Fullstack Engineer

Hotplate is revolutionizing the food industry by building a platform that enables independent chefs and bakers to run successful food businesses through a pre-order pickup model. The platform addresses critical challenges faced by traditional brick-and-mortar establishments, helping food entrepreneurs achieve up to 50% profit margins compared to the industry standard of 5%.

As a Fullstack Engineer at Hotplate, you'll have the opportunity to work across the entire stack in a small, highly impactful engineering team. The role offers full ownership over feature development, from ideation to implementation, working with end-to-end TypeScript and React. You'll be building solutions that thousands of food entrepreneurs rely on to manage their businesses efficiently.

The company values individual ownership and full-stack capability, where engineers push code to all layers of the application. This approach leads to better decision-making and faster development velocity. The platform helps chefs manage thousands of orders and customers, with some achieving monthly sales exceeding $100k independently.

Hotplate was founded in 2020 and has grown to a team of 8 people based in San Francisco. The company's mission is to increase the diversity and accessibility of food by making it possible for anyone to start a food business without the traditional high barriers to entry. They provide chefs with custom-built websites for food sales via pre-order, streamlining both storefront and backend operations.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working full stack, have strong experience with React and TypeScript, and possess a track record of taking projects from conception to completion in early to mid-stage startups. The role requires a high standard for clean, intuitive UX experiences and the ability to work independently while contributing to the overall product vision.