Ritual delivers more than just an avenue to skip the lunch line - we serve up a true community experience, helping you connect with your social circle and local businesses via seamless technology, all built around what humans love most - food. Since day one, our mission here at Ritual has been to help restaurants thrive.
We’re looking for an experienced Staff Backend Engineer to help us design and build scalable, reliable services to support our growing business. The ideal Staff Backend Engineer is someone who is highly collaborative, can provide technical guidance, and has a high bar for quality in an agile, iterative environment.
The juicy stuff, you’re probably wondering what our tech stack is: We are primarily a Java shop hosted on Google Cloud. Our services are using Docker/Kubernetes and communicate via OpenAPI standards. Our data layer is in MySQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch, and our customers interact with our application via native iOS and Android apps, as well as a web (React) interface.
As a Staff Backend Engineer at Ritual you will…
- Discover and solve complex technical problems that have company-wide impact.
- Contribute to the technical strategy and direction for broad or complex requirements for the backend of our application.
- Work hands-on while producing high-quality maintainable code.
- Assist in driving engineering design and architecture decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Optimize and improve existing backend infrastructure for performance, reliability, and scalability.
We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer that has…
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience delivering high quality software.
- Significant professional experience with Java, Spring / Spring Boot.
- Experience working with Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
- Proficiency in MySQL or other relational databases.
- Experience contributing to technical architecture discussions and technical decisions.
- Strong communication skills - can explain complex technical concepts to stakeholders.
What we offer:
- Contribute to a lifestyle-changing consumer product throughout North America, UK, and Australia.
- Ritual credits for you to spend at the best coffee & lunch spots in town.
- Healthcare coverage from day one, and a flexible vacation policy (Need time? Take time).
- Equity in the business - ownership is a key value at Ritual and we want you to share in our long-term success.
- Quarterly Wellness Days - your whole team takes an extra long weekend to refresh.
- Work alongside a truly elite engineering team while making a huge impact!
About Ritual:
Founded in 2014 by three serial entrepreneurs, we help small businesses thrive in a digital culture with the ease and convenience of push button ordering, while retaining the human connection that makes local shops special. We believe we’re making a positive cultural impact on a global scale - and our investors do, too: we’ve raised over $140M in funding, helping us bring Ritual to cities in Canada, the United States, the UK and Australia. Hungry for more? Visit us at https://ritual.co/
Ritual fosters and welcomes diverse teams and ideas: ideas that are new, different, and game-changing. We constantly strive to live up to our core values of authenticity, open-mindedness, and focusing on impact. We aim to build a culture where difference is valued, every team member has a seat at the table, and all voices are heard. It is thus our mission to attract and cultivate diverse perspectives by empowering our people to bring their authentic selves to work every day.
We are committed to continuous improvement, and a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates engaging in Ritual’s selection and interviewing process.
