Associate Software Engineer - Search & Discovery

Associate Software Engineer

We're looking for an Associate Software Engineer to join our Product Engineering team and help us build the features our customers love. This is an early-career role designed for someone who is eager to grow, writes clean and thoughtful code, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

You'll work across the full stack — contributing to both frontend and backend — with close support from senior engineers and a team that invests seriously in mentorship and craft. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills while shipping real product that makes an impact.

What You'll Do

• Build and ship full-stack features across our product, working on both frontend interfaces and backend services and APIs
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and senior engineers to understand requirements and translate them into well-designed, maintainable code
• Write automated tests and participate in code reviews, giving and receiving feedback to improve quality across the team
• Debug and resolve issues in production and development environments
• Contribute to technical discussions and grow your understanding of system design and architectural tradeoffs
• Proactively ask questions, seek feedback, and take ownership of your growth as an engineer

What We're Looking For

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent experience through internships, bootcamps, or personal/open source projects
• Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used in full-stack development (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Ruby)
• Familiarity with web fundamentals — HTML, CSS, and how browsers work
• Basic understanding of REST APIs and how frontend and backend systems interact
• A growth mindset — you're comfortable not knowing everything and motivated to learn quickly
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• Proven experience working on high-traffic, customer-facing web applications
• A passion for continuous learning and a "test and learn" mindset

We recognize that strong candidates may not meet every qualification listed. If you're excited about this role and believe you can contribute, we encourage you to apply.

Location: This role is based in our Boston, MA headquarters (Seaport District)

Salary Range: $95,000 - 105,000

The range provided is based on what we reasonably expect to pay for this job as of the time of posting. The actual salary offered will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, geographical location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Why You'll Love Working at America's Test Kitchen

• Build products used by millions of passionate home cooks
• Work on a modern, evolving tech stack with real-world scale and complexity
• Have meaningful influence on technical decisions without people-management overhead
• Collaborate with thoughtful, mission-driven teammates across engineering, product, data, and marketing
• Join a company that values experimentation, learning, and craftsmanship

About America's Test Kitchen

The mission of America's Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), a magazine (Cook's Illustrated), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston's Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques.

Why America's Test Kitchen:

We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.

We at America's Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.

We welcome your application.