Software Engineer, Favor

Back End

Salary not provided

PHP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Scala

Java

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

MySQL

REST API

Junior and Mid level

Austin

3 days a week in office

Food & essential order service

Job no longer available

Food & essential order service

1001+ employees

B2CB2BFoodDeliveryeCommerce

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

PHP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Scala

Java

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

MySQL

REST API

Junior and Mid level

Austin

3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CB2BFoodDeliveryeCommerce

Company mission

To create a more connected community to get anything delivered through an affordable and personalized service.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience
2+ years of experience in software engineering
Experience with object-oriented or functional programming languages including SOLID principles
Experience in a high-growth startup a plus
Ability to take technical direction to deliver well-scoped work
Ability to design working algorithms and analyze their performance
Knowledge of application testing strategies, including unit, integration, end-to-end, and performance tests
Ability to plan and design individual components and functions
Familiar with architecture patterns such as SOA, Event-driven, or n-tier
Ability to walk through and manually debug existing code. Understanding of RESTful API best practices
Ability to communicate clearly with UX and design, product management, and across engineering teams
Understanding database concepts such as joins and indexes, and the ability to alter data structures
Experience or familiarity with one or more of the following technologies: PHP, Scala, Kotlin, Java, MySQL, Postgres, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Elasticsearch, JUnit, Github Actions

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer at Favor you will be responsible for all phases of development, testing, and deployment of our web applications, back-end services, databases, and data warehouse
You will work closely with our product and operations teams to understand customer needs, build simple solutions to complex problems, and deliver delightful experiences to all our users
Assist in research and fact finding to develop or modify applications
Fix bugs and update the code base while working closely with senior engineers
Participate in the planning and execution of development projects
Partner with cross-functional technology teams to integrate solutions

Our take

More and more people are looking to get things delivered fast, and businesses are trying to find inventive ways to meet the demand and get people’s purchases to them as quickly as possible. Favor solves this problem, with an on-demand delivery service that depends on “runners” to get products to customers quickly.

Customers can browse on the Favor app and select items from their list or input items from other stores in the delivery zone, and Favor runners will collect the item and deliver it within an hour. While many on-demand delivery services struggle to scale, Favor itself has managed to expand its operations across Texas and into Philadelphia.

A handful of the company's early rivals have since gone out of business, but the company is challenged by deep-pocketed businesses like DoorDash and Uber Eats. That said, its progress so far has been good, and Favor continues to innovate - for example with its B2B “Shop & Deliver” platform.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

5% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (2.9)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2017

$22m

SERIES B

Mar 2015

$13m

SERIES A

Total funding: $35m

Company benefits

Premium health, vision, dental, life and 401(k) options
Complimentary meals, commuter benefits, dependent care, and of course - Favor delivery credit and H-E-B discounts
Fitness center in the office
Beer Fridays, quarterly company-wide events, and regular connection opportunities
HQ in the heart of East Austin with multiple lounge areas, a coffee bar, library, fully stocked kitchen and more
Unlimited PTO for salary employees and ample vacation time to all team members
Regular Learning Labs taught by internal team members and external facilitators

Company HQ

Holly, Austin, TX

Leadership

Keith Duncan

(CEO)

Began working at the company as SVP of Sales & Business Development and was promoted to CRO within 4 years. They then worked as CRO at Orchard before returning to Favor as CEO in 2023.

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