About the job
About Hotplate
At Hotplate, we empower aspiring food entrepreneurs to launch and grow their local food businesses without the need for a traditional restaurant space.
The conventional restaurant model is fraught with challenges, demanding significant upfront investments and incurring high operational expenses. Alarmingly, 66% of restaurants and bakeries fail within their first year.
A new wave of culinary innovators has arisen. Chefs and bakers now operate from home kitchens, shared commissaries, or mobile pop-ups, harnessing social media to generate excitement and predominantly operating through pre-orders. This innovative approach yields profit margins ranging from 50% to 80%, a staggering 10 times higher than the traditional 5% margin experienced by brick-and-mortar establishments.
However, the current e-commerce solutions are not tailored to this evolving food sales model. Without Hotplate, culinary entrepreneurs juggle multiple platforms like DMs, Google Forms, Square, and Shopify, often spending more time managing logistics than expanding their businesses.
We proudly support some of the nation's top pop-ups, many of which have been featured in esteemed publications such as The New York Times, Infatuation, and Eater. With over 5,000 businesses and $80 million disbursed through our platform, we are just getting started.
By establishing the essential tools for this new business model, we aim to revolutionize the food industry, enhancing its diversity and accessibility, and enabling anyone to embark on their food entrepreneurship journey.
If you’re interested in exploring whether Hotplate is the right fit for you, please take a moment to review our philosophies regarding hiring, fundraising, and our values.
Role Description
If you do not see an available position that aligns with your skills but are eager to join our team, we encourage you to submit your resume and relevant details here.
We are planning to expand our team in 2026 and will be opening various roles across multiple functions.
We look forward to connecting with you!

