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.
The Personalization Squad owns our web app's tactical and strategic tech direction focusing on recommendations for our customers, based on Machine Learning models. This will also include UI personalization and autopilot processes.
It’s a high-impact role with the ability to influence all parts of CookUnity. Our customers use our digital experience weekly to find their favorite meals from our 300+ item menu, and the Personalization Squad is responsible for making that easy and delightful.
The role:As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in our Personalization Squad, directly reporting to the Engineer Manager.
Collaborating closely with a Product Manager and a designer, you'll be contributing to the shape of the product strategy, define OKRs, and chart the roadmap. Your responsibilities will extend to maintaining regular communication with senior management and providing updates on status, risk assessment, and the broader product strategy.
This position offers an opportunity to drive meaningful impact within our team and organization, contributing your expertise to guide our product's growth and success.
This is our current stack:
Languages: Kotlin, Javascript, Typescript, Python
Frameworks: ReactJS, Redux, Apollo GraphQL, NestJS, NextJS
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redis, DataDog, Segment
Agile Methodology
Service Oriented Architecture
Responsibilities:- Owning the design and implementation of features within our Javascript stack that engage customers and have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
- Iterating on new and existing features to improve user experience and performance.
- Actively contribute to the adoption of strong software architecture, development of best practices, and new technologies.
- Improving the maturity of our technical stack with engineering best practices.
- Being part of the code review process and helping to mentor other engineers.
- Contribute technically to projects by being a hands-on coder, removing roadblocks, and repairing technical issues.
- Partner with members of Product, Growth, Marketing, Customer Experience and other teams to continually refine and improve our product in an agile process.
- Helping to have higher levels of uptime & supporting the on-call rotation that will help the business run 24/7.
- You have at least +5yrs of experience as a Software Engineer, and you can engage with projects in ReactJS, NodeJS, GraphQL, MySQL, and Typescript.
- You have experience designing and building cloud architecture, backends, middle ends, web apps, basically the whole combo!
- Experience implementing and maintaining unit tests and e2e tests.
- Strong knowledge of service-oriented architectures.
- You understand how to interact with and build backend REST APIs.
- Familiarity with continuous integration.
- Advanced level of English
- Fluency with AI engineering tools.
- Experience with Machine Learning.
- You're proficient in relational database management.
- Experience working with Docker/Kubernetes/CI environments.
- You enjoy working in small teams in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Previous experience leading or mentoring teams is highly valued.
Learn More About CookUnity
We believe great leadership starts with alignment on vision, values, and ways of working. To give you deeper insight into who we are and what we’re looking for, we invite you to explore: CookUnity's Leadership Principles – The values and behaviors that guide how we operate, collaborate, and scale.
We hope this provides valuable insight into our culture and product vision. If this excites you, we’d love to connect!
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
🧘🏽♀️ 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
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 / Apollo
- Experience with MySQL
- Experience with TypeScript
- Designing and building cloud architecture and backends
- Implementing and maintaining unit tests and end-to-end tests
- Strong knowledge of service-oriented architectures
- Experience building and interacting with backend REST APIs
- Familiarity with continuous integration (CI)
- Advanced level of English
- Experience with Machine Learning
- Proficiency in relational database management
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Experience working in small, fast-paced startup teams
- Previous experience leading or mentoring teams
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.
