Cssmerge Staff Software Engineer role to build software platforms connecting kitchen teams, cloud services, and robotic production systems. Provide technical leadership, own complex full-stack initiatives, and collaborate across multiple teams.
Responsibilities
Build the software platform that connects kitchen teams, cloud services, and robotic production systems. As a Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will own significant product and technical areas from definition through production. You will work across frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and robot-adjacent interfaces. You will partner closely with product, culinary, operations, robotics, firmware and mechanical teams to turn ambiguous operational problems into reliable software.
We are looking for someone who remains deeply hands-on while providing technical leadership like shaping architecture, raising engineering quality, mentoring others, and helping the Los Angeles team scale.
Own and deliver complex full-stack initiatives spanning user interfaces, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and external integrations.
Lead technical design and architecture for new capabilities, balancing speed, reliability, maintainability, and operational simplicity.
Partner directly with product, culinary, and operations teams to understand workflows, clarify requirements, and define pragmatic solutions.
Build software for configuring, observing, and managing kitchen operations, including order intake, menus, recipes, tasks, alerts, and performance visibility.
Integrate with delivery and commerce platforms to receive orders, synchronize menus, and communicate order state.
Create and integrate operator-facing and robot-adjacent interfaces used in physical production environments.
Work alongside with firmware and robotics engineers to ensure cohesive system functionality
Own projects through rollout and production support, including testing, observability, incident diagnosis, and iterative improvement.
Set a strong example through design reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, and thoughtful engineering tradeoffs.
Mentor engineers, improve development practices, and help establish the technical culture and standards of the Los Angeles team.
Qualification
AWS servicesDockerSimulation environmentsSQLSoftware that interacts with hardwareWhat Makes This Opportunity DifferentHigh ownership
Required
10+ years of strong software engineering experience including ownership of complex systems or initiatives across multiple components
Demonstrated ability to lead technical design and execution in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Deep experience in at least one backend language; Go experience is valuable but not required
Strong frontend engineering skills with modern TypeScript
Preferred
AWS services, distributed systems, databases, queues, and cross-region architectures.
Docker, Kubernetes, Protobuf, Python, Terraform, Git, and continuous delivery systems.
Simulation environments, mocked or simulated backend services, and integration testing.
SQL, analytics platforms, operational dashboards, or data-intensive product development.
Software that interacts with hardware, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, fulfillment, or other physical operations.
Building internal tools or operational software used in high-availability, real-time environments.
What Makes This Opportunity Different
High ownership: Own meaningful product and technical areas rather than a narrow component.
