Senior Software Engineer, Otter - Seoul, South Korea at Otter

Otter is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join their team in Seoul, South Korea. Otter helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery. The ideal candidate will have a passion for technology and a desire to solve complex problems in distributed systems.

The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to build new features and produce high-quality code. They will also own features or systems, define their long-term health, and assist operations and business teams in resolving production issues. Furthermore, the Senior Software Engineer will work with other engineers across various teams and review code. They will be improving engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

What this role involves:

• Collaborating with Product Managers, Designers and Frontend Engineers to conceptualize and build new features.
• Producing high-quality code by leading or contributing to large cross-functional projects.
• Actively own features or systems and define their long-term health.
• Assisting our skilled operations and business teams in triaging and resolving production issues.
• Working with other engineers from various teams across verticals and review code.
• Improving our engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of industry software engineering experience developing and operating complex systems using common languages such as Java, Python, Go, C++, and TypeScript.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex topics to various audiences.
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, threading, distributed systems, information retrieval, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• A love for good food.

What Otter offers:

• Opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the food industry.
• Focus on an $80 billion market projected to reach $500 billion by 2030 in the US alone.
• Chance to be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.
• Collaborative environment with support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers.