Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 35 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.
Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.
If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.
What We're Looking For:
We're always open and interested to meet amazingly talented Engineers that love what they do and are excited to share the projects they're into. We know that joining a startup is not only about hard skills. It's also about the right timing, understanding that, more often than not, a rolling-up-your-sleeves attitude is what it takes to make things done, but most important of all you have a strong desire to make an impact in other people's lives.
So if you think you are ready to dive in, let's move forward. And if you don't, but you're interested in learning what the future means to us let's move forward too!
Please note that only candidates based in Latin America will be considered for this role.
The Role:
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will report to the Engineering Manager and work alongside a team of 4-5 engineers. You will be responsible for building and enhancing the backend services that power the CookUnity platform. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Frontend Engineers to develop scalable and reliable APIs and microservices, ensuring a seamless user experience across our product.
Our Backend Stack:
Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
Frameworks: NestJS, Apollo GraphQL
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Snowflake
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, DataDog, Segment
Service Oriented Architecture
Agile Methodology
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable, performant backend services and APIs that serve millions of users.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to integrate the backend logic into customer-facing features.
- Ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front end.
- Contribute to maintaining a high level of availability and reliability of backend systems.
- Write efficient and reusable code, following best practices and design patterns.
- Actively contribute to the improvement of our architecture and the introduction of new technologies.
- Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.
- Support on-call rotations to ensure uptime for mission-critical services.
Qualifications:
- You have at least 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with a focus on backend development.
- Proficiency in Node.js, GraphQL, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and TypeScript.
- Strong experience with designing and building RESTful APIs.
- Solid understanding of service-oriented architectures and microservices.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of best practices for security and scalability.
- Familiarity with Agile development processes.
- Experience with unit testing and integration testing.
- Excited to work in a fast-paced startup environment and to take ownership of backend systems.
Benefits:
💸 Get paid in USD. Whatever your choice! We use Deel to make things easier for you!
🗺 Work remotely: design the life that you want.
⛱ Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date.
🎄 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays.
🩺 Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises.
🐣 Family leave of 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 6 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid.
🧘🏻♀️Customize the benefits that suit your needs! Access a range of perks tailored to you, including learning opportunities, wellness memberships, delivery apps, and more through our comprehensive benefit platform
🧑🏫 Personalized English coach.
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!
CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
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What We Do
CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience.
