Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Owner is an AI-native system designed to help local business owners, particularly in the restaurant sector, succeed. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the backend of their Grader product, which provides restaurant owners with insights into their online performance and is poised for significant growth with new AI capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Own the backend services and data pipelines that power Grader scans end-to-end — from ingesting third-party presence signals (Google, Yelp, menus, LLM GEO signals) to serving results reliably at scale
- Harden the platform before expansion — reduce latency, increase uptime, and build the observability and alerting layer the team needs to confidently scale Grader into new scoring dimensions
- Establish platform foundations — shared abstractions, operational runbooks, and architectural patterns that reduce toil and give other engineers a reliable base to build on
- Partner closely with PLG product and the AI Agents team as Grader evolves into a broader AI-powered tool for restaurant owners
Skills
- 5+ years, with meaningful time owning backend services in production
- Experience building and operating data pipelines, third-party integrations, and async processing systems at scale
- Proven track record improving system reliability — observability, alerting, incident reduction, and making operational health a team habit
- Experience at a product-focused startup or scale-up where you owned systems end-to-end
- High degree of cross-functional collaboration — past colleagues in product, design, and business would speak highly of your teamwork
- Strong sense of ownership and drive, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to identifying and solving problems
Benefits
- A generous pre-IPO equity package
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Work from anywhere (remote-first workplace)
- Unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!
Company Overview
We're building AI that every local business owner will use to succeed, starting with restaurants. owner.com/builders-wanted It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://owner.com.