Founding Full Stack Software Engineer - 2 (SE-2)

Company Overview:

Loop is building the enterprise co-pilot for restaurants, starting with delivery. Over the last 3 years, delivery & digital ordering grew 10x into a major source of restaurant’s revenue, throwing up fundamental operational and financial challenges. With Loop, restaurants can view their P&L in real time, automate closing books, improve order accuracy, diagnose poor performance and empower their teams with feedback.

Quick Facts:

• Founders are ML engineers & data scientists from Uber & Google and also own restaurants
• In just 1.5 years, we are operating in over 8000 locations
• On track to 5x the revenue and 2x the team in 2024
• Creating a new VSaaS category in a $300B market
• Raised $7M from investors that backed Instacart, Rappi

About Founders:

Sundar is an IITM 2017 CS Graduate. Previously, he built Traffic Models, Driver positioning algos that power ETAs for Uber, was the first Uber US hire from India, led teams that built the RecSys for Moj(Indian equivalent of TikTok with >100M users), represented India in ACM ICPC World Finals and was the second highest rated TopCoder in India.

Anand is a Bits Pilani 2012 CS Graduate. Previously, he has worn hats including building the first supply chain management of Flipkart in 2012 and being in the first 100 eng, building the first version of running a FinTech startup for 1.5 years, managing large teams eng at Uber and building the pickup experience for Uber. He also runs a successful cloud kitchen in Hyderabad, giving us a peek into the space.

Investors:
Pre Seed Round led by Afore - we were the first startup to get funding from their Afore Alpha program which has tighter selection rates and higher valuations compared to YC.

Seed round led by Base 10 - early investors in Instacart and several other food tech startups. They have a thesis to invest in automation for the real economy and are strong believers in the mission.

Why join Loop:

1. Ability for engineers to own and create revenue. Engineers are product owners, things ship to customers immediately and we believe that engineers can own and run product.
   
   1. Work in a high density talented and lean team. Reached Seed and grew till 4000+ locations with 6 engineers.
2. Scale and grow with a rapidly growing business. We have 6Xed in revenue from June 23 to June 24, doubled in 6 months and are on track to 2.5X more before end of year. We are creating a new category, have several companies attempting to copy us which is a symptom of success and have very vocal customers and product love.

About the Role:

At Loop, we value a growth mindset, passion for startups, product curiosity, and a hunger for continuous learning. We believe that the collaborative spirit among our peers is the lifeblood of our startup. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing the ideal backend system architecture, addressing customer pain points, and contributing to the overall success of our platform.

Key Responsibilities:

System Architecture:

• Could do end to end product thinking to produce ideal backend and frontend architecture.
• Translate UI/UX design wireframes into code, producing visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Create strategic plans to achieve the long-term vision while delivering shorter-term solutions that provide immediate value to our customers.

Customer Interaction:

• Engage with customers to understand their pain points and translate that to the right product feature set/priorities
• Collaborate on brainstorming sessions to devise innovative solutions that enhance the customer experience

Critical Thinking:

• Apply critical thinking to problem-solving, starting from the ground up.
• Challenge existing solutions and propose novel approaches free from bias.

What We're Seeking:
Must-Have:

• 3+ years of relevant professional full-time experience building systems
• Proactive self-starter capable of independently solving problems.
• Write clean, maintainable and functional code on the front-end using React Js/front end libraries and back-end using Python, Django, PostGreSQL / any relevant backend stack
• Troubleshoot and debug issues
• Optimize the performance of the backend services (GCP , DBT)

Nice-to-Have:

• Eagerness to learn and a commitment to continuous improvement
• Natural curiosity and a drive to find creative solutions to complex problems
• Autonomy and a willingness to lead and initiate projects
• Focus on quality, meticulous attention to detail, and a commitment to customer delight
• Ownership mentality, continuous learning, and a growth mindset