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Senior Software Engineer, Backend


Company : Owner


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2026-01-22


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About Owner.com Owner is the AI growth system for local restaurants. Our AI continuously improves SEO, marketing, and online ordering to grow firstparty 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 Were starting by helping independent restaurants succeed online. But its 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 restaurantswell 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, weve helped over 20,000 restaurant owners, and saved them nearly $200 million in fees. Our team Our team is now in the low hundreds. Weve got top talent from the most successful companies in SMB software, including: Shopify, HubSpot, DoorDash, ServiceTitan, Rappi, Faire and Stripe. Well be scaling even faster in 2026 to keep pace with our customer growth. Where we work Owner is a remotefirst, global company headquartered in San Francisco, with a sales hub in Toronto. For a few of our roles we prioritize inperson 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 were looking for you We are looking for a missiondriven Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about building reliable, highimpact 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 businesscritical 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 Franciscobased candidates - we also have a new HQ in the Presidio for optional inperson collaboration. Frontend: React, Next.js, Vue Backend: Node.js, Mongo Typescript everywhere The impact you will have Build new products and features from 0 to 1 Take ownership of projects from conception all the way to shipping, ensuring modular, maintainable, and highquality 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 were 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 productoriented engineering mindset you understand the why behind what youre 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 Ecommerce or consumer platforms Loyalty or rewards programs Marketing or lifecycle systems Largescale, hightraffic 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 preIPO equity package Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, work from anywhere (remotefirst 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 a scammer, please mark the communication as ''''phishing'''' or ''''spam'''' and do not respond. #J-18808-Ljbffr