Senior Backend Software Engineer

3+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Deep understanding of backend system design, APIs, data stores, microservices, concurrency, and distributed systems

Our stack heavily utilizes Java and Go, but we care more about your engineering fundamentals than the specific languages you've used.

Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure

Working on D2C, e-commerce, or transactional product engineering teams.

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.

Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.

Collaborative environment: You will receive support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers, helping you to learn, grow and achieve your goals, and you’ll work closely with other teams to ensure our customer’s success.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).

Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).

At Otter Grow, we are a fast-paced, product-focused engineering team building the future of Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) dining.

Otter Grow provides the end-to-end platform for direct ordering, merchant storefront configurations, and hyper-targeted customer engagement.

As a backend generalist on this team, you will design and scale the services that power our customizable front-end web experiences, facility direct ordering, and advanced merchant tools, ensuring a seamless experience for customers.

Architecture, build, and maintain highly scalable backend services in Java to power our direct ordering ecosystem and storefront configuration tools.

Design and optimize robust, flexible APIs

Work closely with front-end engineers, product managers, and designers to translate merchant and consumer needs into reliable backend logic.

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. 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.