Remote Senior Backend Engineer
at CookUnity

Summary

Join CookUnity as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to building scalable backend services that power the CookUnity platform. As a key member of our engineering team, you will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Frontend Engineers to develop reliable APIs and microservices. With a focus on service-oriented architectures and microservices, you will design and implement performant backend services and APIs that serve millions of users.

Requirements

• You have at least 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with a focus on backend development
• Proficiency in Node.js, GraphQL, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and TypeScript
• Strong experience with designing and building RESTful APIs
• Solid understanding of service-oriented architectures and microservices
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of best practices for security and scalability
• Familiarity with Agile development processes
• Experience with unit testing and integration testing

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, performant backend services and APIs that serve millions of users
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to integrate the backend logic into customer-facing features
• Ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front end
• Contribute to maintaining a high level of availability and reliability of backend systems
• Write efficient and reusable code, following best practices and design patterns
• Actively contribute to the improvement of our architecture and the introduction of new technologies
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers
• Support on-call rotations to ensure uptime for mission-critical services

Benefits

• Get paid in USD, Crypto, Euro, ARS. Whatever your choice! We use Deel to make things easier for you!
• Work remotely: design the life that you want
• Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date
• 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays
• Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
• Family leave of 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 6 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid
• 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
• Personalized English coach
• 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical