Senior Backend Engineer - Kitchen Tech

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Contribute to the evolution of CookUnity's Kitchen Tech products through hands-on development with Kotlin, while exploring innovative solutions in a R&D-focused engineering team.

About CookUnity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.

About the Team:

The Kitchen Tech Team is at the forefront of CookUnity’s ChefOS Zone, building mission-critical software solutions that power our kitchen centers. Our team is responsible for Live Production Software, which enables real-time kitchen operations, audits, and production optimization, ensuring that every meal is crafted with precision and efficiency.

This role will also be part of a dedicated Ops Engineering R&D squad, an innovation-driven team focused on exploring emerging technologies, building POCs, and developing solutions that enhance operational efficiency across fulfillment, logistics, and kitchen operations. If you thrive on solving complex operational challenges and working with cutting-edge technology, this is the role for you!

The role:

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to contribute to the evolution of our Kitchen Tech products while also playing a key role in R&D initiatives. This role involves hands-on development in Kotlin, working closely with cross-functional teams to build reliable, scalable, and intuitive tools for kitchen and fulfillment operations.

The ideal candidate is a highly adaptable engineer who is eager to work across the stack, explore new technologies, and contribute to a high-impact R&D squad dedicated to shaping the future of operational tools at CookUnity.

As part of the Ops Engineering R&D squad, this role requires a technology-agnostic mindset, with a willingness to explore and contribute to new tech stacks when needed. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, operations teams, and other engineers to ensure our kitchen, logistics and fulfillment systems are best-in-class.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services for Kitchen Tech using Kotlin/Java
  • Contribute in overall architecture solution by providing good practices within a micro-services oriented architecture
  • Implement workflow automation and orchestration using Temporal.
  • Optimize database interactions and performance (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers to build seamless user experiences
  • Ensure system reliability and uptime by implementing best practices in observability, logging, and monitoring
  • Perform code reviews, contribute to best practices, and mentor junior engineers
  • Work closely with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure deployment
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and drive innovation within the team
  • Be open to learning and working with other programming languages if required by R&D initiatives

Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend development
  • Experience working with Micronaut or Spring Boot frameworks
  • Understanding of micro-services architecture and distributed systems
  • Passion for R&D and innovation, with experience building POCs and exploring emerging technologies
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to new challenges quickly
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Preferred requirements:

  • Experience with GraphQL, event-driven architectures, or message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Background in food tech, logistics, or fulfillment software development
  • Experience in IoT, edge computing, or hardware integrations related to kitchen operations


Learn More About CookUnity

We believe great leadership starts with alignment on vision, values, and ways of working. To give you deeper insight into who we are and what we’re looking for, we invite you to explore: CookUnity's Leadership Principles – The values and behaviors that guide how we operate, collaborate, and scale.

We hope this provides valuable insight into our culture and product vision. If this excites you, we’d love to connect!


Benefits

💸 Get paid in USD

🗺 Work remotely: design the life that you want

⛱ Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date

🎄 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays

🩺 Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider

🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

🐣 Paid Family leave

🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises

🧘🏽‍♀️ 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

 

If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application, and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!

 

CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.

A quick note for all candidates
We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry, and we want to make sure you (and your data) stay safe while applying to CookUnity. We also want you to know that we take this seriously — sometimes, as part of our process, we may ask for a brief “proof of humanity” to confirm that we’re connecting with a real person, not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:

  • Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page: careers.cookunity.com
  • Our recruiters are real people — and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If you’re unsure, feel free to reach out to us on our official LinkedIn Company Page.
  • We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in @cookunity.com and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) — never WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.
  • We’ll never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does, please don’t share any information and let us know right away.

If something ever feels off or you’re unsure about a message, we’d much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity — and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider
  • Other Benefit: Personalized English coach
  • Paid Parental Leave: Paid Family leave
  • Paid Time Off: Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date

CookUnity is a prepared meal delivery service by award-winning chefs, offering flexible meal plans nationwide. With hundreds of gourmet options, customers can choose meals based on their preferences and dietary needs, enjoying restaurant-quality dishes...

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