Backend Engineer, Fresco

Salary not provided

+ Competitive market driven compensation + Meaningful share options as part of our Employee Share Option Scheme

AWS

Python

Elasticsearch

Gherkin

DynamoDB

Pydantic

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Dublin

1+ day a week in office

App for smart home kitchen cooking

Be an early applicant

App for smart home kitchen cooking

101-200 employees

B2CFoodInternet of ThingsSaaSMobile

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Competitive market driven compensation + Meaningful share options as part of our Employee Share Option Scheme

AWS

Python

Elasticsearch

Gherkin

DynamoDB

Pydantic

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Dublin

1+ day a week in office

101-200 employees

B2CFoodInternet of ThingsSaaSMobile

Company mission

To empower and inspire anyone to cook delicious food by connecting the world's recipes and appliances — all orchestrated through a magical user experience.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years building backend services in Python
Strong grasp of event-driven architecture: EventBridge, SQS/SNS, async patterns
AWS Lambda + CDK in production — not just familiarity
Observability: structured logging, distributed tracing (Datadog or equivalent)
You ship faster because of AI, not despite learning it. Code gen, debugging, log analysis, test scaffolding — you've replaced slow loops with AI-assisted ones
Fluent in English; clear communicator with both technical peers and less-technical stakeholders
If you are an exceptional candidate with mismatching experience, please still apply

Desirable

Comfortable with: Pydantic v2, SQLModel/Alembic, DynamoDB/PynamoDB, Valkey, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch
Testing: BDD (Behave/Gherkin), pytest, moto for AWS mocking
AWS IoT Core experience a strong plus
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

What the job involves

Fresco is looking for a Backend Engineer to work on our kitchen platform: the Fresco KitchenOS to deliver delightful experiences to our users
Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Platform & Firmware, you will building platform capabilities and supporting production operations
Develop reliable and scalable backend services on Python for our IoT devices and mobile clients across ~20 Lambda-based microservices (Python 3.14, AWS CDK, aws-lambda-powertools) covering device control, cooking sessions, media, recipes, auth, AI and more
Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle
Execute cloud to cloud integrations with new partners
Be on shift looking after the platform, frequency: 1 week every 4-5 weeks (Remunerated)
Stay up-to-date with innovations and changes in the industry

Our take

Home cooking has become increasingly innovative in recent years due to smart cooking appliances, online recipes and ingredient management software. However, whilst all of these features are useful independently, many criticize them for their lack of connectivity with each other, showing a demand for an integrated solution.

Fresco supplies an app for smart home cooking, providing personalized tools that connect smart appliances and provide an augmented cooking experience. Users can view recipes based on the ingredients they have, follow step-by-step cooking instructions, control kitchen appliances remotely, and save their favourite recipes for future use.

Whilst cooking apps have been helping people for years, Fresco has taken this a step further by working directly with the appliances and ingredients in the user’s kitchen. With significant funding to support the broadening of its reach to more manufacturers and consumers globally, the company can continue encouraging people to cook more frequently due to the convenience that it provides.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (3.85)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Dec 2025

$17.5m

SERIES C

Apr 2022

$20m

SERIES B

Total funding: $62.5m

Company benefits

Comprehensive healthcare
Pension scheme access
Generous paid family leave
24 paid annual leave days and the option to work from anywhere for up to 1 month
Work from home for up to 4 days per week
Collaborative workspace when in the office
Celebrations from cook-alongs to whiskey tastings
Stock options
Professional development stipend of €1000 annually
Relocation and logistic costs

Company HQ

Usher's Quay, Dublin 8, Ireland

Leadership

Ben Harris

(CEO & Co-founder)

Experience as Designer for James Leckey Design from 2008 to 2012. Creative Director for White Zebra Studios from 2012 to 2014.

Jonny McCauley

(Brand Director & Co-founder)

Over 20 Years as Freelance Designer. Creative Director for Motive from 2010 to 2012, and for Lively Group from 2012 to 2013.

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