Our client, Cooks Atlas is on a mission to make home cooking more fun and navigable.

They’re building a community-powered culinary platform that works like a good kitchen: focused, personalized to your tastes, and always evolving—without the clutter of legacy recipe sites

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Their pilot experience launches this summer with in-person activations in Austin, TX. It will support farmer’s market-goers in discovering what they can cook with local produce—and light a spark that we hope will grow into a movement in kitchens everywher

e.
They believe preparing meals at home is more than a life skill—it’s a source of joy, creativity, and connection. Cooks Atlas is designed to empower everyday cooks and creators to connect, celebrate diverse food cultures, and engage more deeply in home cooki

ng.
Your R

ole:As their first non-founder engineer, you’ll be an essential player in shaping and executing upon Cooks Atlas’ strategy, creating intuitive and valuable experiences that support our us

ers.You’ll collaborate with the co-founders which includes a developer, a food creator, and a product manager

• to:Discover & Explore: We firmly believe that great ideas come from everywhere. Your input on the Product & Business strategy will be val
• ued.Design & Develop: We have a stack of innovative ideas to explore & develop. As a green-field project, most decisions are still to be made, and your input will be crucial for the success of our shared go
• als.Educate & Mentor: We expect all team members to grow their skills and knowledge base. This is a collaborative effort, and team members with different skills and seniority will have a path to learn & contrib

ute.
What You Will B

• ring:Entrepreneurial Spirit: You’re proactive, solutions-oriented, and excited to tackle complex challe
• nges.Empathy & Solution-focus: The ability to empathize and develop solutions for various use cases, user types, and mental mo
• dels.Integrity & Advocacy: All team members need to be advocates for the user. We will make our decisions with integrity, and make sure our services support the user’s n
• eeds.An interest in ethical & safe use of AI and other tools is a must. Privacy & Security are non-optional requirements when building a sustainable busi
• ness.Communication & Teamwork: Strong communication skills and a collaborative appr
• oach.Experience providing and receiving constructive feedback and mentorship across pull-requests and other chan
• nels.Experience: 5+ years in backend or full-stack develop

ment.
Developer S

• kills:Must have: Advanced server development (Rust or other statically-typed languages) and DevOps exper
• ience.High value: AWS, Terraform/CDKTF, Docker, Postgres, WASM, CRDTs, AI/Machine Learning, GraphQL, Service-Oriented
• DesignAdditional Positives: Interest and experience with Typescript, React, React Native, React-Native-Web, NextJS, Internationalization / Localization, ActivityPub/Fediverse, Desktop/Mobile native so

ftware
What You’ll Love About Cooks

• Atlas:Mission-Driven Impact: Have a positive impact on how people connect with their food, and community. Flip the script on recipe & food
• sites.Social Good: Design meaningful products that genuinely improve
• lives.The Team: Work with a small, fun, and high-impact team that values your ideas and crea
• tivity.Growth & Recognition: We are pre-seed, your contributions will have critical impact on the success story of this c
• ompany!Next-gen Tech: Rust Backend, Rust-WASM embeddable components, CRDT-based Documents, AI Experiences (LLMs & Tradi

tional)
What W

• e Offer:Flexible compensation with meaningfu
• l equityEquity based on commitment. Seeking 3
• 5 hours+W9 contractor

position