Senior Full Stack Engineer, Supply Tech

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer with Backend-oriented focus to join our Supply Tech team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain highly scalable backend and frontend services that power CookUnity’s core recipe management functionalities. You will work alongside other talented engineers, product managers, and designers to develop robust and efficient backend systems using Kotlin and React, leveraging frameworks like Micronaut or Spring Boot and integrating Temporal for workflow automation.

This is an individual contributor (IC) role with a strong focus on backend architecture, performance, and scalability. If you enjoy solving complex problems, optimizing workflows, and working on mission-critical systems, this role is for you!

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.

Minimum Requirements

• 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.

Preferred Requirements

• 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.

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!

🩺 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.