The Role
The Software Engineer will develop backend infrastructure for kiosks using various languages and work on feature development and cloud solutions.
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About Mashgin
Mashgin powers the world's best checkout experience for over 40 million users. Customers just place their items on our kiosks and our AI rings up their entire order in less than a second. With Mashgin, lines are now optional.
Mashgin's technology powers over 1 billion transactions at your favorite locations, including over half of all US professional sports teams, 4,000 convenience stores, major airports, universities, and more.
We’re not just building cutting-edge AI—we’re creating real-world impact and unforgettable experiences. Backed by a well-funded Series B, we’re also one of the rare AI startups that’s already profitable.
Our secret? A culture of extreme ownership, autonomy, and customer obsession. At Mashgin, you’re not just an employee—you’re an owner. We might do things differently than most startups… but then again, most startups aren’t profitable with an army of raving fans behind them.
Position Summary
We’re looking for a backend infrastructure developer to help us build the software that runs our kiosks and powers the extensive infrastructure behind them. You’ll work on infrastructure that enables us to develop advanced deep learning solutions that power Mashgin's checkout experience for millions on transactions per month across the world. This is not a specialized position -- we believe in end-to-end ownership of projects, so you’ll be involved throughout the entire product lifecycle, from idea generation, design, and prototyping to execution, and shipping while contributing to many different parts of the codebase in multiple languages.
You Will Be
- Owning major feature development and working directly with the founders on product development from end to end
- Working with a small interdisciplinary team in hardware, software and design to build new versions of products from scratch
- Work on building new features and dreaming up new architecture to solve challenging problems
- Build backend infrastructure to perform scalable training in the cloud
- Rethinking and recreating existing codebases for scale
- Continuously improving and maintaining code that’s already in production
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years relevant coding experience
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
- Excellent knowledge of one or more of these languages: Python, Node.js, C++, Go, C#, Java
- Comfortable learning new languages, libraries, and frameworks when the solution calls for it
- Experience building production-ready code that’s used regularly by lots of people
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a fast-paced work environment, shipping quality code quickly and iterating
- Comfortable with deploying and managing cloud infrastructure
- Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Strong proficiency with SQL and other database technologies
What We Offer
- An opportunity to work on a small, multidisciplinary team with the potential to break new ground in many different industries
- Excellent health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- 401k plan
- Flexible PTO policy
- Catered lunch in office with fully stocked snacks and beverages
- Pet insurance for your fur babies
- Voluntary life insurance plan
- Competitive salary and options in a small, rapidly scaling company
Mashgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Mashgin are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Notice on fraudulent jobs
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Top Skills
C#
C++
Go
Java
Node.js
Python
SQL
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The Company
What We Do
At Mashgin, we are developing the future of checkout experiences. We aim to reduce the friction between customer desires and their ability to be on their way.
