Engineering Manager, Owner.com
Guest Online Ordering
$220-250k
+ Pre-IPO equity
Online ordering and restaurant marketing system
Open for applications
Online ordering and restaurant marketing system
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$220-250k
+ Pre-IPO equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give independent restaurants the infrastructure tools they need to compete with larger corporations.
Role
Who you are
- A strong technical partner and experienced engineering leadership team
- Product and Design leaders deeply focused on guest experience and conversion
- Cross functional partners across restaurant experience, data, and platform teams
- Three or more years of experience managing or tech leading engineering teams
- Prior Staff level engineering experience or equivalent technical depth
- Strong product sense and an instinct for high leverage work
- Comfort operating in cross functional, dependency rich environments
- Interest or experience shipping ML or AI driven product systems is a plus
- Hands on mindset with a desire to stay technically sharp
- Coachable, curious, and excited to grow with the team
What the job involves
- The Guest Online Ordering team owns the end to end guest journey across web and mobile, from menu discovery and navigation to a seamless checkout experience
- Today, this team is focused on menu conversion and optimization, one of the highest leverage drivers of guest conversion and restaurant GPV, delivered consistently across web and the mobile app
- As this surface area grows, the team is expected to evolve into multiple pods, creating a clear path for this role to expand into multi team leadership
- We are looking for an Engineering Manager who is product driven, technically strong, and excited to lead teams building AI powered systems with real business impact across both web and mobile platforms
- You'll lead and grow a team of Engineers focused on guest ordering and menu conversion
- Own execution and outcomes across conversion, quality, and performance in the guest ordering funnel
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and cross functional teams to deliver high impact, guest centric solutions
- Work alongside a strong technical partner to drive clarity, alignment, and momentum
- Help shape how applied machine learning and automation improve menu quality and conversion at scale
- Stay close to the work by unblocking engineers, reviewing designs, and contributing when helpful
- Build a culture of high standards, urgency, and continuous improvement
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
Insights
75% employee growth in 12 months
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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