Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Owner.com

Own backend services for the Grader product at Owner, building systems for restaurant success. Join a remote-first team, working with AI technologies and backend infrastructure.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ 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

Comp & perks

comprehensive health coverage
work from anywhere (remote-first workplace)
unlimited PTO
extra fun perks!

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend servicesdata pipelinesthird-party integrationsasync processing systemssystem reliabilityobservabilityalertingincident reductionoperational healtharchitectural patterns

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationteamworkstrong sense of ownershipdriveexcellent communicationproactive problem solving