Full Stack Tech Lead, CookUnity
Fulfillment & Logistics Tech
Offers stock options
In office 2-3 days per week
2-3 days a week in office
Ready-meal delivery marketplace
Open for applications
Ready-meal delivery marketplace
201-500 employees
Open for applications
Offers stock options
In office 2-3 days per week
2-3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
CookUnity is on a mission to unlock the world’s best food creators and bring their meals to the masses.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in fullstack software development
- Proficiency in TypeScript (Node.js) for backend development
- Strong experience with React.js for frontend development
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture and scalable backend design
- Experience working with real-time tracking systems, logistics platforms, or warehouse management solutions
- Passion for R&D and innovation, with experience building POCs and exploring emerging technologies
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to new technologies and environments quickly
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, operationally intensive environments
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a focus on cross-team partnerships
- Willingness to go to our Toronto office 2-3 times per week
Desirable
- Experience with GraphQL, event-driven architectures, or message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Exposure to cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker)
- Background in logistics, fulfillment, or last-mile delivery systems
- Familiarity with IoT, RFID, or smart tracking technologies
- Willingness to work across different tech stacks and contribute to non-TypeScript projects when needed
What the job involves
- The OpsTech Team is a critical part of CookUnity’s ChefOS Zone, dedicated to building and optimizing software solutions for Fulfillment and Logistics
- This team ensures that orders are efficiently packed, tracked, and delivered with precision, leveraging technology to streamline every step of the process
- Our systems directly impact the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of meal delivery, ensuring that customers receive their meals fresh and on time
- This role will also be part of a dedicated Ops Engineering R&D squad, an innovation-driven team focused on exploring emerging technologies, building POCs, and developing solutions that enhance operational efficiency across fulfillment, logistics, and kitchen operations
- We are looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer, OpsTech to play a key role in building and optimizing our fulfillment and logistics technology
- This is a full stack position, with a focus on TypeScript for backend development and React.js for frontend applications
- As part of the Ops Engineering R&D squad, this role requires a technology-agnostic mindset, with a willingness to explore and contribute to new tech stacks when needed
- You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, operations teams, and other engineers to ensure our logistics and fulfillment systems are best-in-class
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using TypeScript (Node.js) to support fulfillment and logistics operations
- Build scalable and intuitive frontend applications in React.js, optimizing for usability and performance
- Work with real-time tracking and order management systems to improve efficiency and accuracy in fulfillment processes
- Oversee the work of the OpsTech team, ensuring that the team is delivering high-quality software solutions aligned with business goals
- Participate in the Ops Engineering R&D squad, experimenting with new technologies and developing POCs for operational improvements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including fulfillment managers, logistics coordinators, and data engineers, to develop technology solutions that address real-world operational challenges
- Ensure system reliability, security, and scalability, implementing best practices in monitoring, logging, and performance optimization
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code while mentoring junior engineers and conducting thorough code reviews
- Stay ahead of industry trends, continuously seeking opportunities to innovate within fulfillment and logistics tech
Our take
CookUnity is a meal subscription service which connects consumers with some of the country's best known chefs, including Esther Choi, Chris Ratel and Andy Mendez. Consumers can select from a menu of handcrafted meals that cater to a wide variety of palates and dietary preferences. Believing that healthy food fuels stronger communities, CookUnity contributes to an ongoing partnership and donation with the Food Bank For New York City.
The New York founded business hit the headlines for its upward trajectory in 2020, where it secured 15.5 million in funding and saw an expected boost not just in demand, but in the supply of top culinary talent at a time when restaurants were struggling.
While there’s a wide world of meal plan delivery services, CookUnity has a jump on much of the competition as it’s the first service that connects such eminent chefs directly with the customer. This has allowed it to expand across much of the US, and it now prepares over 10 million meals annually for its 50,000 subscribers.
With most of the urban US now covered by its service, CookUnity is moving into the next phase of its growth, expanding the range of sellers and food products on the platform, and has plans to offer family-sized portions, brekfast options and cooking classes using its existing physical and digital infrastructure. This will enable it to grow into an all-in-one meal subscription service over the coming years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Apr 2023
$47m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$47m
SERIES B
Total funding: $119.3m
Company benefits
- 📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1
- 🏖 Unlimited PTO policy and paid holidays off
- 🐣 Family leave: 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 6 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid
- 🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 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
Company HQ
Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY
Leadership
Mateo Marietti
(CEO)Born on a farm in Argentina, Mateo is on a mission to make great real food available for all and a more fair and sustainable food system. He has built 10+ food brands that delivered more than 25M meals combined in the last 13 years, including SUSHIPOP and La Causa.
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