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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

Otter.ai · Mountain View, CA · Posted 51 days ago

$185k–$230kic
5+ yrs expPythonLLMAI systemsBackend developmentSystem designAPI designData ingestionModel orchestration

We’re building the next generation of AI-native product experiences, where conversations turn directly into outcomes. As a Senior Software Engineer on our Product teams, you’ll own significant areas of the product and play a key role in shaping how AI capabilities translate into real user value.

You’ll work across the full lifecycle of AI-driven features—from data ingestion and model orchestration to output structuring and delivery into user-facing product surfaces. In this role, you’ll not only build features, but also design the systems that power them—ensuring that AI outputs are reliable, performant, and aligned with real user needs.

You’ll take on complex, ambiguous problems and drive them from concept to production, making thoughtful tradeoffs across latency, cost, and quality. This includes defining how LLMs, retrieval systems, and structured data come together to create cohesive product experiences.

Working closely with product, design, and AI teams, you’ll rapidly prototype and iterate on features like summaries, action items, and intelligent workflows—while helping establish patterns and best practices that other engineers can build on.

You’ll also play a key role in elevating the team: guiding technical decisions, mentoring engineers, and raising the bar for both product thinking and engineering quality.

  • Own end-to-end delivery of AI product features

Lead the design and implementation of complex features—from initial concept through production—ensuring high quality and strong user impact.

  • Drive system design for AI-backed experiences

Architect systems that orchestrate LLMs, retrieval, and structured data, making thoughtful tradeoffs between flexibility, reliability, and performance.

  • Elevate product quality through iteration and evaluation

Establish and improve feedback loops (evaluation frameworks, user signals, experimentation) to systematically improve AI output quality.

  • Lead technical direction within a product area

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