Afresh is the AI platform for grocery retail. We help retailers reduce shrink, improve in-stock rates, and run smarter operations from the store to the DC. Backed by Insight.
About the role
As Senior Engineering Manager for DC Buying, you'll lead engineering for Afresh's AI-powered fresh buying product. Buyers at grocery distribution centers use it to decide what to buy, how much, and when. Every order a DC buyer places determines what lands in the stores it serves. Get it right and shelves stay full and less food goes to waste across the whole network. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Hire, develop and retain a senior team of product engineers. Set clear expectations, invest in their careers, and address performance directly and on time
- Set the technical bar. Review architecture, push back on unnecessary complexity, and be deliberate about where we take on and pay down tech debt
- Build strong relationships with peer engineering leaders across platform, data and AI, so DC benefits from shared tooling instead of reinventing it
- Own the DC Buying roadmap with product, design and science leads. Balance customer asks, technical investment and business goals
- Know the business deeply. Understand what matters to users, moves key metrics and how to delight customers
- Make clean commitments, internally and with customers, then hit them. Tell people early when something is going to slip
More about this role
Afresh, the AI platform for grocery, began by tackling the most complex problem in the industry: fresh, and has evolved into the core AI platform for grocers.
By leveraging proprietary AI designed for high-volatility environments, we empower partners like Albertsons, Meijer, and Wakefern to drive smarter decisions across their entire enterprise.
Following record-breaking 70% revenue growth in 2025, we have scaled to 6 enterprise-grade solutions, with solutions live in over 10% of the U.S. grocery market. Our platform now orchestrates billions of decisions from the store floor to the distribution center and prevented over 200 million pounds of food waste last year alone.
If you're looking for a role where your work directly translates into massive scale and social good, and you want to be part of the team that defines how the world eats, there is no better time to join us.
As Senior Engineering Manager for DC Buying, you'll lead engineering for Afresh's AI-powered fresh buying product. Buyers at grocery distribution centers use it to decide what to buy, how much, and when. Every order a DC buyer places determines what lands in the stores it serves. Get it right and shelves stay...
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