Some great opportunities don’t present themselves too often. And it is one of such things which you better not to miss if you’re an Engineer who can do the things and fast right from scratch. Sounds like a typical startup thing, right? What’s so unique then? Well, this is a startup which already have very decent money round - $25M, and more to come. AND they are looking to rewrite their backend from scratch now. AND their Head of Engineering is a top class boss - smart, young, energetic, appreciating top engineers and giving them a lot of freedom if they know what they’re doing.

So, to summarize:

• Backend from scratch

• Startup with decent money in their bank - not just dreamers

• Cool Head of Engineering

• Small team, little overhead

• The team will be growing eventually and so will you

Downsides?

• Noone to blame

Now, here is more about the company/business itself:

Local Kitchens is a tech-enabled restaurant platform that brings beloved restaurant brands and world-class chefs to every neighborhood. Their long term goal is to serve 25,000 communities around the world and enable emerging brands and chefs to reach every household across our platform. They aim to reshape the $900bn restaurant industry through technology while bringing high-quality food options to families in every neighborhood of the world. 

We’re looking for a Full-Stack Senior Software Engineer who loves solving complex problems. You’ll help us spearhead our effort to rearchitect our backend and guide us towards a rock-solid foundation for core systems as we approach rapid scale (we’ve chosen Django, and looking for leverage here). You’ll also help design, build, and iterate on product features that delight our guests, from menu personalization, to an M/L based cook-time predictor, to our self-ordering Kiosks.

• 5-10+ years building scalable engineering solutions across the stack.

• Proven track record for designing and building core services and API’s for a variety of product use cases. 

• Deep production-level experience with Python/Django and React.

• Comfort with Typescript.

• Strong understanding of fundamentals of relational data modeling and design (we use PostgreSQL, but our use cases are expanding beyond that).

• Ability to lead major architecture initiatives from the ground up, balancing for speed while designing for scale

• Believer in automated testing, continuous integration, high code quality.

• Interest and experience in coaching/mentoring junior engineers.

• Collaborative approach to building software with engineers and cross-functional partners

• Bonus: Devops/CI/CD experience.