Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Mountain View
Who we are
At City Storage Systems, we're building Infrastructure for Better Food. We help restaurateurs around the world succeed in online food delivery. Our goal is to make food more affordable, higher quality, and convenient for everyone. We're changing the game for restaurateurs, whether they're entrepreneurs opening their first restaurant or running your favorite global quick-service restaurant chains.
What you’ll do
- You will build foundational software systems to enable globally scaled kitchen infrastructure and real estate innovations.
- You test software development methodology in an agile environment.
- You provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
- You work alongside other engineers to elevate technology and improve systems overall.
- You write, debug, maintain and test code.
- You design scalable, fault tolerant architectural systems.
- You develop information systems by designing, developing, and installing software solutions.
What we’re looking for
- At least 7 year of working experience building software in totally new entrepreneurial businesses and reaching global scale
- Familiarity with the full life cycle of shipping applications, from design and implementation to testing and deployment.
- Strong communicator who can explain complex topics to not only other engineers but also designers, product managers, and support.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem solving capabilities
- Strong interest in working in a start-up environment with the ability to wear multiple hats and have a team-oriented attitude to take on variety of tasks and responsibilities
- Self-motivation with the ability to multitask, be flexible and problem solve
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
At City Storage Systems, we believe innovation thrives on diversity. We encourage candidates from all walks of life, backgrounds, and experiences to apply. If you're passionate about making an impact in the food delivery ecosystem and meet most of the qualifications listed, we want to hear from you!
Why join us
- Growing market: You’ll be focused on a part of a market that’s projected to reach at least $500 billion by 2030 in the US alone.
- Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery, and be on the forefront of helping our facilities scale.
- Collaborative environment: You will receive support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers, helping you to learn, grow, and achieve your goals, and you’ll work closely with other teams to ensure our customers’ success. Our company’s commitment to growing your Career of Substance includes regular written and verbal bidirectional feedback, clearly structured competencies, and opportunities to contribute to the team outside of your role’s primary responsibilities.
What else do you need to know
This role is based in our Mountain View office location. We believe that people do their best work when they are together. As a company, we’re in the marketplace of ideas and innovation. When you’re constantly innovating, changing how an industry works, inventing new products and processes — and we are doing all these things — we believe we’re better as a team in person. That’s why all of our teams (except for our field-based roles) are now working from one of our office locations 5 days a week. Looking forward to sharing more about a Career of Substance at City Storage Systems.
Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others? #LI-Onsite
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What We Do
At City Storage Systems, we're building Infrastructure for Better Food. Our goal is to make food more affordable, higher quality and convenient for everyone.
We’re helping restaurants expand their online food delivery businesses and streamline their operations.
Currently, that means investing in our two core businesses, CloudKitchens and Otter.
CloudKitchens is focused on the physical world - the world’s largest real estate business that focuses on building hyper-efficient ghost kitchens in the heart of delivery demand zones.
Otter is focused on the digital world - the fastest growing SaaS company that organizes online food delivery operations for restaurants on a single, all-inclusive, and intuitive platform.
Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?