Otter Match
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$167k-$230kDetected 18 days ago
PythonJavaGoDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentPostgreSQLAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTemporalAPI DevelopmentRESTgRPCKafkaMachine LearningAI OrchestrationBudgetingCadenceCollaboration
About the role
- We believe in the joy of serving others, and that's why we created Otter - to help restaurateurs succeed in online food delivery.
- Restaurants around the world, both large and small, including Chick-fil-A, Ben & Jerry's, KFC, and Eataly trust our software to power their delivery business.
- We increase sales, reduce order issues, and decrease delivery headaches.
Responsibilities
- As a Software Engineer on the Otter Marketing/Boost team, you'll build the AI-powered platform that puts restaurant growth on autopilot, automating marketing for each storefront across delivery platforms.
- Build backend services for campaign management, budgeting, and a multi-channel pipeline that deploys campaigns and keeps them in sync across delivery platforms.
- Develop the AI-driven Boost engine that analyzes each store, picks the best marketing for its goal, executes within budget, and recalibrates automatically.
- Build durable workflows for campaign orchestration, budget enforcement, and auto-pause guardrails that run correctly, every day, at scale.
- Own your services end-to-end: develop, instrument, debug, and improve reliability and performance.
- We value diversity of experience and are looking for engineers excited to own complex, high-impact systems. We look for a strong sense of ownership, people ready to take their work from idea to production and take responsibility for outcomes.
- develop, instrument, debug, and improve reliability and performance.
Requirements
- Proficiency in a general-purpose backend language (e.g., Java, Go, or Python).
- Experience with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, CockroachDB) and writing performant queries.
- Experience operating services in production, and a collaborative, product-minded approach.
Nice to have
- Workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal, Cadence) or event-driven architectures (Kafka).
- Large-scale data and analytics tooling (Trino, Flink, Iceberg, or equivalent).
- ML systems in production, predictions, ranking, or optimization, or a strong interest in them.
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Demand for online food delivery is growing really fast!
- In the last 5 years, just in the US, the overall market has expanded 10X from $10B to $100B, and could expand to $500bn- $1T by 2030.
- What else you need to know
- As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this role is $167,000 - $230,000 per year.
- 8 paid holidays per year
Benefits
- Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package.
- You may also be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.
- Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
- Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
- Time Off policies:
- Discretionary vacation days
- Paid Bereavement leave
Company info
- In the past, to be a successful restaurateur, you simply had to have a passion for food and a passion for people - but to succeed as a digital restaurateur you also need to have a passion for technology.
- What we're looking for
- Changing the restaurant industry: You'll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.
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