Backend Engineer, Senior

Do you love enabling other development teams to ship the best version of their applications? Do you love diving deep into the internals of a system and identifying areas for iterative improvement? Does the thought of continuous integration and agile workflow encourage you to craft high-quality, well-tested, and resilient systems? Do you feel observability, security, availability, and maintainability are inextricably linked to your application’s architecture? Do you want to support products that connect thousands of food orderers to restaurants every day?

Are all() of your answers to the above == True? If so, keep reading; this might be the product-building environment you have searched for.

About Us

ChowNow is one of the leading players in off-premise restaurant technology. As takeout becomes a vital revenue stream for independent restaurants, our platform helps owners focus on what they do best—serving great food—by offering solutions across the entire digital dining experience. From building branded websites and mobile apps, to powering online orders, managing menus, consolidating delivery, and running targeted marketing, we give restaurants the tools to grow on their own terms.

We support over 20,000 restaurants across North America, helping process $1B+ in gross food sales while saving our partners over $700M in third-party commission fees. Through our white-label ordering solutions, a growing demand network (including Google, Yelp, Apple, and Snap), and a diner-friendly marketplace, we empower independent restaurants to own their customer relationships and avoid inflated pricing and fees charged by 3rd party delivery apps like Uber and Doordash.

Founded in 2012, we’ve navigated rapid growth and transformation—from startup roots through the pandemic boom—and are now beginning an exciting new era under our CEO, Kanika Soni. As we evolve with new leadership and cutting-edge tools, we’re deepening our commitment to helping local...