Staff Backend Engineer Kitchen Tech

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:

The Kitchen Tech Team is at the heart of CookUnitys kitchen technology innovation. We build and maintain the systems that make internal operations more efficient and higher quality. The team is a core part of CookUnitys ChefOS Zone supporting the entire meal lifecyclefrom ideation to productionensuring accuracy in ingredient sourcing nutritional data and compliance with dietary preferences.

We work closely with chefs supply chain teams and operations to integrate with inventory management order processing and fulfillment. Our mission is to empower chefs with intuitive tools while ensuring efficiency and reliability in meal production at scale.

The Role:

We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our team who can also contribute on dashboards and internal app this role you will design build and maintain highly scalable backend services that power CookUnitys core recipe management functionalities. You will work alongside other talented engineers product managers and designers to develop robust and efficient backend systems using Kotlin and Java leveraging frameworks like Micronaut or Spring Boot and integrating Temporal for workflow automation.

This is an individual contributor (IC) role with a strong focus on backend architecture performance and scalability. If you enjoy solving complex problems optimizing workflows and working on mission-critical systems this role is for you!

Responsibilities:

• Design develop and maintain backend services for the service using Kotlin and Java
• Architect scalable resilient and maintainable microservices using Micronaut or Spring Boot
• Implement workflow automation and orchestration using Temporal.
• Optimize database interactions and performance (PostgreSQL MySQL)
• Collaborate with frontend engineers product managers and designers to build seamless user experiences
• Ensure system reliability and uptime by implementing best practices in observability logging and monitoring
• Perform code reviews contribute to best practices and mentor junior engineers
• Work closely with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure deployment
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and drive innovation within the team

Minimum Requirements:

• 6 years of backend development experience with Kotlin and/or Java
• Experience working with Micronaut or Spring Boot frameworks
• Hands-on Experience in React &
• Strong AI coding abilities and good practices
• Strong understanding of microservices architectures and distributed systems
• Proficiency in SQL databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Experience building high-performance scalable backend systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for clean maintainable code
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and best practices
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS GCP or Azure)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency with AI engineering tools.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with message queues (Kafka RabbitMQ etc.)
• Exposure to GraphQL and event-driven architectures
• Experience in DevOps practices containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Background in food tech operations or marketplace platforms

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.