About CookUnity

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it has lost the power to nourish inspire and connect us. So in 2018 CookUnity was founded as the firstofitskind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today CookUnity delivers 35 million meals a year from the industrys best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Readytoeat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an everinnovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one youve found the right job posting.

The Team:

Cookin (a CookUnity company) is revolutionizing the food industry by empowering food entrepreneurs to sell their creations online. We democratize access to tools that were previously only available to established restaurants creating opportunities for culinary talent everywhere.

The Role:

Were launching an exciting new initiative Cookin v2 that builds on all the learnings from our first product iteration. This is essentially a new startup within our organization and were looking for an engineering leader who can function almost like a cofounder. Working within a small agile pod with 1 product manager and design support youll be directly translating the vision set by our CPO into a marketready product. This is a rare opportunity to shape a product from 0the ground up with the backing of an established company.

Responsibilities:

• Product Development: Build the full stack Cookin v2 product from the ground up working closely with the lead PM and the CTO and CPO where needed.
• Rapid Prototyping: Create functional prototypes using the latest tools and technologies to test concepts quickly in collaboration with product.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Much like an early stage startup dealing well with a high degree of ambiguity making the best decisions given incomplete data and speaking directly with customers to understand their needs will be essential to this role.
• Full Stack Engineering: The product will span mobile web and the backend and some level of comfortability with all of them or a willingness to learn rapidly will be necessary for success.
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate effectively with executive leadership including direct reporting to CPO COO CTO and CEO.

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 years of engineering experience in earlystage startup product development.
• 5 years of fullstack engineering experience.
• Demonstrable experience with an opinionated tech stack that you canmove fast with.
• Familiarity with DevOps best practices or past experience supportinga production service as an engineer.
• Experience with modern development tools APIs databases and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with the best in class AI tools & services.
• Track record of shipping products to production.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Selfstarter mentality with high autonomy and agency.
• Handson builder whos equally comfortable discussing user flows and database schemas.
• Thrive in ambiguity and can create structure in unstructured environments.
• Analytical thinking with creative problemsolving.
• Enthusiastic about leveraging cuttingedge technologies.
• Strong obsession with the craft of implementation.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and are willing to wear multiple hats.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in consumer technology products.
• Experience working with AI tools for development.
• Experience taking a product or project from 0 to 1 in a startupenvironment.
• Understanding of current trends in AI particularly around image generation and foundational models.

Benefits:

Health Insurance coverage.

Unlimited PTO policy.

We grow you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1.

401k Plan.

Paid family leave.

Compassionate Leave: 35 days each time the need arises.

A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals added to your account monthly.

Wellness perks: access to a nutritional coach and fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle.

Personalized Spanish coach.

Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!

5 year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity you get a 4week paid sabbatical.

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 were looking for we invite you to explore: CookUnitys 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 wed love to connect!

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If youre interested in this role please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit well 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.