Hungryroot - Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Requirements
• 5+ years of professional software development experience • 3+ years of professional Python development experience • Professional experience building backend services using Django (preferred), Flask, FastAPI, or a similar Python web framework • Strong SQL experience, including relational data modeling, raw queries, and performance tuning • Experience designing, deploying, and operating production applications in AWS or another major cloud platform • Experience translating ambiguous business or technical problems into actionable engineering plans, including technical design, estimation, and incremental delivery • Experience using observability platforms such as Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar tools to monitor, troubleshoot, and improve the reliability of production systems • Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code) to accelerate learning, improve development efficiency, and assist with debugging and testing while maintaining high standards for engineering best practices and code quality • Experience with operations, logistics, fulfillment, inventory, supply chain, or e-commerce systems • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling (such as Terraform) • Experience with Docker and container-based deployment workflows • Experience with asynchronous technologies (such as Celery) • Experience with workflow orchestration or job scheduling frameworks (such as Dyrygent) • Experience using React or similar frontend frameworks • A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
Responsibilities
• Design, build, and own mission-critical platform systems and integrations that support operations, fulfillment, data science, and other engineering teams • Partner with stakeholders and engineering leaders to define technical approaches, estimate effort, and break down large initiatives into incremental deliverables that enable faster, iterative delivery • Drive technical discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, and help the team arrive at practical solutions that balance business needs with long-term maintainability • Participate in the team’s on-call rotation, responding to production incidents, troubleshooting complex system issues, and driving improvements to reliability, observability, and operational excellence • Help raise the bar on code quality and engineering discipline through code reviews, testing, automation, technical documentation, and opportunistic refactoring • Participate in the interview process of other engineering candidates and contribute to hiring decisions
Benefits
• Remote-first: work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere in the U.S. - you decide! • Unlimited vacation policy • Universal paid parental leave • Monthly Hungryroot credit for delicious, healthy groceries • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance • 401k with Company Match • A work from home stipend to support your initial home-office setup
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