Who We Are
At City Storage Systems (CSS), we are dedicated to building Infrastructure for Better Food. Our mission is to empower restaurateurs worldwide to thrive in the online food delivery market. By making food more affordable, of higher quality, and convenient, we're transforming the industry for everyone, from budding entrepreneurs opening their first restaurant to global quick-service chains.
What You’ll Do
As a backend-focused Software Engineer at CSS, you'll play a crucial role in our data-driven development team, helping to advance our state-of-the-art menu platform. Your responsibilities will include:
- Data-Driven Development: Contribute to our data-centric development efforts.
- Project Planning: Participate in strategic planning for various internal tools.
- Agile Methodologies: Implement and test software using agile methodologies.
- Collaborative Teamwork: Work closely with a team to enhance and support our technology.
- Code Contribution: Write, debug, maintain, and test code across multiple projects.
- Architectural Design: Design scalable systems with a focus on robust architecture.
- Continuous Improvement: Engage in continuous improvement initiatives.
- Innovation: Drive innovation within the team and support technological advancements at CSS.
What the Team Focuses On
Our menu platform (check our tech blog) offers comprehensive menu management features designed to streamline restaurant operations, enhance customer experiences, and optimize performance. It serves as a single source of truth for menus, seamlessly integrating with online channels such as DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub and offline point-of-sale (POS) systems like Square, Toast, and NCR.
Key capabilities include updating menus with new items, pricing, and taxes, performing A/B testing on different structures, setting availability by channel, creating combos and promotions, managing ingredients and SKUs, and configuring operational hours. Additionally, our platform features automated linking to ensure POS and online menus are always synchronized, minimizing discrepancies.
Boasting a 99.9% availability rate, our platform supports a vast network of brands in the US and worldwide, ensuring uninterrupted service. Over 100,000 restaurateurs use our platform daily to streamline their operations and consistently express high satisfaction.
What We’re Looking For
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Experience: 5-8 years of experience in a relevant role.
- Individual Contribution: Proven track record of significant contributions in previous roles, demonstrating your impact.
- Architectural Skills: Ability to design and create robust architecture from scratch and evolve existing systems.
- Communication Skills: Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate with non-engineering stakeholders.
- Technical Expertise: Experience designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and efficient distributed systems. Familiarity with Java is required.
- Application Maintenance: Experience in maintaining and extending large-scale, high-traffic applications.
Why Join Us
- Growing Market: You'll be part of an $80 billion market projected to reach at least $500 billion by 2030 in the US alone.
- Industry Impact: Join a team that is transforming the restaurant industry and helping restaurants succeed in online food delivery.
- Collaborative Environment: Benefit from the support and guidance of experienced colleagues and managers, who will help you learn, grow, and achieve your goals. Work closely with other teams to ensure our customers' success.
Additional Information
This role is based in our Mountain View office. We look forward to sharing more about a meaningful career at CSS!
Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?
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What We Do
City Storage Systems (CSS) is a global food technology company building infrastructure for better food. Our mission is to help food businesses operate more efficiently and serve more people. We invest in and operate a portfolio of companies across real estate, software, logistics, and automation. Each business tackles critical challenges in the modern food economy. Our businesses include: CloudKitchens – the world’s largest owner and operator of food halls and delivery-only kitchens, enabling restaurants to quickly and affordably expand into new neighborhoods with efficient, purpose-built kitchen infrastructure. Otter – an all-in-one restaurant operating system that brings together point-of-sales, order management, online ordering, marketing tools, business insights, and more to help operators manage orders from everywhere and improve their bottom line. Picnic – a corporate meal delivery and catering platform that connects offices directly to our kitchens, creating steady demand for our restaurant partners in CloudKitchens while giving companies a high-quality lunch experience without the premium cost. Lab37 – a food production automation company building robotics that bring profitability, reliability, and consistency to food businesses. From kitchen real estate to restaurant software to food robotics, CSS supports those who serve others by building practical systems that help food businesses operate smarter and grow sustainably.
