Senior Backend Software Engineer

ATOMS Careers page; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Accounts

Discretionary vacation days

8 paid holidays per year

Job summary

ATOMS Careers page is seeking a Software Engineer in Seattle, WA. You will build AI-powered platforms that automate marketing for restaurants across delivery platforms, ensuring effective campaign management and budget adherence.

Ideal candidates will have strong backend language skills (Java, Go, Python) and a solid understanding of distributed systems and database management. The position offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits package.

Join us as we leverage technology to drive restaurant growth!

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Java, Go, or Python.
• Experience with microservices and API design (gRPC and/or REST).
• Strong debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services for campaign management.
• Develop AI-driven Boost engine for marketing.
• Integrate with third-party delivery platforms.

Skills

Proficiency in a general‑purpose backend language

Solid foundation in distributed systems

Experience with databases

Strong debugging skills

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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.

What you’ll do

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. Your code will turn a merchant’s budget and goals into real orders.

• 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.
• Integrate with third‑party delivery platforms and handle the realities of external APIs: partial failures, retries, and reconciliation.
• Own your services end‑to‑end: develop, instrument, debug, and improve reliability and performance.

What we’re looking for

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Proficiency in a general‑purpose backend language (e.g., Java, Go, or Python).
• Solid foundation in distributed systems, microservices, and API design (gRPC and/or REST).
• Experience with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, CockroachDB) and writing performant queries.
• Strong debugging skills and an instinct for reliability in systems that integrate with unpredictable third parties.
• 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).

What else you need to know

This role is based in our Seattle office location. As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential. We’re constantly reimagining our industry, creating new products, and refining our processes, and we do our best work together. That’s why all of our office‑based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base salary range for this role is $167,000 - $230,000 per year.

Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

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. HSA options).
• Company‑paid life and disability insurance (short‑ and long‑term).
• Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
• Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
• 401(k).
• Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter).
• Discretionary vacation days.
• 8 paid holidays per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As set forth in ATOMS Careers page’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.