Senior Backend Engineer, Menu at Cookunity

Cookunity

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina·6d ago

SeniorFull-timeTypeScriptReactNode.jsAWSKubernetesTerraformPostgreSQLMySQLGraphQLMicroservices

Salary Range

$132,600 - $179,400 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join the Menu Team at CookUnity, where you will play a key role in building and optimizing backend services and APIs that power CookUnity’s menu experience. This role involves working on the Server-Driven UI (SDUI) service within our Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architecture, as well as developing and maintaining backend services and databases.

Key Responsibilities

→Develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power the menu experience across mobile and web
→Implement and optimize the BFF (Backend-for-Frontend) layer, ensuring efficient data handling and low-latency API responses
→Collaborate with frontend, mobile, and product teams to design and implement new menu-related features
→Optimize database queries and caching strategies for high-performance API responses
→Improve monitoring, observability, and logging for backend services
→Participate in code reviews and engineering discussions, contributing to technical best practices

Requirements

✓5+ years of experience in backend development, with expertise in Typescript and Node.js
✓Experience in backend development, with Kotlin
✓Experience working with Web frontends, using React and Redux
✓Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and backend-for-frontend (BFF)
✓Experience working with SQL databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL) and optimizing queries
✓Familiarity with service-oriented architecture and microservices
✓Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills for backend services and APIs
✓Solid understanding of performance optimization, caching, and API response efficiency
✓Advanced English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams