Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CookUnity is a platform that connects the world with great food by delivering meals from top chefs. They are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend and frontend services for their Recipe Management System, working closely with chefs and operational teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services for the Recipe Management System using Kotlin and Java
- Contribute to front-end development in React, next.js and related technologies
- 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
- Help to have higher levels of uptime & supporting the on-call rotation will help the business run 24/7
Skills
- 4+ years of backend development experience with Kotlin and/or Java
- Experience working with Micronaut or Spring Boot frameworks
- Strong understanding of microservices architectures and distributed systems
- 2+ years of frontend development in React.js tech stack
- Proficiency in SQL databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience building high-performance, scalable backend systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for clean, maintainable code
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design and best practices
- Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Strong English communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with message queues (SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Exposure to GraphQL and event-driven architectures
- Experience in DevOps practices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Background in food tech, e-commerce, or marketplace platforms
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.
- Flexible benefits, your way: a prepaid card you can use on wellness, learning, food, and more.
- AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.
- Personalized English coach.
Company Overview
CookUnity is a meal subscription and delivery platform that connects private chefs with consumers. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.cookunity.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
CookUnity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.