Otter aims to help restaurateurs succeed in online food delivery by increasing sales, reducing order issues, and decreasing delivery headaches. The Software Engineer (Data Specialization) will be integral to the Otter Data Engineering team, responsible for managing and modeling Otter's core datasets to ensure accuracy, scalability, and reliability.
Requirements
- Demonstrate proven experience in data engineering, data warehousing, or similar software engineering roles.
- Expertise in both batch processing and real-time streaming for data use cases
- Write code proficiently in Python, Java, or Scala, and work confidently with SQL databases and modeling/orchestration tools (e.g., DBT, SQLMesh, Dagster, Metaflow).
- Work effectively with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and big data technologies (e.g., Flink, Hadoop, Spark).
- Apply strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment while ensuring data security and governance.
Responsibilities
- Own and model Otter’s core datasets, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and reliability.
- Build and maintain data pipelines for both batch and streaming use cases.
- Develop and manage data tooling to support internal and external data needs.
- Monitor, alert, and resolve data operations issues while defining KPIs to track performance.
- Manage data configuration using software-like practices, enforce data contracts, and certify metrics and tables.
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Apply strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment while ensuring data security and governance.
- This role is based in our Seattle office location.
- As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential.
- all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.
