Full Stack Engineer, Auth

Summary

Join CookUnity's Growth Engineering team as a Staff Engineer to lead the evolution of its Identity Platform. Define the long-term vision, architecture, and technical roadmap for identity management, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement robust authentication, authorization, and user management systems. Design and maintain tier-zero identity services used daily by millions. Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with product managers. Own critical KPIs related to platform availability, performance, and reliability, and stay abreast of industry trends and best practices. This role requires a subject matter expert in Identity Management with experience building authentication backends and frontends.

Requirements

• Prior experience with building authentication backends and frontends with hands-on experience with OAuth 2, OpenID Connect, MFA and SAML
• Is a subject matter expert for Identify Management, Access Management, Governance and Access certification
• Demonstrated ability to lead authentication initiatives from requirements to delivery
• Solid understanding of how to scale authentication applications
• Passion for shipping world-class products for our users!
• Have excellent communication skills for articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Are able to thrive on small, collaborative engineering teams
• Have experience in a fast-paced environment and can handle ambiguity and quickly evolving priorities
• Be self-motivated and eager to learn new things!
• Natural leadership qualities with the ability to inspire and guide cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Architectural Vision and Strategy: Define the long-term architectural vision for CookUnity's identity platform, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance
• Develop and maintain a strategic technical roadmap aligned with business goals
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure adherence to best practices
• Platform Development and Optimization: Design, implement, and maintain critical tier-0 services that support chef onboarding, menu management, order processing, and customer experience
• Ensure high availability, uptime, and performance of the platform
• Identify and resolve complex technical challenges and performance bottlenecks
• Contribute code, and do code reviews
• Leadership and Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams
• Mentor senior engineers, fostering their growth and development
• Collaborate with product managers and engineering leaders to define and prioritize features
• Influence other leaders within the company
• Operational Excellence: Own critical KPIs related to platform availability, performance, and reliability
• Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to ensure platform stability
• Drive continuous improvement in platform infrastructure and development processes
• Industry Knowledge and Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices, bringing innovative solutions to CookUnity
• Contribute to the development of internal standards and guidelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React or NextJS
• Experience in the food technology sector is a plus

Benefits

• Get paid in USD. Whatever your choice! We use Deel to make things easier for you!
• Work remotely: design the life that you want
• Enjoy 15 business days of vacation each year from the start date
• Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider
• 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays
• Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
• Paid family leave
• Personalized English coach
• Customize the benefits that suit your needs! Access a range of perks tailored to you, including learning opportunities, wellness memberships, delivery apps, and more through our comprehensive benefit platform
• 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical