MenuAid exists to improve the world of food.

We provide FMCG brands with game-changing behavioural insights that show WHY & HOW their products are used in the real world. We do this by leveraging the data captured from our shoppable recipe platform, which is the preferred way to grocery plan and shop for 40,000+ Kiwis & Aussies.

But don’t take our word for it - hear what our consumers and brand partners have to say:

Like the ease of a food box, but with complete control. Love it!! And the recipes - so great!!

"MenuAid Insights is the new gold standard for brands to confidently understand consumer behaviour" - Minyada Young, Shopping Marketing Manager, Fonterra

We’re currently a 10-person strong team, and we need you! Our customers love us, and our investors back us. We plan on growing our team to 20 by the end of 2024 and have very ambitious plans for 2025 and beyond. We need you!

Requirements

We’re looking for a full-stack software engineer with a passion for frontend, and we’re open to different levels of experience and ability in this role. We currently use a mixture of Vue, Blade, Tailwind, and Bootstrap for Frontend but we’re looking for you to increase our capabilities and help guide our frontend technology use on our products.

What we’re looking for:

You’re an intermediate/senior engineer excited to work on our Modern Web stack using PHP Laravel tackling projects independently, coordinating your work with the team
You’re experienced and passionate about guiding us on modern frontend technologies (Vue/ReactJS).
You have strong communication skills and love to seek and accept feedback.
You love to understand our customers directly and advocate for them.
You build for simplicity, keeping things flexible and you’re able to pivot focus as we need to.
You love to iterate quickly and launch changes often.
You can deal with the uncertainties and dynamics of a start-up, but this gives you a lot of freedom and the opportunity to contribute your own ideas.

The team:

As a key member of our ~5 person technology team, you'll have the opportunity to directly contribute to revolutionising the way our customers shop for food, and how our brands use the data. You’ll be working on both our existing product and new products that we bring to market.

What’s the teams roadmap :

We recently launched Insights to enable brands to get to know their customers in three months, and now, all 50 of our FMCG brand partners use it.
Over the next two months, we’re working on our Consumer User Journeys for better customer engagement.
We're excited to plan what's next, which might involve Consumer features, Data Architecture, Insights, or AI work.

Our technology ecosystem you’ll also collaborate on:

Vue, Blade, Tailwind, and Bootstrap for frontend experiences.
PHP8 and above for application code.
Laravel Breeze, Vapor, Nova, and we’re exploring others.
AWS for Databases, Data Engineering and AI with Bedrock.
We’re exploring use of AI tools across our products & Snowflake for data warehousing.

You’ll report to Steve, our Head of Engineering.

Benefits

At MenuAid, our culture drives our success. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where talented and dedicated people thrive. We live & breathe our core values—strongest as a team, embracing change for the better, learning from every outcome, and an unwavering commitment to our customers. This mindset helps us win in the fast-paced food tech landscape. We’re a true startup - our team contributes ideas that will help shape the future of MenuAid. We’re a passionate team, we value open communication, and we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

We value a variety of personalities, viewpoints, and cultures, knowing that different perspectives bring a new flavour to our solutions. Our HQ is in Christchurch. We embrace future flexibility and offer location and time adaptability. WFH is optional on Wednesdays and Fridays. Work at your peak efficiency. As long as the mahi is done, we are happy.

Our Christchurch office is pet-friendly and includes fun times like Treat Tuesdays, quarterly team days, and in-office games. Once a quarter, we put down the tools and have some fun for a day—kayaking, zip-lining, and paint and sip have been some of our recent faves. These fun moments aren't just perks, though (and they take place during work hours). They show the importance we place on working as a team and being passionate about what we do.

We’re open to discussing our salary range for this role, for either Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer.

In addition, you’ll be eligible to participate in our employee stock ownership plan.

Get in touch!

We're on the hunt for the real deal: a new team member who is ready to excel. We're talking about folks who are not just talented but also eager to learn and grow, always asking the "why" behind the "what." Who roll up their sleeves, dive into their work, and bring a sharp intellect to the table.

We'd love to see a track record of great wins in your past roles. But it's not just about hard skills; we're also looking for team members who are collaborative, solution-focused and thrive in a fast-paced change environment. Being in the scale-up stage, all our roles are exposed to both strategic planning and end-to-delivery project delivery. We’re a keen bunch, and we want to deliver our best every time.

We want MenuAid to be a place for everyone to learn and grow. If you’re unsure that you tick all the boxes but feel you’re close to what we’re looking for, please apply anyway, as we’d love to hear from you! This is where you could belong.

Once you apply, you’ll hear from us to acknowledge your application. If you have questions about any of the above or any accessibility requirements, we’ll be able to help you from there.

Applications close when we find the right person, so we encourage you to send in your info quickly if you’re interested!

View our other open roles here

Frontend Software Engineer