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Jerry.AI (YC S17) | Senior Software Engineer | Toronto | Full Time | Canada Work / Immigration Visa

Backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, Funders Club, & other prominent Silicon Valley investors. Jerry.AI is founded by serial entrepreneurs who previously built and scaled YourMechanic ("Uber for car repair", the largest on-demand car repair site in the US). Jerry.AI aims to be the personalized + trusted AI-based advisor for decision-making in all things related to personal finance. But first, we're starting with a small slice of the market: insurance.

If you:

- are looking to be part of a small crack team of developers who take immense pride in the quality of your code,

- get a jolt of personal satisfaction every time a user walks away happy after a delightful interaction with your product,

- are interested in seeing how company-building is done with 2nd-time YC founders

then I'd love to tell you more!

We know that developer happiness doesn't occur by happenstance, so cultivating a constructive & productive developer-friendly culture is very much a continuous & deliberate company effort.

Software Developer stack: Modern JavaScript (ES6+), NodeJS, GraphQL, React, React Native, AWS, Kubernetes.

Senior Software Engineer (Toronto): https://jerry.workable.com/j/089F60DE31

Thanks for reading! art art@getjerry.com


Jerry.AI (YC S17) | Senior Software Engineer | Toronto and Ukraine | Full Time | Canada Work / Immigration Visa

Backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, Funders Club, & other prominent Silicon Valley investors. Jerry.AI is founded by serial entrepreneurs who previously built and scaled YourMechanic ("Uber for car repair", the largest on-demand car repair site in the US). Jerry.AI aims to be the personalized + trusted AI-based advisor for decision-making in all things related to personal finance. But first, we're starting with a small slice of the market: insurance.

If you:

- are looking to be part of a small crack team of developers who take immense pride in the quality of your code,

- get a jolt of personal satisfaction every time a user walks away happy after a delightful interaction with your product,

- are interested in seeing how company-building is done with 2nd-time YC founders

then I'd love to tell you more!

We know that developer happiness doesn't occur by happenstance, so cultivating a constructive & productive developer-friendly culture is very much a continuous & deliberate company effort.

Software Developer stack: Modern JavaScript (ES6+), NodeJS, GraphQL, React, React Native, AWS, Kubernetes.

Senior Software Engineer (On-site in Toronto or Ukraine): https://jerry.workable.com/j/089F60DE31

Thanks for reading! art

art@getjerry.com


Jerry.AI (YC S17) | Senior Software Engineer + Data Engineer | ONSITE and REMOTE | Toronto and Ukraine | Full Time | Canada Work / Immigration Visa Backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, Funders Club, & other prominent Silicon Valley investors. Jerry.AI is founded by serial entrepreneurs who previously built and scaled YourMechanic ("Uber for car repair", the largest on-demand car repair site in the US). Jerry.AI aims to be the personalized + trusted AI-based advisor for decision-making in all things related to personal finance. But first, we're starting with a small slice of the market: insurance.

If you:

- are looking to be part of a small crack team of developers who take immense pride in the quality of your code,

- get a jolt of personal satisfaction every time a user walks away happy after a delightful interaction with your product,

- are interested in seeing how company-building is done with 2nd-time YC founders

then I'd love to tell you more!

Our small engineering team work across 6 different time zones from various cities in North America, Europe, and Asia. We know that developer happiness doesn't occur by happenstance, so cultivating a constructive & productive developer-friendly culture is very much a continuous & deliberate company effort.

Software Developer stack: Modern JavaScript (ES6+), NodeJS, GraphQL, React, React Native, AWS, Kubernetes.

Data Engineer stack: Python, AWS Kinesis, AWS Glue ETL (PySpark), AWS Redshift, Metabase (BI).

Senior Software Engineer (On-site in Toronto or Ukraine): https://jerry.workable.com/j/089F60DE31

Senior Software Developer (Remote): https://jerry.workable.com/j/0B4F2938C1

Data Engineer / Data Science (Toronto or remote): https://www.workable.com/j/4D5AD1B537

Thanks for reading! art art@getjerry.com


Jerry.AI (YC S17) | Senior Software Engineer + Data Engineer | ONSITE and REMOTE | Toronto and Ukraine | Full Time | Canada Work / Immigration Visa Backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, Funders Club, & other prominent Silicon Valley investors. Jerry.AI is founded by serial entrepreneurs who previously built and scaled YourMechanic ("Uber for car repair", the largest on-demand car repair site in the US).

Jerry.AI aims to be the personalized + trusted AI-based advisor for decision-making in all things related to personal finance. But first, we're starting with a small slice of the market: insurance.

If you:

- are looking to be part of a small crack team of developers who take immense pride in the quality of your code,

- get a jolt of personal satisfaction every time a user walks away happy after a delightful interaction with your product,

- are interested in seeing how company-building is done with 2nd-time YC founders

then I'd love to tell you more!

Our small engineering team work across 6 different time zones from various cities in North America, Europe, and Asia. We know that developer happiness doesn't occur by happenstance, so cultivating a constructive & productive developer-friendly culture is very much a continuous & deliberate company effort.

