Backend Software Engineer

Hungryroot is the all-in-one recipe and grocery service. We're here to help people feel their best and make grocery shopping, cooking, and enjoying healthy food easier than ever. So, we're creating the first-of-its-kind food experience that puts people (and the planet) first, built for busy lives and individual needs.

We are a distributed team built on top talent from across the U.S. While we have an office in NYC, we support employees creating “offices” wherever they are. We believe in fostering team connection and collaboration across all of our “offices” - so don’t expect to be online at 6 am to make a meeting if you’re on the West coast. Expect to attend regular team building events, and to be able to work from the beach every once in a while. Expect to be treated like an owner who cares about our common goal, not someone who has to clock in and out of work.

Hungryroot is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. 

This software engineer will be responsible for implementation, testing and maintenance of important features and integrations on the backend team. These include REST API endpoints, database schema changes, translating business logic, performance tuning, security hardening and other critical features. They can reach out to more senior engineers while performing additional research as necessary, to arrive at the best solution for each task. They can leverage other senior engineers to execute projects, proactively raise issues and resourcefully unblock themselves. They can constructively debate issues to learn and grow from others with more experience. 

• Contribute to critical overarching aspects of engineering infrastructure. Ownership of components of the service (e.g. module, set of related functions or business logic).
• Contribute to important technical discussions and help the team arrive at the best possible solution given any constraints we may face. Work with the other engineers and willing to offer assistance in helping solve problems.
• Work closely with engineering leads on planning and execution of large, complex projects.
• Contribute directly to important feature development and maintenance.
• Ensure they maintain the bar on code quality and enforce engineering discipline through code review feedback, testing, technical presentations and opportunistic refactoring.

• 3+ yrs of commercial software development experience.
• 2+ yrs of experience using Python as the primary day-to-day env.
• 2+ yrs of designing, implementing, extending, maintaining and documenting RESTful APIs.
• 2+ yrs of experience working with a web framework such as Django (preferred), Flask, Rails.
• 1+ yrs of relational SQL experience.
• Motivated and resourceful. Able to take ownership (with guidance) and see projects through from start to finish.
• Collaborate well with teammates and be positive and constructive in communication.
• Be proactive. Think ahead to avoid potential issues instead of being reactive.
• Be transparent and candid.

• Remote Work Optional: Work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere, you decide!
• Competitive compensation + comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Monthly Hungryroot credit
• Universal paid parental leave
• 401k
• Commuter benefits 
• A working environment filled with passionate, happy, smart people!

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Hungryroot is built on the values of being proactive, positive, and transparent in all that we do. Our mission to help make healthy eating easy, accessible, and joyful is better served by a diverse workplace.

We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. We have zero-tolerance for harassment or discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.