Senior Engineer

Otto; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Otto is building an AI-enabled platform for financial advisers, enabling document processing, onboarding, and client communications. As a senior engineer in a lean team, you will own meaningful parts of the product and influence technical decisions as the platform scales.

You will design, implement, and ship features across frontend and backend, develop AI pipelines, and ensure quality through testing and code reviews.

Qualifications

• At least five years of software engineering experience.
• Full-stack development with React and Node.js.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Ability to work across frontend, backend and DevOps concerns.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship product features across frontend and backend systems.
• Develop AI pipelines for document processing and automated workflows.
• Take responsibility for the quality and reliability of delivered work through testing and code review.
• Help shape system architecture and technical decisions as the product scales.
• Move between application development, infrastructure and operational needs as required.

Skills

React

Node.js

Distributed systems

Full-stack development

DevOps

AI in software

Collaboration

Tools

TypeScript

NestJS

PostgreSQL

GCP/Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Role overview

Build core features for an AI-enabled platform that helps financial advisers handle operational work such as document processing, onboarding and client communications. As a senior member of a lean engineering team, you will own meaningful parts of the product across the stack and contribute to technical decisions as the platform grows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship product features across frontend and backend systems.
• Develop AI pipelines for document processing and automated workflows.
• Take responsibility for the quality and reliability of delivered work through testing and code review.
• Help shape system architecture and technical decisions as the product scales.
• Move between application development, infrastructure and operational needs as required.

Requirements

• At least five years of software engineering experience.
• Full-stack application development experience with React and Node.js.
• Experience working with distributed systems.
• Ability to work across frontend, backend and DevOps concerns.
• Interest in how AI is changing software development, paired with sound engineering judgment.
• Clear, collaborative communication and a customer-focused approach.

Nice to have

• Experience with TypeScript, NestJS, GCP or Azure.
• Strong PostgreSQL experience or a background building workflow and automation systems.
• Production experience with AI systems, including evaluation, language model pipelines or document extraction.
• Experience working in regulated or enterprise environments.

Benefits and work setup

This is a full-time role based in London, with flexibility to work remotely. The package includes salary and equity, and the role offers autonomy and the opportunity to influence product and engineering practices.