Lead Full-Stack Engineer

ABOUT RETHINK FOOD Rethink Food is a chef-led nonprofit building a more sustainable and equitable food system. We connect restaurants, community-based organizations, funders, government partners, healthcare organizations, and our own Sustainable Community Kitchen to provide high-quality meals while creating jobs and supporting local businesses. We are now building the technology layer that will connect this network, make our operations radically more efficient, and give every stakeholder—from a kitchen manager to a donor—a clear view of what is happening and why it matters. THE ROLE Rethink Food is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to serve as the hands-on technical builder at the center of this work. This is not an IT support position, a narrow feature-development role, or a job for someone who only manages other engineers. You will personally design, build, deploy, and operate products that support Rethink Food’s kitchens, restaurant network, community partners, funders, healthcare programs, government contracts, and internal teams. Your job is to turn a complicated, real-world food system into software that is remarkably simple to use. A frontline operator should be able to complete a task in seconds. A CEO or COO should be able to understand the business at a glance. You will work directly with Rethink Food’s leadership and teams across Operations, Programs, Finance, Development, and Communications. You will also help manage external technology partners and shape the future internal engineering team. WHAT YOU WILL BUILD The Rethink Command Center Create a trusted, real-time operating system that answers the organization’s most important questions: • How many meals were planned, produced, delivered, and verified? • What did each meal actually cost—including food, labor, transportation, overhead, and reimbursements? • Which contract, funder, donor, or program paid for each meal? • What is the contribution margin by program, kitchen, restaurant, contract, and market? • Where are we over budget, behind schedule, under capacity, or at risk? • What should an operator or leader act on today? The Rethink Network Marketplace Build the platform connecting community demand, funding, restaurants, kitchens, and delivery: • Map fulfilled and unfulfilled meal demand by community and geography. • Allow community-based organizations to request meals, establish schedules, and communicate preferences. • Match qualified restaurants and kitchens with funded opportunities. • Support restaurant applications, partner selection, recurring production, delivery confirmation, and feedback. • Give donors and funders clear, timely reporting on what their support made possible. • Make it possible to launch the smallest useful version quickly, learn from real users, and expand responsibly. Kitchen and Field Operations Tools Develop simple, mobile-friendly products for production planning, inventory, meal counts, food safety, quality assurance, delivery, incident tracking, and partner communication. An AI-Enabled Operating Layer Build practical AI workflows that reduce administrative work rather than create more of it. This may include: • Turning emails, forms, spreadsheets, and documents into structured workflows. • Automating recurring operational, financial, donor, and board reporting. • Identifying anomalies, missing information, delivery risks, and budget variances. • Helping teams search contracts, operating procedures, partner records, and program history. • Creating human-reviewed agents that assist with intake, follow-up, reconciliation, and communication. A Reliable Data Foundation Connect and rationalize data across systems such as BigQuery, HubSpot, financial tools, Google Workspace, Slack, existing portals, partner platforms, and operational spreadsheets. You will establish clear data definitions so that “meal,” “delivery,” “cost,” “revenue,” “funding,” and “impact” mean the same thing throughout the organization. WHAT YOU WILL DO • Own pro…