This role is being recruited by CoffeeSpace on behalf of an anonymous company transforming the way employees experience lunch at work.
We’re identifying a small number of exceptional backend engineers from our network. If there’s a strong fit, we’ll introduce you directly to the team.
Location: New York, New York, United States
Compensation: $176K–$242K base + competitive equity
Employment type: Full-time
About the company
This company partners with top local restaurants to provide companies with high-quality, individually packed meals. By batching hundreds of orders, they offer a seamless, affordable, and joyful lunch experience for employees, employers, and restaurant partners.
The company is driven by an engineering-first culture, allowing engineers to make primary decisions and have an outsized impact compared to traditional big tech.
About the role
We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help architect and scale the systems powering the company's real-time logistics and operations. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys solving ambiguous problems and working with complex systems.
You’ll build backend services that support web and mobile products while tackling challenges across logistics, routing, automation, scalability, and reliability. You’ll work closely with frontend, mobile, product, and operations teams and play an important role in shaping how the company designs and scales its backend infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality backend systems using languages such as Java and Go
- Lead major technical initiatives across vehicle routing optimization, logistics automation, scalability, and reliability
- Own backend architecture and drive solutions to complex, ambiguous, and high-impact problems
- Build and scale core APIs, services, and data stores that support the company's products and operations
- Establish best practices around testing, monitoring, observability, reliability, and system performance
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate technical priorities into quarterly roadmaps
- Collaborate closely with frontend, mobile, product, and operations teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Mentor other engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on collaboration
The Ideal Candidate
- 5-8 years of experience in backend development with a focus on distributed systems
- Proficiency in Java and Go
- Experience with APIs and data stores
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex, high-impact problems
- Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
Next steps
- 1. Apply via this LinkedIn job post
- 2. We’ll review and reach out if there’s a strong match
- 3. If aligned, we’ll introduce you directly to the team
- 4. If this role isn’t the right fit, we may suggest and make introductions to other high-signal startup roles we’re recruiting for, always with your permission.
A quick note on authenticity
This is a real, active role that CoffeeSpace is recruiting for in close partnership with the hiring team. We don’t post speculative roles and work directly with teams on their actual hiring needs.