Software Engineer, Ottimate
SMS Adapter
$160-180k
Accounts payable automation
Be an early applicant
Accounts payable automation
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-180k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make life a little easier for anyone eager to spend less time on AP and more time growing their business.
Role
Who you are
- +5 YoE in strong software engineering experience, with a track record of owning a product end-to-end, from the data layer through the user-facing experience
- Experience building and shipping software that runs on end-user machines, including the packaging and distribution concerns that come with that
- Solid database experience, including comfort reverse-engineering schemas in third-party systems you don't control
- A track record of writing dependable integration and sync code: idempotency, retries, partial-failure handling, observability
- Practical testing instincts. You know when to reach for integration and end-to-end tests, not just unit tests, to catch real-world failure modes like a flaky store network or a locked-down machine
- Comfort operating with ambiguity. This is a new, fast-moving product area without years of established internal convention to lean on
- Bonus: Prior experience with retail/grocery back-office systems, POS integrations, or field-deployed software supporting non-technical end users
- If you are excited about the role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. Nothin
What the job involves
- The SMS Adapter makes that data usable: a secure connector that runs at the store or corporate office, pulls data directly from the store's system, and syncs it to Ottimate's AP platform
- We're looking for a software engineer to own this adapter end-to-end, from the initial data connection and sync logic through to the security, reliability, and deployment experience that lets a non-technical store operator run it with confidence
- This is a high-ownership, high-autonomy role. You'll be one of the first engineers dedicated to this product line, working closely with the retail/grocery product owner and store-side IT contacts at pilot customers
- Build and maintain the adapter that connects to in-store systems, starting with BRdata, and syncs invoice items, vendor, and PO data to Ottimate
- Design and harden a reliable sync process: delta and full syncs, retry and backoff behavior, conflict handling, and clear failure visibility when a store's network or data source is unreliable
- Own local data handling and credential storage so the adapter can run unattended and securely on a store's machine
- Build and improve the setup and monitoring experience that store staff and support use to configure connections, check sync health, and troubleshoot issues without engineering involvement
- Establish strong automated test coverage for the adapter and keep it reliable across all target deployment environments (Windows is the primary target)
- Own packaging, updates, and installation for software running on store-owned machines, often behind restrictive IT policies
- Work directly with pilot retail/grocery customers to diagnose environment issues, such as network, permissions, and data access, and turn them into product and reliability improvements
- Define and evolve the adapter's data model and mapping layer as we onboard additional store systems beyond BRdata
- You'll be the engineering owner of a product that's foundational to Ottimate's entry into a new market
- The work you ship directly determines whether retail and grocery customers can get their invoice data into Ottimate at all
- You'll have significant latitude to shape the adapter's design, testing strategy, and roadmap as the product line grows
- You will be part of a growing team, at a pinnacle moment of scale for the business, and experience the excitement of working in a startup where each action makes a huge difference
- You will have the agency to solve difficult problems creatively, the freedom to explore work that inspires you, and infrastructure to ensure you're constantly challenged and developing
- You will work with sharp, passionate teammates solving some of the most unique challenges and positioning our product as a premier finance automation solution
Our take
Accounts payable is a cumbersome side of financial management for the hospitality and restaurant sectors. High volumes of deliveries, along with the chance of damage to perishable items, means that keeping track of short-term credit to various sellers is a tricky business.
Ottimate's solution is to effect digital transformation across B2B payments and accounts payable in the hospitality sector. The company’s VendorPay allows customers to make payments directly to over 200,000 vendors straight from their AP platform, streamlining and resolving the late payments issue that’s been growing steadily in the sector.
Margins in the sector are famously tight, so even the most modest of operational improvements can make substantial gains for hospitality businesses. Indeed, over 30,000 restaurants, hotels and grocery chains across the US are using Ottimate’s platform, including leading brands such as Best Western, Holiday Inn and Foodtown.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2021
$160m
SERIES B
Mar 2017
$4m
SERIES A
Total funding: $164.7m
Company benefits
- Health & Retirement: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage as well as a 401(k)
- Paid Time Off: We offer plenty of vacation and personal time off to give you the time to step away, unwind, and recharge
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Barrett Boston
(CEO)Previously CRO and Executive Officer for TriNet. Before that, they were the President of Americas with TravelClick and Vice President at IBM.
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