Product Engineer

Rethink Food•New York, NY

11d•$125,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Rethink Food is a chef-led nonprofit building a better food system. We work with restaurants, community-based organizations, funders, government partners, healthcare organizations, and our own Sustainable Community Kitchen to provide high-quality meals while supporting local small businesses and creating jobs. Our work is operationally complex. Meals are planned, funded, produced, delivered, verified, reported, reimbursed, and measured across many partners and systems. Today, too much of that work still happens through spreadsheets, email, manual follow-up, and disconnected tools. We are looking for a product-minded engineer who can help turn that complexity into simple, useful software.

Requirements

Approximately 3–7 years of software engineering experience, or equivalent evidence of strong ability.
Experience building full-stack web applications.
Strong skills in modern frontend development, especially React, Next.js, or similar frameworks.
Backend experience with Node.js, Python, or similar technologies.
Strong working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
Experience working with APIs, webhooks, third-party tools, and data integrations.
Comfort building dashboards, admin tools, forms, workflows, and internal products.
Ability to work with messy spreadsheets, incomplete data, and unclear processes.
Strong product instincts and empathy for busy nontechnical users.
Ability to ship simple, useful products without overcomplicating them.
Clear communication and strong follow-through.
Curiosity, humility, and comfort working in a fast-moving environment.

Nice To Haves

Internal tools, operations software, or workflow automation.
AI-enabled products or LLM APIs.
Google Sheets, Apps Script, BigQuery, HubSpot, or Retool-style tools.
Data dashboards and operational reporting.
Restaurant, logistics, food, nonprofit, healthcare, or government-contracting environments.
Mobile-friendly products for frontline workers.
Early-stage startups or small teams where you had to build across the stack.

Responsibilities

Build full-stack internal products from idea to launch.
Create clean, usable interfaces for nontechnical users.
Build backend services, APIs, scripts, automations, and integrations.
Work with messy operational data and turn it into reliable workflows.
Spend time with the actual users of your tools before and after launch.
Prototype quickly, test with users, and improve based on feedback.
Automate manual reporting and reconciliation processes.
Create alerts and exception reports that help teams act faster.
Maintain and improve existing tools.
Write clear documentation so others can understand and support what you build.
Collaborate with outside developers, vendors, and consultants when needed.
Communicate clearly with nontechnical colleagues about progress, tradeoffs, and blockers.