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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Senior Backend Software Engineer
Goulash
1 month 1 week ago

The Role

At Goulash, our mission is to streamline the overall home cooking experience with care about the environment. After a successful MVP launch two months ago, we're now assembling a strong team to transform this vision into a world-class product. Goulash is the perfect place for ambitious innovators who have a desire to make our planet a better place. Here, you'll have the opportunity to design and implement new features end-to-end, taking full ownership from conception to delivery.

Job Description

Own the most impactful and challenging problems in the business from end to end. Make intelligent and pragmatic technical trade-offs in the service of getting results quickly. Design foundational technical systems from scratch. Write scalable, simple, readable, and well-tested code.

Qualifications

  • Strong programming skills in Python
  • A keen sense of the balance between technical complexity, first principles thinking, and implementation cost that best solves the problem at hand
  • Learn quickly and are comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • Understand that great engineering is a means to create world-class products for our customers - the customer always comes first
  • Are unreasonably ambitious and excited to build something new
  • Have a proactive attitude to work and life

Also nice to have: (Note: We value potential over prior experience for this role, so don't worry if you don't meet all (or any) of these extra qualifications.)

  • Experience with building recommendational systems
  • Experience incorporating Large Language Models into operational and technical workflows
  • Experience with Python web tech stack
  • Experience with AWS cloud

What You'll Get From Goulash

  • The opportunity to join a mission-driven company that is working on a novel solution to a complex problem
  • A culture that prioritizes thoughtfulness, first principles thinking, and hard work
  • Flexible vacation policy with required time off - we work incredibly hard but also encourage taking time off to relax, reflect, and do what you love outside of work

Background

The ProblemEurope is currently facing significant increases in living costs. About 70% of Europeans cook at home regularly, yet 20% of all food at home ends up as waste. This often comes from challenges like over-purchasing and not using products before they expire.

Where Goulash Comes In

Goulash is revolutionizing the way we eat at home. Instead of handling all the small tasks yourself, our app simplifies meal planning by helping you choose what to eat, what ingredients to buy, and how to use them efficiently. By staying in charge of such routines, the app reduces the root cause of food waste by ensuring you purchase only what you need and use everything you buy. Plus, our easy-to-follow videos make cooking accessible to everyone, regardless of skill level. We aim to help people eat better, with less effort and lower costs.

Our Stack:

  • Frontend: native iOS app built on SwiftUI, Combine
  • Backend: Python FastAPI
  • Infrastructure: AWS Cloud, App Engine, Cloud Functions, Airflow
  • Data Engineering: Python, Pandas
  • Storage: Postgres

Goulash is committed to building a diverse and inclusive company that celebrates and develops individuals of all backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage all applicants to apply.

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