Staff Performance Engineer, Marketplace
Staff Performance Engineer, Marketplace
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About CookUnity:
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 industrys 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 youve found the right job posting.
About The Team:
You will be joining CookUnitys Marketplace Zone which focuses on creating a seamless and scalable platform connecting chefs with consumers. This team tackles high-impact projects ranging from Chef marketing to power monetary transactions within CookUnitys eCommerce marketplace including pricing payments refunds promotions and the order finalization process. We emphasize innovation reliability performance and scalability working closely with cross-functional teams including Product Design and Operations to deliver world-class experiences for chefs and customers.
The Role:
Were looking for a Staff Performance Engineer to join our team a dynamic role that will see you driving performance improvements across multiple critical areas of our platform. Youll be instrumental in optimizing how chefs showcase their culinary creations and how we handle all monetary transactions from pricing and payments to refunds and promotions. This role involves working on the Server-Driven UI (SDUI) service within our Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architecture as well as developing and maintaining backend services and databases.
As part of a cross-functional team you will collaborate closely with product managers mobile/web engineers and designers. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact by diving deep into our tech stack to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks ensuring a seamless and highly efficient experience for our chefs and customers alike.
Please note that only candidates based in Latin America will be considered for this role.
Responsibilities:
- Independently identify diagnose and resolve complex performance issues across the full stack.
- Design and implement scalable and high-performance solutions for critical systems including chef marketing infrastructure payment gateways and order processing.
- Establish robust performance monitoring alerting and reporting mechanisms. Analyze performance data to uncover trends predict future bottlenecks and proactively recommend improvements.
- Conduct in-depth code reviews providing expert guidance on performance best practices efficient algorithms and optimal data structures to engineering teams.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams on capacity planning and load testing to ensure the platform can handle increasing traffic and transaction volumes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Finance and BizOps teams to translate business requirements into robust engineering solutions.
- Act as a subject matter expert in performance engineering mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of performance awareness and excellence across the organization.
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies frameworks AI adoptions that improve our technical stack and development velocity.
Minimum Requirements:
- 8 years of experience in frontend and backend development with expertise in Kotlin or Node React and SQL databases.
- Proven experience in architecting and scaling complex backend systems in a high-growth fast-paced environment.
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.
- Deep understanding of system performance and scalability best practices.
- Experience developing and maintaining front-end applications with React and GraphQL.
- Proven ability to translate complex ambiguous requirements into clear actionable plans that drive alignment and timely delivery.
- Advanced English communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated experience in mentoring and guiding engineers.
Preferred Requirements:
- Knowledge of AWS Kubernetes Terraform and cloud infrastructure.
- Familiarity with observability tools like DataDog and logging frameworks.
- Proficiency with leveraging AI Coding tools in day to day development (Cursor Windsurf or similar).
- Experience working in eCommerce marketplace or fintech environments.
- Experience with pricing algorithms promotions engines or dynamic pricing models.
Benefits:
Get paid in USD.
Work remotely: design the life that you want.
Enjoy 15 business days of vacation each year from the start date.
Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider.
16 fully paid Argentinean holidays.
Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises.
Paid family leave.
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.
5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity you get a 4-week paid sabbatical.
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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
