Are you a Software Engineer passionate about creating innovative solutions for inventory and recipe management? Join our dynamic team dedicated to building intuitive, scalable features that help restaurants streamline their inventory, track food costs, and improve operational efficiency. You will work closely with Product, UX, and Data Science teams to deliver impactful features that support thousands of restaurants in managing their food costs and optimizing kitchen operations.

MarginEdge: Where hospitality meets technology

MarginEdge is a SaaS platform designed for independent restaurants across the US and Canada. We’re cloud-hosted on AWS with services built using Java/Spring Boot on the backend and React on the front end, supported by DynamoDB and Postgres databases. Part of our mission is to bring efficiency and insight to restaurant management, supporting better business decisions for our clients.

As part of the Inventory & Recipe team, you will help shape essential features, from product tracking to dynamic recipe costing to our unique freepour scale for precise inventory management, supporting restaurant owners and chefs in managing their kitchens effectively.

Our founders share a deep history in both owning and operating restaurants and in building successful tech companies. We are venture-backed and serve 8,000+ restaurants across the US and Canada.

What type of responsibilities will I have?

• Engage with Customer Needs: Dive into customer feedback and challenges to deliver an excellent user experience that addresses their specific operational pain points.
• Develop and Enhance Features: Build back-end services and user-friendly front-end components for accurate inventory and recipe management tools.
  
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Product, UX, and other engineering teams to plan, scope, and improve the product features.
  
• Perform Code Reviews: Ensure code quality and scalability by conducting thorough code reviews and implementing feedback.
  
• Enhance Security: Identify security risks in code and design secure solutions
  
• Identify and Resolve Issues: Optimize performance to scale features seamlessly and proactively address bottlenecks.
  
• Ensure Reliability: Participate in on-call rotations to quickly resolve critical issues and maintain uptime for our restaurant clients.
  
  

What qualifications or skills are required?

• Experience developing back-end systems using Java/Spring Boot, with a focus on RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
  
• Familiarity with front-end development using React (or a similar framework) to create intuitive, responsive interfaces.
  
• Production experience with AWS infrastructure.
  
• Knowledge of database technologies, relational (Postgres) and NoSQL (DynamoDB).
  
• Knowledge of load testing, debugging, CI/CD, and related disciplines.
  
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Product and UX teams, bringing customer-centric features to life.
  
• A proactive approach for identifying and solving issues, improving performance, and delivering scalable solutions.
  
• Empathy for the customer experience and desire to influence product direction.
  
• A customer-focused mindset and passion for restaurant technology
  
• Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Candidates in this role typically have 1-3 years of related experience in software development.
  
  

What’s it like to work for MarginEdge?

Imagine the fun of a great restaurant - surrounded by a team of people (including some that you help to manage!) who care about hospitality, care about quality, and care about each other - then subtract the long nights, weekends, drunk customers at the bar...et voila, MarginEdge!

We work hard, we work fast and we fuel our work with a commitment of transparency from leadership, straight talk and trust between teams. We believe that the best people do their best work when they feel empowered - so whether you are remote or in our office (likely eating a catered lunch from our clients in our baller, brand new penthouse HQ in Ballston) you get to work with your manager to call your shot on what works best for you. Did we mention it has a full commercial kitchen and is walking distance (covered walking, that is) from the metro?

Benefits (Shut the Front Door, They are Amazing)
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 (that’s you!) 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 kick ass benefits not only to be competitive and catch the eye of super smart people (that’s you again!) but also provide the foundation for a career you love and a life outside of work you love just as much.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (and we mean it, we encourage your healthy work life balance!)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Short/Long-Term Disability Insurance (preventative care for the win)
• Health Savings Account with employer match (dependent upon your medical plan selection)
• Commuter benefits with employer contribution (excluding limos and helos - for now)
• Generous Life Insurance Plan
• Short- and Long-term Disability
• Company-Paid Holidays
• 401(k) and matching
• Stock Options to buy into everything we are doing to support this industry
• 12-week fully Paid Parental Leave
• Lunch catered twice a week at our HQ in Arlington (we exclusively cater from our clients, too!
• A wellness program that sponsors healthy activities such as step challenges and provides discounts to gyms and fitness classes.

Check out our 100% “Recommend to a Friend” rating from anonymous employee reviews on Glassdoor.

Oh, and our recognition in the Washington Post as a top small businesses to work for in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024!

And most important, what our customers think about our work on Capterra and G2 Crowd.

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. You be you. While we are proudest of our commitment to exceptional culture and creating a truly excellent work environment, we see our benefits as an extension of that belief. Our benefits package is designed to be exceptionally competitive and a reflection of our commitment to a best-in-class workplace for all.