Software Developer stack: Modern JavaScript (ES6+), NodeJS, GraphQL, React, React Native, AWS, Kubernetes.

Data Engineer stack: Python, AWS Kinesis, AWS Glue ETL (PySpark), AWS Redshift, Metabase (BI).

Senior Software Engineer (On-site in Toronto or Ukraine): https://jerry.workable.com/j/089F60DE31

Senior Software Developer (Remote): https://jerry.workable.com/j/0B4F2938C1

Data Engineer / Data Science (Toronto or remote): https://www.workable.com/j/4D5AD1B537

Thanks for reading! art art@getjerry.com


Jerry.AI (YC S17) | Senior Software Engineer + Data Engineer | REMOTE & ONSITE | Toronto | Full Time | Canada Visa

Backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, Funders Club, & other prominent Silicon Valley investors. Jerry.AI is founded by serial entrepreneurs who previously built and scaled YourMechanic ("Uber for car repair", the largest on-demand car repair site in the US).

Jerry.AI aims to be the personalized + trusted AI-based advisor for decision-making in all things related to personal finance. But first, we're starting with a small slice of the market: insurance.

If you:

- are looking to be part of a small crack team of developers who take immense pride in the quality of your code,

- get a jolt of personal satisfaction every time a user walks away happy after a delightful interaction with your product,

- are interested in seeing how company-building is done with 2nd-time YC founders

I'd love to chat more: art@getjerry.com

Our small engineering team work across 6 different time zones from various cities in North America, Europe, and Asia. We know that developer happiness doesn't occur by happenstance, so cultivating a constructive & productive developer-friendly culture is very much a continuous & deliberate company effort.

Stack: Modern JavaScript (ES6+), NodeJS, GraphQL, React + React Native, AWS, Kubernetes. Data stack: Python, AWS Kinesis, AWS Glue ETL (PySpark), AWS Redshift, Metabase (BI).

Senior Software Engineer (Toronto on-site): https://jerry.workable.com/j/089F60DE31

Software Engineer (Toronto on-site): https://jerry.workable.com/j/12C0430772

Senior Software Developer (Remote): https://jerry.workable.com/j/0B4F2938C1

Data Engineer / Data Science (Toronto or remote): https://www.workable.com/j/4D5AD1B537

Thanks for reading! art art@getjerry.com


Yes, you are right. Most of the data on our platform is for out of warranty cars since that's our target market. Also, 85% of the cars in US are out of warranty.


Wow 85%!


Hey Marcell! You nailed it. 80% of the money that consumers pay in the shop goes to the shop, not the mechanics (because of the infrastructure cost). This allows us to pay more and charge less, still have healthy margins.


awesome. thanks for using the service!


There is a ton of analysis in this post about what went wrong. As someone who runs a service marketplace business, I know how hard it is scale this type of business (scaling quality, managing a remote workforce, supply churn, repeat usage and all the other things...). The founders had worked long and hard to succeed (knowing them first hand). They also happen to be incredibly nice people - always willing to help others. All the best to Adora & Aaron. I look forward to seeing what you launch next!


I haven't tried Sprig yet, but Munchery's business model is awesome. They are not trying to be a fast / cheap food service. They hire top notch chefs who prepare high end food. The cost of meal is b/w $10-$15. The quality of the food is what you will expect in a high end restaurant. They are basically getting rid of all the real-estate of a high end restaurant and delivering awesome food directly to you (lots of economies of scale). I am spending roughly about $500 per month ordering food from them. Highest quality food, delivered to you at very reasonable prices (I'm pretty sure I'll pay at least 50+% more for the same food if I went to a high end restaurant).


This makes a lot more sense if you're right about the numbers. It's not the single meal they are targeting but 2-4 meals. That will drive down the number of meals they have to deliver to make a profit. If the meals are of superb quality this idea works. But it might be tough if they are delivering: food doesn't travel well -- your food is guaranteed to be sitting for 5-15 minutes.


Key Munchery operational detail: the food does not travel hot. It arrives refrigerated, with detailed reheating options. Wouldn't be surprised if it is flash-chilled after cooking (otherwise how do they get my steak right every time :))


Sous Vide


I think they are targeting dinner for families. I always order 2 meals since they don't deliver lunch. You have to order food before 10am and they deliver b/w 3-6. My food is definitely sitting at least 1-2 hours because it is being delivered from SF to Mt view. I believe they have proper storage in the delivery vans - I don't know the details though.


In SF proper you can order Munchery as late as 4pm.


I haven't tried Munchery since I live outside SF, but I'm surprised the food tastes good reheated. I've never had restaurant leftovers taste very good, particularly in the proteins where the moisture loss in heat/cool/reheat is significant. And the presentation ends up looking more like a TV dinner than the plated dinner shown on the website.

Does the perception around the chef/dishes contribute more to the positive experience than the actual taste of the food?


This makes me think about food carts. Here in Portland, they are are filling the niche for fine food at discount prices. For weekday lunches I pay $6-9 for what would be $12-20 in a restaurant. Clearly many other customers are doing the same. The local weekly recently reported that there are now 750 carts in town.


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