At Chef’d we believe great food creates memories, enhances moments, and nurtures the soul. Our mission is to enrich lives through culinary adventure with our hand-cultivated, meticulously curated, delicious experiences. Chef’d is the only subscription-free meal marketplace allowing you to discover new foods the way you want—no strings attached.

We're a team filled with chef's, culinary writers, data scientists, marketing/sales experts, production associates and more - all committed to playing our hearts out. We follow through with our goals, move fast, and take risks. The industry is growing and we're at the forefront of innovation and personalization. 

Product and engineering are the drivers to delivering our new strategic imperatives. The company has just started assembling a team of top-notch engineers and product professionals. We are seeking backend (or full stack) engineers (at all levels) to help us to establish a thoughtful design and development practice and architecture that encapsulates our value, culture, and the belief that we can transform the food industry for the better.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver best-in-class backend applications and systems
• Represent the developer stakeholder in product decisions
• Contribute to the design and development of the product
• Help improve process operations, system functionality, product usability/quality, integrations, and data integrity
• Leverage best practices from industry

Requirements:

• Proficient in web development, specifically with Node.js/Express
• Proficient in unit testing and associated test/automation (Mocha or Karma)
• Proficient in relational database (SQL and ETL)
• Good to deep understanding of systems including Linux and Cloud computing (AWS or Google Cloud)
• Basic to intermediate knowledge/experience in performing code and design review
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and dealing with ambiguity
• Good understanding of issue management systems, project management, and version control (especially git), standard development tools (Grunt/gulp, lint, unit testing, etc), and engineering process/practices
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organized and write well-understood, clean code
• Possess the entrepreneurial attitude/ability to make an impact in the organizations and to deliver awesome products to the customers

Extra Credit For:

• Strong devops skills (write a Dockerfile or Terraform script)
• Good sense of system architecture and design patterns
• Experience with BigData (Data streaming and NoSQL database)
• Advanced knowledge/experience in configuring and scaling a web/application server especially Nginx or/and Node.js
• Big plus: Experience with Netstuite integration
• Big plus: Proficiency with a front-end development stack e.g. Mobile or web
• Big plus: Experience in leading a team
• Great sense of humor :)

Founded in 2014, Chef'd is Headquartered in El Segundo, CA with production facilities in El Segundo, CA, Brooklyn, NY, and Pico Rivera, CA. Chef'd, a venture-backed, series-B company, is beginning to experience high growth as we scale our operations to new markets and distribution channels. There are plenty of areas where we can innovate and optimize. We're at the beginning of business growth and innovation. Join us and help build a world-class company! Chef'd offers competitive compensation packages including full medical, dental, and vision benefits, flexible PTO, pet insurance, and discounts on meal kits!