Wonder · 5 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
Wonder is a company that provides a unique platform for food delivery from a variety of award-winning restaurant partners. They are seeking a product-minded Staff Backend Engineer to develop their Kitchen Display System and optimize operational flows as they expand across the country.
E-CommerceFood and BeverageFood DeliveryRestaurants
Responsibilities
Working closely with operations researchers, product managers, product designers, and other engineers to design and build transformative systems including our kitchen sequencing and kitchen display system
Leading technical projects from planning through execution and delivery
Collaborating with Operations Researchers and Product Managers to translate advanced optimization algorithms into robust, scalable, and production ready code
Enhance our KDS simulator, transforming it into a standalone, modular tool for offline research and 'what-if' analysis
Develop and maintain data infrastructure for real-time and historical data inputs, including lab or data, appliance capacity, and line build times, to feed our sequencing algorithms
Design and implement robust monitoring, alerting, and telemetry systems to ensure the operational excellence of our sequencing services
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
5-8+ 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
Preferred
Strong working knowledge of Java and the JVM
Experience with microservice architectures
Benefits
Equity
401K
Multiple medical, dental, and vision plans
Company
Wonder
Wonder is a food delivery startup that operates truck-based restaurants from which consumers can order food through a mobile app.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.5BKey Investors
New Enterprise AssociatesNestleBain Capital Ventures
2025-05-06Series D· $600M
2024-11-13Series C· $250M
2024-03-19Series Unknown· $700M
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