Applied AI Lead, Owner.com
$140-175k
Salary range is for US candidates and may vary if applying elsewhere. Plus a generous equity pre-IPO equity package
Online ordering and restaurant marketing system
Be an early applicant
Online ordering and restaurant marketing system
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-175k
Salary range is for US candidates and may vary if applying elsewhere. Plus a generous equity pre-IPO equity package
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give independent restaurants the infrastructure tools they need to compete with larger corporations.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience building with LLMs - not just enabled by AI coding tools, but functionality integrating the models / APIs themselves. Agents/assistants, structured output, evals, context engineering, etc
- You chase new ideas, your X feed is AI-pilled, and you turn concepts into actual working code
- A history of building for fun, not just for work. The weirder, nicher, and more complex your list of side projects, the better
- 3+ years of experience in a 0-1 operations / startup role - we treat every build as a 0-1 problem to solve from scratch
- You move fast, work scrappy, and thrive in the chaos of an early-stage startup environment, especially when things are ambiguous and timelines are tight
- Comfortable taking ambiguity and turning it into a ruthlessly-prioritized roadmap; you don't need a playbook to figure out what to work on next, which is more important than ever, given how easy it is to now build anything one wants
- You dig into root causes until you actually understand the problem, not just the symptoms. You rabbithole, but also know when you’ve gone too deep
- Strong communicator who can break down complex concepts for teammates, both human and AI
- Restaurant industry experience is a plus!
What the job involves
- We are scaling up Owner’s Applied AI organization. This is a fast-paced, high-standards team, working on the most interesting, high-ROI opportunities we can identify across the business.
- As an Applied AI Lead, you’ll be responsible for end-to-end execution and cross-functional leadership of AI-powered/enabled builds. The role is intended to be a marriage of AI technical development ability and 0-1 business savvy
- This role is 100% remote and can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada
- The projects we work on are significant and impactful enough to fundamentally alter the trajectory of the business (i.e. regular driving of double digit improvements to company-wide KPIs). You’ll have the opportunity to lead and execute builds that continue to do so
- Our goal for Applied AI is to firmly establish ourselves as a best-in-industry Applied AI team. We need you to help us get there faster
- There exists a massive backlog of AI-solvable problems from every team at Owner. Many of these are ambitious enough that they could be standalone products. We’ll provide the tools and resources you need to crush the execution of them end-to-end
- This role reports to our Applied AI Manager, YG Hong
- You will partner with key stakeholders across every team at Owner, including BizOps, RevOps, Sales, Marketing, Growth, Product, Finance, Recruiting, and more
- Applied AI focuses exclusively on projects with the highest impact and ROI, which means regular exposure to senior and executive leadership
Our take
The Pandemic caused a major upheaval in the US restaurant industry. Smaller operations struggled to stay afloat amidst brick-and-mortar closures, and as the demand for home delivery soared their margins were tightened further by hefty third-party delivery app charges. Add to that the fact that consumers become customers of the delivery app, not the restaurant itself, and it’s a development that has spelt real trouble for independent locales. Owner has set out to level the playing field.
Owner’s platform provides independent restaurants with the infrastructure they need to take control of their business without deferring to third-party apps like GrubHub and Deliveroo. It offers marketing, online ordering, and support solutions to over 10,000 restaurants across the U.S. The company has taken impressive first strides, too: they have a 7 figure run-rate, over 105% monthly revenue retention, and helped restaurants avoid millions in online order platform fees.
It’s a hugely attractive proposition for independent business owners, and research suggests it’s a winning idea for consumers too. Over 60% say they’d prefer to deal with restaurants directly, but historically the infrastructure simply hasn’t been in place to do so. With Owner seeing impressive traction by tripling its customers between 2023 and 2024, it's unsurprising that its 2025 funding is being channelled into engineering and design teams, alongside the development of new tools.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2025
$120m
SERIES C
Jan 2024
$33m
SERIES B
Total funding: $182.2m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere: Our flexible policy lets you work from wherever you want.
- Equity in Owner: All full-time employees in eligible countries receive pre-IPO equity in Owner.
- Benefits to support your success: We set you up for success where you are and where you’re going.
- Healthcare Coverage: We offer comprehensive health, dental and vision plans.
- Unlimited PTO: Your schedule, your choice. We give our team members full empowerment to choose the time they want to work, and don’t micro-manage working hours.
- Team retreats: We love building real friendships with everyone that we work with, so we do several retreats per year – to deepen our friendships, celebrate our wins, and plan our future.
Company HQ
Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Adam Guild
(Co-Founder & CEO)Thiel Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30 List.
Dean Bloembergen
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-founder and CTO at Marble Technologies, Forbes 30 under 30.
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