Staff Full Stack Engineer, Horizons
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Job Location:
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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:
As a fundamental pillar of the platform Horizon enables different business models within CookUnity ensuring that users can seamlessly subscribe to plans manage their preferences and successfully place their orders.
The team is responsible for two key areas:
- Enabling Business Models and Subscriptions: Horizon ensures that diverse user segments have access to tailored plans and subscription models optimizing their experience within the platform. This involves continuous iteration and experimentation to provide the best possible journey for each type of user.
- Order Management and Integrity: Horizon acts as the source of truth for user orders ensuring their accuracy and reliability. The team handles critical processes such as order creation autopilot selection and delivery eligibility based on user addresses guaranteeing a seamless experience from selection to fulfillment.
By combining a strong user experience focus with backend robustness Horizon plays a vital role in shaping the way users interact with CookUnity and ensuring operational stability across the platform.
The Role:
As a Staff Full Stack Engineer on the Horizons Squad you will play a crucial role in leading technical initiatives driving architectural decisions and mentoring engineers as we scale our user experiences. Youll work on building and optimizing backend services and APIs that power CookUnitys experience. 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.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who thrives on complexity and enjoys designing scalable resilient and high-performing backend systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering leadership product managers and cross-functional teamsincluding Data teamsto build and improve mission-critical infrastructure that enables personalized user experiences across our platform.
Were looking for someone who can bring strong system design expertise lead projects from concept to deployment and set a high technical bar for the team while driving forward best practices in software engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable backend services that power CookUnitys personalization systems
- Define and drive architectural improvements that enhance system reliability scalability and maintainability
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Data teams to provide our users tailor-made content that adjust to their needs
- Mentor and guide other engineers setting a high standard for technical excellence and a culture of proactive ownership
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies frameworks AI adoptions that improve our backend stack and development velocity
- Improve system observability performance and resilience ensuring uptime and smooth operation of revenue-critical systems
- Contribute as a hands-on engineer writing clean well-tested and efficient code leading by example
- Lead technical planning and project execution breaking down complex problems into manageable solutions and driving initiatives to on-time completion
Minimum Requirements:
- 8 years of experience in full stack/backend software development with expertise in React Kotlin TypeScript and SQL databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL)
- 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
- 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
Ideal Requirements:
- Experience with DevOps tools and cloud platforms including Docker Kubernetes and AWS
- Experience with React Native.
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!
Benefits
Get paid in USD
Work remotely: design the life that you want
Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date
16 fully paid Argentinean holidays
Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider
5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
Paid Family leave
Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
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
Personalized English coach
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.
A quick note for all candidates
Weve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry and we want to make sure you (and your data)stay safe while applying to CookUnity.We also want you to know that we take this seriously sometimes as part of our process we may ask for a briefproof of humanity to confirm that were connecting with a real person not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:
- Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page:
- Our recruiters are real people and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If youre unsure feel free to reach out to us on our officialLinkedIn Company Page.
- We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in
@and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) never WhatsApp Telegram or SMS. - Well never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does please dont share any information and let us know right away.
If something ever feels off or youre unsure about a message wed much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
CookUnity offers flexible and convenient subscription plans that match your needs and taste. Find out more and start eating healthy every day, today.
