Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, 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 50 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.
CookUnity is a chef-to-you marketplace connecting talented chefs with consumers, revolutionizing meal delivery. We bring small-batch restaurant-quality meals to our customers nationwide that are crafted by a diverse collective of all-star chefs. With over 100 inspired chefs from cities like Chicago, NYC, LA, Austin and more our weekly subscription offers a wide range of hand-crafted meals to cater to various palates and dietary preferences.
By delivering over 1 million meals per month, we're also empowering working chefs, tripling their income and supporting their growth. CookUnity believes in fueling stronger communities, partnering with Food Bank For New York City to combat food insecurity across all five boroughs.
About the Team:The Acquisition Engineering team owns the new-visitor journey end-to-end — from the first landing page through sign-up, meal selection, and checkout. Our northstar is conversion rate: we run high-velocity experiments on high-traffic surfaces where small improvements translate directly into business growth. We recently rebuilt the acquisition funnel from the ground up and now operate a modern, experiment-ready platform.
The role:As a Staff Engineer (front-end or full-stack) on the Acquisition team, you will be the technical leader of the surfaces where the business is won: you will drive architecture across the funnel and landing pages, raise the team's bar through mentorship and standards, and act as the engineering counterpart to Product and Data on experiment design and measurement quality. You will spend part of your time hands-on and part multiplying the team's output.
Responsibilities:- Serve as the subject matter expert in modern frontend technologies, including React and Next.js, with a strong focus on architecture and performance.
- Mentor and educate developers on clean code methodologies through knowledge sharing and PR reviews.
- Work cross-functionally (Product, Design, and Data) to develop and deploy applications and features on time with high quality.
- Design and uphold the technical standard for A/B experiments on acquisition surfaces (feature gates, exposure logging, tracking integrity) — including experiments run by adjacent teams on our surfaces.
- Drive observability and performance as first-class concerns: RUM instrumentation, funnel-step metrics, and cross-device/browser quality.
- Lead complex integrations with backend platform services (auth, pricing, promotions) as we evolve our platform.
- Implement best practices to enable the team to ship quality code faster.
- Helping to have higher levels of uptime & supporting the on-call rotation that will help the business run 24/7.
- Prior experience building and shipping complex customer facing applications at scale.
- Strong experience with modern React and Next.js.
- Hands-on experience with A/B testing / feature-flag platforms (Statsig, LaunchDarkly, or similar) and experiment instrumentation.
- Experience with web analytics and telemetry tools (Segment, Datadog RUM, or similar) and using data to drive engineering decisions.
- Experience working with CMS-driven sites (Contentful or similar).
- Passion for shipping world-class products for our users!
- Have excellent communication skills for articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Willing to experiment with, test, and learn new technologies.
- Handle ambiguity and quickly evolving priorities.
- Be self-motivated and eager to learn new things!
- Natural leadership qualities with the ability to inspire and guide cross-functional teams.
- Advanced level of English.
- Experience on growth or conversion-focused teams.
- Accessibility (WCAG) experience.
- Are able to thrive on small, collaborative engineering teams.
- Have experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in the food technology sector is a plus.
Benefits:
💸 Get paid in USD.
🗺 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.
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical.
🐣 Paid family leave.
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises.
🧘🏽♀️ Flexible benefits, your way: a prepaid card you can use on wellness, learning, food, and more.
🤖 AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.
🧑🏫 Personalized English coach.
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!
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.
A quick note for all candidates
We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry, and we want to make sure you (and your data) stay safe while applying to CookUnity. We also want you to know that we take this seriously — sometimes, as part of our process, we may ask for a brief “proof of humanity” to confirm that we’re connecting with a real person, not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:
- Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page: careers.cookunity.com
- Our recruiters are real people — and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If you’re unsure, feel free to reach out to us on our official LinkedIn Company Page.
- We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in @cookunity.com and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) — never WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.
- We’ll never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does, please don’t share any information and let us know right away.
If something ever feels off or you’re unsure about a message, we’d much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity — and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
- Experience with ReactJS
- Experience with NodeJS
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with MySQL
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience designing and building cloud architecture, backends, middle tiers, and web apps
- Experience implementing and maintaining unit tests and end-to-end tests
- Strong knowledge of service-oriented architectures
- Ability to interact with and build backend REST APIs
- Familiarity with continuous integration
- Advanced level of English
- Proficiency in web performance monitoring (web vitals)
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in CI environments
- Experience working in small, fast-paced startup teams
- Previous experience leading or mentoring teams
CookUnity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CookUnity and has not been reviewed or approved by CookUnity.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as broad, with unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and a four-week paid sabbatical after five years.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision plans stated in job materials and postings.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle perks are highlighted through monthly meal credits, wellness subsidies, and language coaching, alongside other culture and food-related benefits.
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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.
