AI-Native Software Engineer, CookUnity
1 day a week in office
Ready-meal delivery marketplace
Job no longer available
Ready-meal delivery marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
1 day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower chefs everywhere to nourish the world through our shared love of great food.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for an AI - Native Engineer who grew up with LLMs as their coding companion
- You're the person your classmates asked "how did you build that so fast?" You've been using Claude, GPT, and Cursor since they launched
- You have opinions about prompt engineering, RAG patterns, and which model is best for what. Most importantly, you ship constantly
- This role is perfect for a recent grad or early-career engineer who builds faster with AI than most seniors build without it
- 3 years of professional experience (but you've been building things since before you could legally work)
- Portfolio of projects built with AI assistance. We want to see your GitHub, not your GPA
- Fluent in modern AI development tools (you have opinions on Cursor vs Windsurf vs Continue)
- Proven ability to integrate LLMs into real applications - OpenAI, Anthropic, open source models)
- Strong foundation in at least one programming language - Python, Kotlin, TypeScript, or similar)
- Experience with React, Next.js, or similar frameworks—you can build full-stack with AI's help
- Natural teacher—you can explain to a PM how to use Claude to prototype, or help a senior engineer understand prompt engineering
- Ship-first mentality: you'd rather deploy something imperfect today than something perfect next monthActive in AI communities: Twitter, Discord, Reddit)—you know what dropped yesterday and have probably already tried it
- Comfortable with ambiguity—you figure things out by building, not by waiting for requirements
Desirable
- Personal projects using AI that went viral, got users, or solved real problems
- Contributions to open source AI projects or published experimentsExperience fine-tuning models, MCP or building RAG systems
- Built and deployed your own AI products (even if they failed—we want builders)
- Wrote about AI development (blog posts, tutorials, Twitter threads)
- Won hackathons or shipped side projects with real users
- Located in Toronto or willing to work hybrid from our Toronto office
- You've been using ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini since day one and have strong opinions about prompting and eval strategies
- You can build a working prototype faster than most people can write a PRD
- You're genuinely excited about AI, not just as a buzzword, but as a fundamental shift in how we build
- You're teaching yourself new AI tools every weekYou see PMs struggling to articulate ideas and think "I could build that for you in 20 minutes"
What the job involves
- You'll be our secret weapon, helping PMs prototype their wildest ideas and teaching the entire team how to 10x their velocity with AI tools
- Ship production code daily using AI-assisted development - Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, etc.)—you know which tool for which task
- Partner with PMs to rapidly prototype their ideas, turning "what if we could..." into working demos in hours, not weeks
- Build internal tools and automations that make everyone faster—from chef onboarding bots to menu analysis pipelines
- Create reusable patterns and templates for LLM integration that other engineers can leverageRun experiments with new AI models and tools, becoming the team's go-to expert on what's possible
- Write clean, maintainable code (with AI's help). You know when to let Copilot write and when to take the wheelTeach PMs and designers how to prototype with v0, Bolt, and Claude—democratizing the ability to build
- Contribute to technical decisions by building proof-of-concepts that answer "can we?" before we debate "should we?"
- Document AI development patterns and create playbooks for the broader team
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 $15.5M 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 10M 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, breakfast 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
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan to invest in your future
- Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Benefit to support your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Unlimited Paid Vacation & Sick Days
- 4-Week Paid Sabbatical after 5 years with us
- Compassionate leave each time the need arises
- Remote/Hybrid/On Site Options
- Employee Stock Options Plan
- Bi-annual bonus based on performance
- Planning Sessions twice a year: New York & Buenos Aires
- Spanish/English Lessons with a private coach
- Monthly CookUnity Credits to enjoy meals crafted by our creators
- Once a month in-person gatherings to fuel connection and belonging
- Chef-Led Culinary Trips to foodie destinations (twice a year)
Company HQ
Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY
Leadership
Mateo Marietti
(Co-Founder & 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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