Senior Backend Engineer - D2C Platform (Onsite, LA)

M8l; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

HSA

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

Otter Grow, located in Los Angeles, is seeking a backend generalist to design and scale highly scalable backend services powering our D2C dining platform. You will build APIs, collaborate with frontend teams, and contribute to merchant tools and storefront configurations to deliver seamless ordering experiences.

The role emphasizes Java/Go proficiency, distributed systems know-how, and cloud exposure, with a strong impact on customer and merchant experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required.
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Backend generalist

Java

Go

APIs

Distributed systems

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Cloud platforms

Microservices

Frontend collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Job description

Otter Grow, located in Los Angeles, is seeking a backend generalist to design and scale highly scalable backend services powering our D2C dining platform. You will build APIs, collaborate with frontend teams, and contribute to merchant tools and storefront configurations to deliver seamless ordering experiences.

The role emphasizes Java/Go proficiency, distributed systems know-how, and cloud exposure, with a strong impact on customer and merchant experiences.