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Tech Lead

Simmer Eats

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Join Simmer Eats as a Tech Lead and help revolutionize healthy eating with a rapidly scaling technology stack

Overview

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No salary declared 😔

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Hybrid; London

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Expires at anytime

We’re Simmer Eats, one of Europe’s fastest-growing food brands. We’ve grown 10x in the last year, and we’re building the next phase of scale on a modern commerce and technology stack.

Our mission is simple: make healthy eating effortless. High-protein, great-tasting meals delivered straight to customers’ doors powered by technology that actually scales.

If you’re a commercially minded, hands-on Full Stack Engineer who wants real ownership, real impact, and the chance to shape a platform at a critical inflection point, this role is for you.

Why This Role?

● You'll help shape how our entire commerce stack works together as we migrate and scale.

● You’ll operate across frontend, backend, and integrations, solving real-world problems, not just tickets.

● You’ll work in a fast-moving, high-growth environment where decisions are made quickly and good ideas win.

● No red tape. No endless approvals. Just meaningful responsibility and visible impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

1. Building & Scaling Lead development across our Shopify-based commerce platform, building robust, scalable features across frontend, backend, and integrations.

2. Full Stack Ownership Work end-to-end across the stack - from storefront experiences to APIs, third-party services, and internal integrations.

3. Optimising Performance Continually improve site speed, reliability, and conversion across the customer journey - from landing pages through checkout.

4. Solving Real Problems Partner closely with e-commerce, marketing, and operations teams to build solutions that drive revenue and improve customer experience.

5. Systems & Integrations Build and maintain integrations with payments, fulfilment, analytics, and other third-party platforms -ensuring everything works together cleanly and reliably.

6. Technical Leadership Contribute to architectural decisions, raise engineering standards, and help shape how we build as the platform evolves.

7. Migration Collaboration Work alongside the existing dev team during our platform migration, helping ensure a smooth, well-executed transition.

Who We’re Looking For

● 4+ years’ experience as a full stack engineer, with strong experience building production e-commerce systems

● Solid Shopify experience, including Liquid, Online Store 2.0, theme architecture, and Shopify APIs

● Strong frontend skills: JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, CSS/SCSS, responsive design

● Backend experience working with APIs, webhooks, and third-party integrations (Node.js or similar experience a plus)

● Comfortable working across multiple systems and understanding how data and events flow between them

● Experience supporting or contributing to a platform migration or major re-architecture is highly beneficial

● Performance-minded: you care about speed, reliability, and scalability

● Commercially aware: you understand how technical decisions impact conversion, revenue, and growth

● Self-driven and accountable — you don’t wait to be told what to fix

● Strong communicator who collaborates well across technical and non-technical teams

What You’ll Get

We’re not your average company, and this isn’t a safe, slow role.

● Ownership & Impact, real responsibility, real influence

● Growth as Simmer scales, so will your role

● Delicious Perks , discounted Simmer meals (naturally)

● A Winning Culture , we move fast, learn quickly, and celebrate progress

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. so APPLY TODAY !

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