Job Description

At Guac, we're on a mission to solve grocery food waste with predictive ML. We forecast exactly how much of each product will sell, to put an end to the millions of tons of food that goes to waste every single day due to bad inventory replenishment.

We're currently working with major supermarket chains in the US (you've probably shopped at some of them before), and we're backed by Y Combinator, 1984 Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and angels from Instacart and Citadel Securities.

We're seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our team in-person in New York to help shape the future of grocery!

About the Role

As a Software Engineer at Guac, you'll have significant ownership and influence on our engineering and product direction:

Data Engineering & Integration

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for processing inventory and sales data across multiple grocery chains
• Build robust ETL workflows (Python, Dask, Dagster, GCP) for integrating with diverse customer systems
• Optimize data flows to handle the scale and complexity of enterprise grocery operations

Backend Development

• Design and build robust backend services that power in-store ordering and production planning products
• Develop and maintain Python-based APIs using FastAPI on GCP
• Collaborate directly with customers' technical teams to understand and integrate with their IT infrastructure

About You

• At least 3 years of relevant software engineering experience and a minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science
• Strong proficiency in Python backend and API development
• Excellent communication skills and commercial mindset, with experience in customer-facing technical roles
• Bonus: Experience with data processing frameworks (Dagster, Airflow) and/or distributed systems

Why Work with Us

• Join an early-stage team where you'll have real impact and ownership over technical decisions, strategy, and products used by our customers every day
• Solve intellectually challenging problems at the intersection of software engineering, data, and ML that require deep thinking and creativity
• Make a real-world impact on both climate and food security: the grocery industry is enormous (in the US, it accounts for ~4% of GDP), and we're tackling food waste at scale
• Be part of a fast-growing engineering team that's transforming how major grocery chains operate

Our Tech Stack

• Languages & Frameworks : Backend - Python, FastAPI; Frontend - React, Next.js, Typescript 
• Data Engineering : Dagster, Dask, SQL, BigQuery
• Cloud & Infrastructure : GCP, Terraform, Docker
• Databases : PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy

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