Software Engineer, Otter.ai
Backend (Infrastructure)
$136-185k
Office located in Mountain View, CA
AI notetaker, transcription & insights
Open for applications
AI notetaker, transcription & insights
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$136-185k
Office located in Mountain View, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create smarter tools that free people up to do their best work.
Role
Who you are
- Are you an experienced Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure) looking to make a significant impact at the intersection of scalable web services and cutting-edge AI technologies?
- Has 2+ years of experience in developing and architecting large-scale web services, preferably with exposure to supporting AI systems
- Holds a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field
- Demonstrates strong expertise in databases, distributed systems, backend performance optimization, and familiarity with backend requirements for machine learning infrastructure
- Possesses expert proficiency in Python or other programming languages such as Go, Java, or C++
- Has extensive experience with web frameworks like Django and is comfortable integrating systems with technologies such as MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Cassandra, particularly in support of AI workflows
- Demonstrates a solid understanding of database internals, transactions, indexing, and experience in schema design optimized for AI data workloads
- Has hands-on experience deploying and managing services on AWS, particularly those interfacing with machine learning platforms
- Is driven by ownership and passionate about delivering impactful solutions from conception to deployment, especially in collaborative environments with AI-focused teams
- Brings substantial production server experience or equivalent backend expertise to the table
- Has excellent communication skills, a genuine curiosity for technology, and meticulous attention to detail
Desirable
- Familiarity with HTTP, networking principles, and API design patterns beneficial to AI integrations
- Experience with operating systems, particularly Linux, and an understanding of their interactions with AI applications and services
What the job involves
- We're seeking a talented engineer to lead the development, deployment, and management of web services and infrastructure that empower AI-driven products and initiatives
- As part of our dynamic engineering team, you'll collaborate closely with AI researchers, product managers, and technologists to deliver innovative solutions that transform the experiences of end-user professionals and enterprise clients across diverse industries
- Leverage your extensive experience in Python to build and enhance backend systems that seamlessly integrate with machine learning and AI-driven features
- Design and implement robust business logic using web frameworks such as Django, ensuring compatibility with AI components and integration with MySQL
- Architect scalable solutions utilizing technologies like Nginx, Kafka, MySQL, Cassandra, Redis, and big data platforms to support sophisticated AI models and workflows
- Write reusable, efficient, and maintainable code that underpins our high-performance web services and supports real-time AI analytics
- Collaborate closely with AI teams to streamline data pipelines, optimize model deployment, and ensure backend systems effectively support AI-based product features
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders across multiple teams, clearly articulating technical strategies related to AI-enabled infrastructure
Our take
Otter specifically thought of business professionals who are running from one meeting to the next, while juggling multiple projects with various teams. The company's technology integrates with platforms like Zoom, providing a way to record meetings and convert speech to text in real-time. It then streamlines communications for smarter, more collaborative, and more productive meetings—the first use of conversational AI to turn meetings into an actionable workflow.
This allows people to benefit from captioning, as well as teams to have a written record of the conversation, which can be edited and shared. Its AI can also highlight and comment on important sections of a meeting transcript, and automatically tag action items. In addition to businesses, students and universities – including UCLA, Tulane, and Western Kentucky – use the tool to increase accessibility.
The platform is used in more than 230 countries and has transcribed over 100 million meetings. Otter is far from alone in the audio transcription market, estimated to be worth nearly $41.89 billion by 2030, with Google’s free transcription tool posing a potential threat, as well as competitors such as Rev.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2021
$10m
CONVERTIBLE
Feb 2021
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $73m
Company benefits
- Compensation: With highly competitive salaries and equity option packages, everyone's an owner here.
- Hybrid Working: You can mix and match working from our Mountain View or San Francisco office, plus a couple days from home.
- Social Gatherings: Quarterly gatherings in the Bay Area for some team real fun and authentic connection.
- Health and Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, and wellness benefits that start the first day you do.
- PTO: Start with a minimum of 15 days of paid time off, plus up to 18 weeks for maternity leave and 8 weeks for paternity leave.
- 401(k): Plans to help meet your retirement goals because we care about your future.
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Sam Liang
(Co-Founder & CEO)Earned a PhD from Stanford and then joined Cisco as a Senior Software Engineer. Worked as a Tech Lead at Google and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council.
Yun Fu
(Co-Founder & CTO)Has a PhD in Computer Science from Duke. Worked as Yahoo's Principal Software Engineer and was Head of Infrastructure at Particle Media.
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