Load and Capacity Planning, Service Reviews, Architecture Designs, and Incident Postmortems, are also part of your role.

As a senior engineer, you will also be mentoring other junior engineers.

What You'll Need:

  • 4+ years of experience in similar role
  • Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub actions, or similar.
  • Software Engineering experience in Python, Go, or a similar object-oriented language.
  • Microservice Architecture and Application Design Experience.
  • Distributed monitoring experience: SLOs, metrics, tracing, etc.
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes-based software solutions and their ecosystem
  • Working knowledge of Cloud technologies (AWS, Compute/Containers, Storage, Linux, networking, etc).
  • Technical writing, documentation, and communication skills.
  • Experience with highly trafficked web-based services.

About Our Tech:

The On-Site tech stack includes Python and Go for tooling/automation and service code. We utilize New Relic and Splunk for monitoring, and our cloud technologies encompass AWS services like EKS, S3, ElastiCache, Lambda, etc. Data technologies include MongoDB, MySQL (RDS), Redis (ElasticCache), RabbitMQ, and Kafka.

And Of Course, Perks!

  • Flexible PTO. Grubhub employees enjoy a generous amount of time to recharge.
  • Health and Wellness. Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits, 401k matching, employee network groups and paid parental leave are just a few of our programs to support your overall well-being.
  • Compensation. You'll receive a highly-competitive compensation package with eligibility for generous incentives, bonuses, commission, and RSUs.
  • Free Meals. Our employees get a weekly Grubhub credit to enjoy and support local restaurants.
  • Social Impact. We believe in giving back through programs like the Grubhub Community Relief Fund, and provide our employees opportunities to support causes that are important to them.

Grubhub is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity and encourage a workplace that is just as diverse as the customers we serve.