Senior Software Engineer, Favor
Back End
Contact-free food and essential order service
Open for applications
Contact-free food and essential order service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a more connected community to get anything delivered through an affordable and personalized service.
Role
Who you are
- Do you get a thrill when you make an impact on hundreds of thousands of users?
- Do you want to work for a purpose- and value-driven company in a high-growth environment?
- 4–8 years of software engineering experience
- Experience or familiarity with one or more of the following technologies: Java, Kotlin, MySQL, Postgres, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Elasticsearch, JUnit, Jenkins
- Ability to design and build technical solutions without direct oversight
- Knowledge of coding patterns and their applicable uses to write performant, testable code
- Ability to utilize data structures and algorithms to solve problems
- Ability to write tests that cover the most common use cases and code paths
- Ability to use design patterns to design efficient, maintainable, and scalable features
- Experience developing solutions within a system architecture such as SOA, Event-driven, or n-tier
- Ability to read through code and identify areas that may lead to bugs
- Ability to make updates to existing APIs by adding endpoints, changing responses, and handling errors
- Ability to identify and communicate potential issues early and significantly contribute to team discussions
- You appreciate simple design
- You love to write clean, well-tested code (test-first or test-driven development approaches are a plus)
- You enjoy working with other engineers in a collaborative and iterative environment
- You communicate well with technical and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer at Favor, you will be responsible for all phases of development, testing, and deployment of our backend 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
- Independently build, diagnose, and fix very complex technical issues
- Assist in research and fact finding to develop or modify applications
- Fix bugs and perform updates to the code base while working closely with senior engineers
- Participate in the planning and execution of development projects
- Partner with multi-disciplinary technology teams to integrate solutions
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
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. For customers in a hurry, this is obviously appealing. While many on-demand delivery services struggle to scale, Favor itself has managed to scale its operations across Texas and expanded into Philadelphia in mid 2022.
This centralization has given the company an advantage over competitors who have since gone out of business, but it isn’t yet clear if other competitors will imitate Favor's approach to gain market share. The company faces strong challenges from deep-pocketed rivals like DoorDash and Uber Eats.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2017
$22m
SERIES B
Mar 2015
$13m
SERIES A
Total funding: $35m
Company benefits
- We offer premium health, vision, dental, life and 401(k) options. We go beyond the basics with complimentary meals, commuter benefits, dependent care, and of course - Favor delivery credit and H-E-B discounts
- With a fitness center in the office, we equip you with ways to stay healthy and happy. Any complimentary meals and snacks always feature health options
- Whether you’re an avid cyclist, dog lover, or Magic enthusiast, there’s a group for you here. We foster community through beer Fridays, quarterly company-wide events, and regular connection opportunities
- Our HQ, the Eastside Tech Hub, is located in the heart of East Austin and boasts multiple lounge areas, a coffee bar, library, fully stocked kitchen, wellness center with bouldering wall, and more
- We offer unlimited PTO for salary employees and ample vacation time to all team members. We empower you to live your best life and do your best work!
- We encourage personal growth and education through regular Learning Labs taught by internal team members and external facilitators
Company values
- Keep running - We have lofty goals and the only way to achieve them is to hustle through the challenges. Don’t stop ‘til Tokyo!
- Good vibes - We bring our best selves every day. No matter what comes at us, we attack our work with positivity and resilience
- Own your sh*t - Your position here is valuable and you were chosen for a reason. Be purposeful with your actions and hold yourself accountable
- Community first - We’re connected to the people around us. We don’t just run in someone else’s shoes, we also know the path they took and how they got there
Company HQ
Holly, Austin, TX
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Founders
Keith Duncan
(CEO, not founder)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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