Otter matches parents who need care with trusted sitters in their community, on-demand. Backed by Sequoia and a16z.
About the role
At Otter POS, we build the backend that keeps restaurant point-of-sale running: orders, payments, menus, and device state across Android tablets in the kitchen and at the counter. Those services have to stay consistent when WiFi drops mid-service.
What they're looking for
- 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 Kotlin, 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, CockroachDB, Redis)
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
More about this role
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.
At Otter POS, we build the backend that keeps restaurant point-of-sale running: orders, payments, menus, and device state across Android tablets in the kitchen and at the counter. Those services have to stay consistent when WiFi drops mid-service.
As a backend engineer on this team, you will design and scale the services behind order orchestration, payment flows, offline-first sync, and multi-device coordination. We want product-minded or systems-focused backend engineers. You do not need prior POS experience. If you like distributed systems, careful API design, and reliability work under real restaurant conditions, you will...
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