Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Hungryroot, a company using AI to build a consumer-centric food and wellness company, as a Backend Software Engineer, Platform. You will build and maintain backend web applications for internal users, focusing on high-scale automated tests, inventory management, and other crucial systems. Collaborate closely with the operations team and other cross-functional teams. This role requires strong Python, Django, and database experience. We offer a remote-first work environment, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of commercial software development experience
• 3+ years of experience using Python and the wider ecosystem as the primary day-to-day env
• 2+ years of experience with Django or similar python-based web framework
• 2+ years of experience in relational databases and SQL
• 1+ year of experience with Javascript
• Enjoy solving challenging problems and taking ownership of your work
• Enjoy sharing knowledge, either through written or verbal communication with a collaborative team

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and be a key contributor to our high-scale automated testing system that ensures the functionality and performance of mission-critical internal services and applications
• Build performant, intuitive, and fault-tolerant user interfaces for internal admin users, making complex systems easy to manage
• Continuously seek out performance bottlenecks, security risks, and maintenance overhead, collaborating with team members to enhance the system’s robustness and scalability
• Gain a deep understanding of the technical landscape and challenges within your team. Stay curious, and be a fast learner of our systems, services, tools, and business terminology
• Follow best engineering practices by writing tests to accompany your code, maintaining clear documentation, and conducting thorough code reviews to support the team's development
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in our internal systems, providing clear analysis and collaborating with stakeholders to develop long-term preventative solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with a modern frontend framework (React/Angular/Vue), preferably React
• Comfortable writing SQL queries and practical knowledge about relational databases
• Proficient in debugging and troubleshooting, especially when it comes to backend systems or background processes
• Excellent grasp of computer science concepts like algorithms, data structures, complexity, and common design patterns
• Clear written documentation and technical communication
• Experience working with AWS (S3, Elasticache/Redis, Redshift)
• Experience working with build systems (Github Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis)
• Experience with test automation systems like PlayWright

Benefits

• Remote-first: work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere in the U.S. - you decide!
• Equity
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Universal paid parental leave
• Monthly Hungryroot credit for delicious, healthy groceries
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits including One Medical, Spring Health, LiveHealth, Rightway care concierge, and more
• 401k with match
• A work from home stipend to support your initial home-office setup