Staff Engineer, Operations Technology

HelloFresh; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Box Discount

Health & Wellness

Vacation & PTO

Family Benefits

Growth & Development

Work Hard & Have Fun

Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

Job summary

HelloFresh is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join the Ingredient to Product tribe in Toronto. You will design, build, and own scalable infrastructure for menu operations and act as the technical bridge between business leads and backend teams across squads.

You will drive architecture decisions, push API and distributed system best practices, and mentor engineers in a collaborative, high-impact role within a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Kotlin, and Go.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience across teams delivering complex projects.
• Familiarity with AI coding agents as part of workflow.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach with technical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own scalable infrastructure for menu operations.
• Bridge requirements between Food Systems and Backend teams.
• Define best practices for model serving, APIs, and system design.
• Lead cross-squad technical initiatives from architecture to implementation.
• Ensure production services are performant, observable, and maintainable.
• Contribute to engineering standards and technical roadmap.
• Mentor engineers without direct line-management responsibilities.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Kotlin

Go

Distributed systems

Docker

Kubernetes

AI coding agents

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Staff Backend Engineer – HelloFresh Ingredient to Product Tribe

We're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our Ingredient to Product tribe at HelloFresh. This high‑impact individual contributor role sits at the intersection of Food Systems and Backend Engineering. You'll be the technical bridge that identifies business and technical gaps and works with business leads to turn requirements into scalable production systems and solutions.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and own robust, scalable infrastructure for menu operations and drive the successful xPS migration in the US market.
• Act as the technical bridge between Food Systems business leads and Backend Engineering teams within the Ingredient to Product tribe — translating needs into scalable engineering solutions.
• Define and drive best practices for model serving, APIs, and system design across squads.
• Lead cross‑squad technical initiatives, from architecture decisions to hands‑on implementation.
• Partner with internal engineer teams to ensure production services are performant, observable, and maintainable.
• Contribute to tribe‑wide engineering standards and shape the technical roadmap.
• Mentor and support engineers across squads without direct line‑management responsibility.

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong foundation in Python, Kotlin, and Go.
• Proven track record in making architectural decisions about the development and maintenance of large‑scale distributed systems and integrations with applications and user interfaces.
• Advanced experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native architectures, including production operations at scale.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Strong track record of working across team boundaries to deliver complex, cross‑functional projects.
• Meaningful experience using AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) as part of your regular workflow.
• A collaborative, low‑ego approach with strong technical judgment.

What We Offer

• Box Discount – amazing discounts on HelloFresh and Chefs Plate meal kits, and 50% off weekly Factor meal boxes.
• Health & Wellness – health and dental benefits from day 1, a Health Spending Account, unlimited access to the Headspace app, and 25% discount on GoodLife fitness memberships.
• Vacation & PTO – generous vacation and paid time off to support work‑life balance.
• Family Benefits – parental leave top‑up program for expectant parents.
• Growth & Development – support for career progress and continued learning through L&D initiatives.
• Work Hard & Have Fun – team socials and engaging company days.
• Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives – commitment to inclusion through ERGs like FreshPride, Women Empowered, and LIMES.

Flexible Hybrid Approach

At HelloFresh, we know that flexible work arrangements are essential in enabling you to do your best work while balancing personal life. We offer a people‑first approach that gives each team the choice, trust, personalization, and empowerment to decide when and how often they work from the office or home. Employees typically work a minimum of two days in office per week, with most teams in the office 2–3 days a week.

All applications are processed using AI‑integrated technology. Metrics and qualification screening are performed using these tools, but final selection decisions are made by the hiring team.

This is a posting for an existing vacancy and we are actively seeking to fill it.

Toronto, ON

Pay Range: $180,000—$215,000 CAD