Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join CookUnity as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to our chef-to-you marketplace revolutionizing meal delivery. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs, collaborating with a team of engineers and other departments. This role requires 5+ years of backend development experience with proficiency in Node.js, GraphQL, and relevant databases. You will ensure high performance and reliability of backend systems, participate in code reviews, and support on-call rotations. CookUnity offers remote work, generous paid time off, family leave, and a customizable benefits platform including wellness memberships and learning opportunities.

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
• Excited to work in a fast-paced startup environment and to take ownership of backend systems

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. 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