The role involves developing backend systems, taking ownership of projects, delivering user value, and providing technical guidance while collaborating on product direction.
About Owner.com
Owner is the AI growth system for local restaurants.
Our AI continuously improves SEO, marketing, and online ordering to grow first-party orders. Unlike other companies that force small business owners to master their software to drive sales, Owner gives them a proven system run by experts.
Owner is like having an army of engineers and marketers on your side, just like the big chains.
Our vision
We’re starting by helping independent restaurants succeed online.
But it’s not just restaurants that need our help. Most local businesses are struggling with these same problems. Huge technology corporations are taking their customers, bleeding their profits, and making it hard for them to survive.
Once we nail the solution for restaurants – we’ll scale it into every other local business type.
In the future we envision, tens of millions of local business owners will use our technology to succeed in the digital age.
Read our Series C memo here →
Our traction
Since 2020, we've generated tens of millions in revenue and processed over half a billion dollars of online orders. 1 in 5 Americans have used an Owner.com website.
More importantly, we’ve helped over 20,000 restaurant owners, and saved them nearly $200 million in fees.
Our team
Our team is now in the low hundreds. We’ve got top talent from the most successful companies in SMB software, including: Shopify, HubSpot, DoorDash, ServiceTitan, Rappi, Faire and Stripe.
We’ll be scaling even faster in 2026 to keep pace with our customer growth.
Where we work
Owner is a remote-first, global company headquartered in San Francisco, with a sales hub in Toronto. For a few of our roles we prioritize in-person collaboration at one of our office locations. Most of our teammates are distributed throughout the globe. Please review the role description and discuss with your recruiter for more details on location!
Why we’re looking for you
We are looking for a mission-driven Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about building reliable, high-impact systems and takes pride in owning complex problems end to end.
This role is ideal for an engineer who wants to be a technical leader on business-critical backend systems - someone who understands how product strategy, data, and infrastructure come together to drive real customer outcomes at scale.
This role is 100% remote and can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada. For San Francisco-based candidates - we also have a new HQ in the Presidio for optional in-person collaboration.
Our Tech Stack:
Frontend: [React, Next.js, Vue]
Backend: [Node.js, Mongo]
Typescript everywhere
The impact you will have
- 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 considering performance, scale, security, and maintainability
- Shape our product direction by talking to users and collaborating with other teammates in feature brainstorms/roadmap planning
- Provide thoughtful code reviews and technical guidance to peers, helping to improve overall team quality
- Help us build a great team — interview candidates, refer great engineers, etc.
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of experience building and operating backend systems in production
- Strong experience with TypeScript and backend technologies (Node.js, databases, distributed systems)
- Demonstrated ownership of systems running at scale, with an emphasis on reliability and performance
- A product-oriented engineering mindset — you understand the “why” behind what you’re building
- Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design partners
- Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to identifying and solving problems
- A sense of ownership, curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning
Nice to have experience in one or more of the following
- E-commerce or consumer platforms
- Loyalty or rewards programs
- Marketing or lifecycle systems
- Large-scale, high-traffic consumer systems
Pay and benefits
- The estimated starting base salary range for this role is $190K-220K 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!
🚩 Notice - Employment Scams
Communication from our team regarding job opportunities will only be made by an Owner team member with an @owner.com email address.
We do not conduct interviews over email or chat platforms, and we will never ask you to provide personal or financial information such as your mailing address, social security number, credit card numbers or banking information. If you believe you are being contacted by scammer, please mark the communication as "phishing" or “spam” and do not respond.
Top Skills
Mongodb
Next.Js
Node.js
React
Typescript
Vue
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