Senior Backend Engineer, Fulfillment & Logistics Tech

About CookUnity

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with 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 35 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.

The Team:

The OpsTech Team is a critical part of CookUnity’s ChefOS Zone, dedicated to building and optimizing software solutions for Fulfillment and Logistics. This team ensures that orders are efficiently packed, tracked, and delivered with precision, leveraging technology to streamline every step of the process. Our systems directly impact the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of meal delivery, ensuring that customers receive their meals fresh and on time.

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 Engineer to play a key role in building and optimizing our fulfillment and logistics technology. This is a backend engineering position, with a focus on NodeJS/TypeScript for backend development. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of scalable backend architectures, real-time tracking systems, and intuitive frontend interfaces that power our fulfillment and logistics operations.

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 logistics and fulfillment systems are best-in-class.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using TypeScript (Node.js) to support fulfillment and logistics operations.
• Work with real-time tracking and order management systems to improve efficiency and accuracy in fulfillment processes.
• Participate in the Ops Engineering R&D squad, experimenting with new technologies and developing POCs for operational improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including fulfillment managers, logistics coordinators, and data engineers, to develop technology solutions that address real-world operational challenges.
• Ensure system reliability, security, and scalability, implementing best practices in monitoring, logging, and performance optimization.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code while mentoring junior engineers and conducting thorough code reviews.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, continuously seeking opportunities to innovate within fulfillment and logistics tech.

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Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in fullstack software development.
• Proficiency in TypeScript (Node.js) for backend development.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and scalable backend design.
• Experience working with real-time tracking systems, logistics platforms, or warehouse management solutions.
• Passion for R&D and innovation, with experience building POCs and exploring emerging technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to new technologies and environments quickly.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, operationally intensive environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a focus on cross-team partnerships.
• Willigness to go to our Toronto office 2-3 times per week.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with GraphQL, event-driven architectures, or message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Exposure to cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Background in logistics, fulfillment, or last-mile delivery systems.
• Familiarity with IoT, RFID, or smart tracking technologies.
• Willingness to work across different tech stacks and contribute to non-TypeScript projects when needed.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance coverage
• We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• 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
• A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly.
• Wellness perks: fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
• Personalized Spanish coach
• Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!

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!

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