Full Stack Founding Engineer

This is an in-person position, you must be willing to come to our NYC (SoHo) office M-F.

Popchew is seeking a Full Stack Founding Engineer!

As an early engineer, you will be a critical part of our company’s product direction and future. You will be building the bones of our company and making decisions that will control the trajectory of the company. We will invest in your development and do everything we can to make sure this is and will always be one of your best professional experiences. We believe this will be a career-defining choice for all employees.

What You'll Do

• You’ll ship product. As part of our team, you’ll move fast. Building solid user experiences, wiring up real-time interactions, and pushing out bug-fixes are all “part of the job”. Writing clean and efficient code that helps not only you -- but the entire team -- deliver real value fast.
• You’ll contribute to many areas. You’ll offer your expertise not just within the realms of product, design, and engineering, but extend your contributions to encompass the foundation of our entire customer experience.
• You’ll grow and improve. You’ll be working with some top-notch people who all love to teach and learn. You’ll find yourself both teaching and learning, giving feedback and leading. Challenge your team as they challenge you. We all improve ourselves on a daily basis.
• You’ll shape product strategy. You’ll get to use your own product, talk to customers who use it, and have a direct impact on how our company creates and produces experiences.
• You’ll be an owner. You’ll work together with smart and ego-free people with the responsibility and freedom to execute. We’ll give you the space and support to excel.

Requirements

Personal

• You like to build and ship. Providing the best experience for all customers. You have opinions and can drive forward as a champion.
• You thrive in fast-paced environments. At this stage, we’re still learning. You will iterate with customers, designers, and product managers to focus on high-impact work.
• You take pride in your craftsmanship. Clean code and design help you and your colleagues move fast and confidently.
• You have empathy for customers. You build with the customer in mind.

Technical

• 3+ years designing and building APIs and backend integrations from start to finish in the cloud using Python and/or Node.js.
• TypeScript, React (or similar), React Query or other state management library
• HTML and CSS fundamentals
• Bonus: NextJS, React Native, Lambdas/Serverless

Benefits

• 🌎Opportunity to join the Founding Team of a fast-growing startup backed by world-class investors
• 💰Competitive compensation & equity
• 🩺Full health, dental, vision coverage
• 🌴Unlimited PTO policy
• 💻Apple equipment
• 🧇Lots of free food and drinks

About Us

Popchew is building the defining food brand of the next century at the intersection of food, entertainment, and consumerism - starting with delivery.

Our plan is simple - build for where consumer behavior and food are going. In the United States, 51% of all food purchases now originate digitally, while food delivery has exploded into the fastest-growing mode of food consumption globally, fueled by next-gen consumers using delivery to eat, rather than cooking.

Where legacy food brands (Mcdonald's, Applebees, etc) won with real estate, in a digital age, Popchew is built to win online. Rather than investing in expensive real estate, we invest in consumer experience, content, and collaborations with iconic individuals and brands to capture attention.
We scale nationally through an asset-light distribution model that allows us to reach customers without investing capital into real estate, food, or labor - instead partnering with vendors who already have the expertise and means to produce our products, creating a win-win opportunity.

In just two years, we've built Popchew from merely an idea into a category-defining, nationally operating brand that has collaborated with iconic brands and talent like Doritos and Trippie Redd, producing millions in revenue and feeding hundreds of thousands of customers nationwide.
We've reached an inflection point and are poised for hyper-growth as we more than 5x our location count via a strategic partnership with one of the largest F&B brands on earth, while we activate an iconic pipeline of collaborators that spans globally recognized entertainment franchises, award-winning musicians and entertainers, beloved content creators, and more.

The future of food will be built pixel by pixel, not brick by brick. Popchew is building it, join us.

** How We Hire**

We hire for where people are going, not where they have been. We look for alignment with our mission, culture, and values above all else. Our hiring process is simple - we move quickly and act with conviction, generally aiming to give folks clear answers in 2-3 weeks.

1. Phone Screen
2. Project
3. Technical Interview
4. Onsite / Founder Interviews
5. References
6. Offer

Not sure if you qualify? We encourage you to apply.