iFood is a Brazilian technology company founded in 2011 in São Paulo, and the dominant online delivery platform in Latin America. What began as Disk Cook - a project promoting local restaurants through college flyers - has evolved into a comprehensive technology ecosystem connecting customers, merchants, and couriers at scale. The platform now processes over 100 million orders per month, operates across 1,500 Brazilian cities, and supports 400,000 couriers and 400,000 partner establishments.
The company's technical work spans several domains, including artificial intelligence, logistics and courier network infrastructure, e-commerce and marketplace technology, fintech, and payments. iFood has expanded well beyond restaurant food delivery into groceries, pharmacies, and pet products. Its fintech arm, iFood Pago, provides financial and payment services specifically for restaurants, while a corporate benefits offering extends the platform's reach into workplace services.
iFood is widely described as a Brazilian tech unicorn. Its engineering and product organisation operates across a broad stack, with challenges in real-time logistics optimisation, payments infrastructure, AI-driven personalisation, and the coordination of a marketplace involving hundreds of thousands of merchants and couriers simultaneously.
