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We partner with top local restaurants and batch hundreds of orders at a time to deliver high-quality, individually packaged meals-without fees or tips. The result is a seamless, affordable, and joyful experience for employees, and a more sustainable model for restaurants.\nWe recently launched, and early signals have been exceptionally strong. Picnic has been adopted organically by companies across a wide range of industries, with customers discovering and advocating for the product before any marketing. Since launch, we’ve grown incredibly fast and are now entering the 10 → 100 scale phase as we expand across major North American markets.\nPicnic owns the full stack that powers workplace food delivery: kitchens, courier operations, routing and batching systems, operations tooling, and client applications. This vertical ownership allows us to tightly integrate software, logistics, and operations to deliver reliable, cost-efficient service at scale.\nAbout the role \nWe’re looking for a Frontend Engineer to help build and scale Picnic’s real-time logistics and operations platforms. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys working on complex, high-performance systems, and wants to shape frontend architecture that directly powers real-world operations.\nYou’ll work across web and mobile surfaces, partner closely with backend and operations teams, and play a key role in defining how we build, ship, and scale frontend systems at Picnic.\nWhat you’ll do\nDesign and build high-performance React applications powered by WebSockets, SSE, and GraphQL subscriptions.\nContribute to and shape our courier mobile apps built in React Native.\nLead technical design for complex features and systems, from initial architecture through production rollout\nOwn projects end-to-end, driving execution, technical decisions, and cross-functional alignment\nImprove frontend reliability, latency, and scalability in a real-time, high-throughput environment\nLead debugging, incident response, and performance investigations for frontend systems\nMentor and coach engineers, raising the bar for frontend engineering across the team\nWhat we’re looking for\n2+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep frontend expertise\nStrong experience with TypeScript and modern web application development\nSolid understanding of client networking, async programming, performance optimization, caching, and client-side state management\nExperience integrating with GraphQL and REST APIs\nProven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence architecture and best practices\nExperience mentoring junior engineers and supporting team growth\nComfort working outside your immediate comfort zone and adapting as the product and team evolve\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience building or operating delivery, logistics, or real-time systems at scale\nFull-stack experience and an understanding of backend tradeoffs and system design\nTrack record of improving developer productivity through tooling, patterns, or process improvements\nFamiliarity with modern frontend architecture best practices, including performance, security, and usability\nWhy join us \nMassive market opportunity: Online food delivery continues to grow rapidly, creating room for durable, category-defining companies\nReal impact: You’ll help reshape how restaurants succeed in delivery while improving everyday experiences for thousands of workers\nOwnership and influence: Frontend is core to Picnic’s operations-your work directly impacts couriers, operators, and customers\nStrong engineering culture: You’ll collaborate closely with experienced engineers and leaders who care deeply about craft, impact, and growth\nWhat else you need to know \nThis role is based in our New York office. 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