Staff Fullstack Engineer
HelloFresh2 months ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of scalable backend platforms and distributed systems.
- Drive technical discovery, requirements refinement, and solution architecture for ambiguous problems.
- Translate product and business goals into scalable execution strategies.
- Design and optimize AI-assisted development workflows, including spec-driven development, agent orchestration, context management, automated verification, and quality validation.
- Partner with product, platform, and engineering teams to promote customer-focused product engineering and measurable outcomes.
- Lead architectural discussions, mentor engineers, and establish standards for observability, quality engineering, and system reliability.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and AI tooling to improve engineering effectiveness, software quality, and organizational scalability.
Requirements
- Strong experience with microservice architectures, event-driven systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ, and distributed systems design patterns.
- Hands-on production experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices.
- Proficiency with relational and document databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or MongoDB.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering workflows, LLM integrations, agentic development patterns, or ML-driven product capabilities.
- Production proficiency with one or more backend languages such as Golang, Python, or Java.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and technical-influence skills when working with frontend engineers, designers, product managers, and distributed teams.
Benefits
- Weekly meal-kit discounts, including 75% off HelloFresh and Chefs Plate and 50% off Factor.
- Health and dental benefits from day one, a Health Spending Account, Headspace access, and GoodLife fitness discounts.
- Generous vacation and paid time off.
- Parental leave top-up program.
- Career progression and continued learning support through the dedicated Learning and Development team.
- Team socials and company events.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and employee resource groups.
- Flexible hybrid work with a minimum of two days in the Toronto office per week, with most teams working in office two to three days weekly.
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About HelloFresh
HelloFresh builds subscription meal kits for households, delivering pre-portioned ingredients and recipes to cook at home. The company sells direct-to-consumer across North America, Europe, and Australia under multiple brands, with revenue from recurring subscriptions and add-ons like market items. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Berlin, HelloFresh is a public company listed in Germany (ETR) and operates its own fulfillment and last-mile logistics.