Staff Backend Software Engineer, Hungryroot
Personal assistant for health living
Job no longer available
Personal assistant for health living
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help make healthy eating easy, accessible, and joyful.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ yrs of commercial software development experience
- 6+ yrs of experience using Python and the wider ecosystem as the primary day-to-day env
- 6+ yrs of designing and extending RESTful APIs using a framework such as DRF (preferred) to build APIs
- 4+ yrs of experience working with Django web framework and ORM Integration
- 4+ yrs of relational SQL experience and practical knowledge about relational databases
- 4+ yrs of experience troubleshooting production issues
- Expert level understanding of building scalable web applications
- Excellent grasp of computer science concepts, common design patterns, good engineering practices, and frequent real world pitfalls
Desirable
- Full-stack engineering experience is a big plus
- Experience with AWS and its various core services
- Performed technical interviews of many experienced engineers
- Implemented non-trivial APIs from scratch or significantly extended existing ones
What the job involves
- Hungryroot is looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer to join our growing Engineering Team. This individual will drive some of the most critical technical issues for the backend team, such as making application architecture and API design decisions
- Own critical overarching aspects of engineering infrastructure. This does not necessarily mean owning any particular service, but rather, owning the system by which all the services are strung together, or owning the process by which services are designed, implemented and maintained
- Drive important technical discussions and help the team arrive at the best possible solution given any constraints we may face. Work closely with other engineers and be willing to offer assistance in helping solve very difficult and complex challenges
- Work closely with engineering and product leads on planning and execution of large, complex projects
- Contribute directly to important feature development and maintenance
- Help raise the bar on code quality and enforce engineering discipline through code review feedback, technical presentations and opportunistic refactoring
- Create their own initiatives, provide evidence, get buy-in from other engineers and stakeholders and drive solutions independently
- Interview senior engineering candidates and contribute to hiring decisions
Our take
Hungryroot is a grocery and meal kit service looking to revolutionize the end-to-end grocery experience. Its platform uses proprietary AI tech to personalize and predict grocery orders, whilst helping customers meet personal goals like trying new foods or losing weight.
The grocery market has historically been resistant to digitization, but as it begins to get on board with eCommerce there’s real space for innovation. An efficient and predictive grocery solution like Hungryroot is certainly unique, and possibly highly attractive in a market where speedy and personalized service remain customer priorities.
Especially promising is Hungryroot’s strong customer retention figures, which puts it in good stead. It has rapidly expanded despite challenges such as labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and inflation. By placing a continued focus on customer experience, it has the chance to continue growing in the coming years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Mar 2018
$22m
SERIES B
Total funding: $79.1m
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Ben McKean
(Founder & CEO)Co-founded and was CEO at Savored, which was acquired by Groupon. Became VP and General Manager of Groupon for nearly three years, before founding Hungryroot in 2015. Founded Every in 2023.
Ben McKean
(Founder, CEO & Chairman)Ben is also the Founder of Every. Prior to Founding Hungryroot in 2015, they spent 3 years at Groupon as a VP & GM. Before that, they co-founded Savored and served as the CEO until it was acquired by Groupon.
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