
Hotplate
Online ordering platform for independent chefs and bakers.
What Hotplate does
Hotplate is changing how people sell food across the US by giving Chefs and Bakers the tools necessary to solo launch and manage a food business online. There are talented people around the world capable of making amazing food, but either due to a lack of awareness, financial constraints, or the daunting overhead costs associated with traditional brick-and-mortar businesses, many never venture into this space independently. Hotplate is fueling a new model of food sales, allowing anyone to create a storefront, announce a sale, and coordinate local pickups with hundreds, or even thousands of customers—all within a 10-minute setup. Our aim is to make the food industry more available to everyone with the desire to enter it, consequently making food more accessible and diverse across the United States.
1 open role
What the role involves
The role As a full stack engineer at Hotplate, you'll build end-to-end features that will directly impact how thousands of chefs' and bakers' businesses run their businesses. You'll get to stretch across a range of work like building scalable systems & infrastructure to handle ticketmaster-style food drops, Chef-facing features that will provide powerful ways to manage and grow their business, and consumer-facing storefront and buying experiences that delight. This role is best suited for someone who likes to participate in the full process of building features, from supporting on ideation and design to executing features independently. What you will need to be successful Extremely comfortable working full stack A high bar for delivering clean, intuitive, UX experiences A love for designing products and features from scratch Have worked in early to mid-stage startups before, with experience taking projects from 0 to 1 independently Comfortable with our stack: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node, Express, PostgreSQL, AWS 3+ years of product-focused, full-stack engineering Our philosophy of engineering Hotplate's engineering team is small, and as we scale we want to keep it that way. Every engineer operates in a full stack capacity. Features are owned by individuals, so even though we all have our strengths, each of us pushes code to all layers of the app. We find this increases our velocity, results in better decision-making before and during feature development, and is a forcing function for us to grow as full stack contributors. Our team We are a lean, mission-driven team. We exist to enable the next million chefs and bakers to scale local food businesses outside the brick & mortar model. We operate with high ownership, laser focus on the impact we have for our chefs and bakers, and commitment to take on projects that push us out of our comfort zones. We’re a tight-knit crew. We jam with a daily shared playlist, often hang for team lunch and happy hours, and always have snacks on the table (made by the team or a Hotplate Chef). We love working in a place where we all have a connection, and think it helps us work better as a team. If you want to know more about Hotplate to know if its the right place for you, you can read our philosophy on hiring, fundraising, and our values. Benefits Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents 401(k) retirement plan Unlimited PTO (that people actually take) Parental leave Monthly budget to spend on Hotplate Hotplate is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
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