Senior Software Engineer Engineering · Arlington, VA ·

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Restaurant Operations Features team. You will play a key role in developing and enhancing our Inventory, Recipes, and Enterprise reporting features, empowering restaurant owners to gain deeper insights and streamline their operations. Your work will directly impact the efficiency and success of thousands of restaurants across the US and Canada.

MarginEdge is a SaaS platform that serves independent restaurants with a focus on simplifying complex operations and delivering actionable insights. Our system is cloud-hosted on AWS, with services developed using Java/Spring Boot and front-end technologies like React and AngularJS. Our data architecture leverages both NoSQL (DynamoDB) and relational (Postgres) databases to handle the vast amount of data generated by our platform.

Today, MarginEdge is used by more than 9,000 restaurants, providing our customers with insights into their $13 billion in purchases. Join our well-funded startup and make a tangible impact in the restaurant industry by building products that our customers love and rely on.

What type of responsibilities will I have?

• Scale our restaurant management features with cloud technologies to meet our growth needs for years.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to plan, scope, and improve our product.
• Develop back-end services and intuitive front-end interfaces for high volume features.
• Mentor a team of engineers on best practices for developing systems.
• Perform code reviews and apply feedback to improve security, scalability, and reliability.
• Identify security risks in code and design secure solutions.
• Lead architectural and solution design discussions, ensuring our infrastructure is performant, fault-tolerant, and maintainable.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve critical issues.
• Dive into customer problems to deliver an excellent experience.
• Experiment with new technologies and teach your peers how to use them in their work.

What qualifications or skills are required?

• Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Candidates in this role typically have 5-10 years of related experience in software development.
• A proactive approach to seek out new tasks and solve problems before asking for help.
• Empathy for the customer experience and desire to influence product direction.
• Production experience with AWS infrastructure.
• Knowledge of load testing, debugging, CI/CD, and related disciplines.
• A customer-focused mindset and passion for restaurant technology.
• Masters in computer science preferred.

Benefits
In order to fuel this rocket ship, we need to build a team as passionate about our work and product as we are. We believe that top talent should feel deeply connected to their work, appreciated for the time they give to building our organization and have the balance necessary to give their best during work hours and all those after-hours too. We do this by offering a suite of benefits to provide the foundation for a career you love and a life outside of work you love just as much.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Short/Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Health Savings Account with employer match.
• Commuter benefits with employer contribution.
• Generous Life Insurance Plan.
• Short- and Long-term Disability.
• Company-Paid Holidays.
• 401(k) and matching.
• Stock Options.
• 12-week fully Paid Parental Leave.
• Lunch catered twice a week at our HQ.
• A wellness program that sponsors healthy activities.

Our Fine Print is Bold: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran, marital, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.