Full-Stack Engineer – Zucca (Seed-Stage Generative AI Startup in Food & Beverage)

Seattle Hybrid or Remote

About Zucca

Product launches in the food and beverage (F&B) industry are complex and costly, with teams often working in silos, relying on sequential handoffs, and struggling with misaligned goals. This leads to rework, delays, and failed launches—even though more than 30,000 products are launched every year, many still take 18+ months to develop and never reach their potential.

Zucca is a seed-funded AI platform built by product developers for product developers, designed to connect CPG product teams, integrate workflows, and guide smarter decisions at every step from idea to shelf. With Zucca, F&B companies can launch smarter and faster, with fewer cycles and clearer trade-offs, turning costly complexity into catalytic clarity.

With Zucca, teams can:

• Align workflows in a collaborative, secure workspace
• Make faster decisions with real-time, auditable data
• Reduce bench cycles and rework by connecting ideation, R&D, sourcing, and scale-up
• Source efficiently, uncovering alternative ingredients and connecting with the right co-mans
• De-risk production by surfacing variables early and avoiding costly delays

The Role

As one of Zucca’s earliest engineer hires, you’ll build the core product that empowers connected product teams to launch innovative CPG products faster and smarter. You will work closely with the founding team to shape the technical foundation, product experience, and engineering culture of the company.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage startup, with the ability to ship quickly, think strategically, and own projects end-to-end. This role is ideal for a builder who can solve complex problems, is excited by the challenge of scaling a product from 0→1, and wants to shape the future of food innovation through AI.

What You'll Do

• Design and build Zucca’s platform end-to-end, spanning modern frontend interfaces and robust backend systems.
• Ship fast and iterate, delivering high-impact features quickly while balancing speed and quality.
• Integrate complex workflows into a seamless experience, bringing clarity to traditionally siloed teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally, partnering with product, design, and business teams to define and prioritize features that matter.
• Influence technical strategy and architecture, laying the foundation for a scalable, secure, and resilient system.

We're Excited About You Because

• You like to ship fast and often!
• You have 7+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful startup experience and ideally time in big tech environments as well.
• You’re a full-stack generalist, experienced with React, Node.js, AWS, or similar modern frameworks and infrastructure, and with Next.js and commonserver-rendering / data-fetching patterns
• You’re a great communicator and natural problem solver, who thrives in environments with ambiguity and async collaboration.
• You benefit from coaching but don’t require day-to-day management, thriving in a self-directed role with full ownership.
• You bring a pragmatic, iterative mindset, delivering customer value quickly while planning for long-term scalability.
• You are deeply curious about AI-driven products, excited to explore how AI can fundamentally transform F&B product development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with generative AI or other machine learning-powered products.
• Background building data-intensive platforms or complex workflow products.
• Familiarity with security best practices for auditable and protected data environments.

Why Join Zucca?

• Early-stage impact: Shape foundational decisions, systems, and the culture of a high-potential startup.
• Work at the intersection of food innovation and AI: Transform the $2T F&B CPG industry with cutting-edge technology.
• Collaborative, mission-driven team: Built by product developers for product developers, with a focus on transparency and inclusion.
• Flexible work environment: Remote-friendly team with hybrid collaboration in Seattle.

Diversity & Inclusion

Zucca is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected status.