Senior Backend Engineer, Jelly

£70-90k

+ Significant equity options

AWS

TypeScript

Node.js

Senior level

London

Sponsor License available

3+ days a week in office (Poultry, City of London (WeWork))

Kitchen OS for the global foodservice industry

Be an early applicant

Kitchen OS for the global foodservice industry

1-20 employees

HospitalityB2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseMarketplaceInternal toolsBusiness IntelligenceComputer VisionSaaSAutomation

Be an early applicant

£70-90k

+ Significant equity options

AWS

TypeScript

Node.js

Senior level

London

Sponsor License available

3+ days a week in office (Poultry, City of London (WeWork))

1-20 employees

HospitalityB2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseMarketplaceInternal toolsBusiness IntelligenceComputer VisionSaaSAutomation

Company mission

To enable a better working life for everyone in global hospitality.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Proficient in TypeScript and NodeJS
Can build and maintain AWS solutions with services including ECS, Lambda and RDS
Strong understanding of GraphQL and performance optimisation
Expertise with relational databases, including performance analysis and optimisation
Ability to create simple React components and fix UI bugs
Interest in AI technologies and some experience (including side projects) working with AI APIs

Desirable

Experience with PostgreSQL, triggers and stored procedures
Experience with strictly typed languages such as GoLang
Experience with NoSQL and big data
Experience with Nexus GraphQL
Experience implementing AI APIs in an ETL pipeline or similar

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to tackle complex data challenges never before identified - challenges that are foundational to our vision of a new food system
These arise from a fragmented, complex industry handling billions of daily transactions without standardisation of data. You’ll harness cutting-edge technologies - from computer vision to LLMs, or any other novel approach you devise - to deliver transformative solutions
You’ll have autonomy and influence in shaping a product for one of the world’s largest industries, working with a small, tight-knit, and highly supportive team. Strong communication skills are essential, as you’ll have visibility across all parts of the business
While your primary focus is backend, we value flexibility in bug-fixing and building simple React components when needed

Application process

Stage 1: Phone call with CEO (15min)
Stage 2: Take-home test (approx. 2 hours). Demonstrate your technical skills with a relevant real-world scenario
Stage 3: Technical interview (2 hours). Collaborate with our team to review your take-home test and discuss solutions
Stage 4: Leadership interview (1 hour)

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Jelly's intuitive and simple app is the #1 all-in-one platform for the global foodservice industry, providing a food costing tool for chefs which automatically keeps costing up to date. It aims to remove stress and inefficiencies from a chef's life so they can focus on doing what they do best, serving great food.

The app provides users with a daily price report, up-to-date food margins, a simplified inventory, and options for ordering from suppliers. 25% of food service businesses are at risk of closing at any given time, so Jelly is aiming to combat this by removing from chefs the need to carry out tasks like costing dishes, saving them time and money.

Jelly is now used by hundreds of top chefs, such as Michelin-starred Angela Hartnett. Having received funding from Tier 1 VCs, including those backing Just Eat, Transferwise, and Revolut, Jelly has grown manifold over the previous few years.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Strong hiring activity

50% female employees

Company

Company benefits

Equity options plan
Flexible hybrid: we prioritise in-office work for fostering collaboration, with most of our team in our Bank office 3 days a week, balanced with the freedom to work from home as needed.
Work Nursery Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Fortnightly social at our customers restaurants
Fitness subsidies

Company values

Digging Deep
Empowering execution
Radical responsibility

Company HQ

City of London, London, UK

Articles

CODE meets JJ Tan, founder of Jelly

Leadership

JJ Tan

(CEO)

JJ studied Physics at Imperial College before working as an Equity Derivatives Trader at Citi. They left the corporate world in 2016 to chef in prestigious restaurants, before founding Jelly.

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