Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Summary

Join Owner.com, an all-in-one platform for restaurants, as a Staff Backend Engineer. This 100% remote role, based anywhere in the US or Canada, offers a chance to build new products and features from the ground up. You will take ownership of projects, ensuring high-quality code and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of backend experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS, along with experience in distributed systems and async workflows. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a positive engineering culture. Compensation includes a competitive salary ($190K-$230K), generous equity, comprehensive health coverage, unlimited PTO, and other perks.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend experience, with strong proficiency in Node.js , TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS)
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems and managing complex async workflows (bonus for Temporal or equivalent tech)
• Experience at product-focused startup/scale-up or rapidly growing technology company
• Proven ability to work across teams and functions to drive measurable business impact
• Dedicated to continuous professional development and possessing a lifelong-learner mindset
• Strong sense of ownership and drive, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks

Responsibilities

• Build new products and features 0 to 1
• Take ownership of projects from conception all the way to shipping, ensuring modular, maintainable, and high-quality code
• Deliver value to our end users across our entire system, while maintaining a high bar for code quality, testing, and design discussions
• Shape our product direction by talking to users and collaborating with other teammates in feature brainstorms/roadmap planning
• Mentor more junior teammates and help elevate the skills and expertise of those around you
• Help us build a great team: interview candidates, refer great engineers, and contribute to improving our engineering culture

Benefits

• The estimated starting base salary range for this role is $190K-$230K depending on level, location and experience, plus a generous pre-IPO equity package
• Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, work from anywhere (remote-first workplace), unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!