Senior Backend Engineer
Description For Senior Backend Engineer
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.
As a Senior Backend Engineer at CookUnity, you'll be responsible for building and enhancing the backend services that power our platform. You'll work with a team of 4-5 engineers, collaborating closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Frontend Engineers to develop scalable and reliable APIs and microservices.
Our backend stack includes:
- Languages: Javascript, Typescript, Node.js
- Frameworks: NestJS, Apollo GraphQL
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Snowflake
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, DataDog, Segment
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing and implementing scalable backend services and APIs
- Collaborating with frontend engineers on feature integration
- Ensuring high performance and system reliability
- Writing efficient, reusable code and following best practices
- Contributing to architecture improvements and new technology adoption
- Participating in code reviews and mentoring junior engineers
- Supporting on-call rotations for critical services
Join us in revolutionizing meal delivery while empowering chefs and supporting local communities!
Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer
- 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
Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer
- 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 For Senior Backend Engineer
- Get paid in USD, Crypto, Euro, ARS
- Work remotely: design the life that you want
- 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
- Customize benefits including learning opportunities, wellness memberships, delivery apps, and more
- Personalized English coach
- 5-year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
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