CookUnity is a chef-to-you marketplace connecting talented chefs with consumers, revolutionizing meal delivery. We bring small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters nationwide, crafted by a diverse collective of all-star chefs. With over 100 inspired chefs from cities like 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 Chef Tech squad is responsible for developing an experience that helps chefs develop their best meals, and efficiently deliver their creations at the highest quality. You'll use data insights, eater feedback, content creation, production coordination, and more to satisfy all the needs of CookUnity's chefs.
Some of the best Chefs in America will be your close collaborators. Not only CookUnity's "rising stars", but also the well-known Chefs we've partnered with this year as part of our Creators Club (e.g. Pierre Thiam, Esther Choi, JJ Johnson, Ali Maffucci, Marc Forgione, Einat Admony, and more!).
The role:
As a Senior Engineer at Cookunity, you will spearhead the design and delivery of complex projects, ensuring they align with our strategic objectives and meet high-quality standards. You'll lead technical implementation, manage project timelines, and conduct thorough code reviews.
Your role involves driving agile planning processes, collaborating across teams to define project requirements, and proactively addressing potential technical challenges to maintain engineering excellence.
Additionally, you will champion innovation, participate in operational excellence initiatives, and mentor engineers, enhancing the team's performance and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This position is pivotal in shaping the technical landscape, ensuring operational stability, and contributing to the overall success of our product and business.
This is our current stack:
Languages: Javascript, Typescript
Frameworks: ReactJS & react Native
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redis, DataDog, Segment
Agile Methodology
Service Oriented Architecture
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement Chef App (mobile) and Chef Portal (web) features (cross-platform development using Expo).
- Ensure the quality of our products by contributing to our unit and integration tests.
- Improve the maturity of our technical stack with engineering best practices.
- Maintain CookUnity’s UI library cross-platform (Web, iOS, Android).
- Participate in and improve the code review process and help mentor other engineers.
- Contribute technically to projects by being a hands-on coder, removing roadblocks, and repairing technical issues.
- Helping to have higher levels of uptime & supporting the on-call rotation that will help the business run 24/7.
Minimum Requirements:
- You have at least +5yrs of experience as a Software Engineer, and you can engage with projects in ReactJS and React Native
- Tested and deployed mobile and web applications
- You understand how to interact with and build backend REST APIs
- Experience using SQL databases
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve systems
- Advanced level of English
Preferred requirements:
- You're proficient in relational database management.
- You enjoy working in small teams in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Previous experience leading or mentoring teams is highly valued.
Benefits
💸 Get paid in USD, Crypto, Euro, ARS. 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.
🕯 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.
🧑🏫 Personalized English coach
🧘🏻♀️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
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.
