ezCater

Senior Software Engineer, AI-Native Platform (Remote)

ezCater$158K — $190K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Boston, MA
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering focused on backend systems and APIs
  • Strong understanding of AI-native software delivery practices
  • Proficiency in Go or deep expertise in a similar backend language (e.g., Java)
  • Experience with transactional databases like Postgres or Aurora
  • Solid background in API design, service boundaries, and integration patterns
  • Comfortable with event-driven architectures and operational complexities
  • Strong communication skills and high ownership of technical projects

Responsibilities

  • Build shared services and APIs to support core platform capabilities
  • Design and implement reliable backend systems for business-critical use cases
  • Effectively apply AI throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Contribute reusable engineering patterns to enhance AI collaboration
  • Partner cross-functionally to translate complex problems into actionable tasks
  • Ensure quality through robust testing and production issue management

Benefits

  • Innovative and high-performing work environment
  • Opportunities for career growth
  • Commitment to work/life balance
  • Competitive salary and stock options
  • Flexible paid time off and 12 paid holidays
  • 401K plan with company matching
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and family support resources
  • Remote-hybrid work flexibility
Full Job Description
ezCater is hiring senior software engineers to build shared platform capabilities across administration, integrations, and transaction-heavy product experiences. This role is centered on backend services, APIs, workflow orchestration, and reliable distributed systems.

We are looking for engineers who are fluent in an AI-native SDLC. That means more than familiarity with tools like Claude, Codex, or Cursor. The right engineer knows how to use AI effectively across planning, implementation, review, testing, and iteration, and understands how to improve the surrounding workflows, skills, and engineering standards. Go experience is strongly preferred. Deep experience in a similar backend language is also valuable.
What You'll Do
  • Build shared services, APIs, and workflows that support administrative experiences, integrations, and core platform capabilities
  • Design reliable backend systems for cross-domain business flows and operationally critical use cases
  • Apply AI effectively throughout the software lifecycle, including implementation planning, coding, review, testing, and quality improvement
  • Contribute reusable engineering skills, patterns, and guidance that improve how teams work with AI
  • Partner with product, design, and engineering peers to turn ambiguous problems into well-scoped, high-quality deliveries
  • Own quality through testing, observability, safe rollout practices, and production issue investigation
What You Have
  • 5+ years of strong software engineering experience building backend systems and APIs in production
  • Strong fluency with AI-assisted software delivery and clear judgment about where AI helps and where rigor matters most
  • A practical understanding of AI-native workflows, including structured context, iterative loops, and high-quality review and testing practices
  • Experience in Go, or deep proficiency in a comparable backend language such as Java
  • Experience building and operating transactional databases such as Postgres, RDS, or Aurora, including schema design, migrations, query performance, and reliability
  • Experience designing APIs, service boundaries, data models, and integration patterns in distributed systems
  • Comfort with workflow orchestration, event-driven architectures, and operational complexity
  • A strong quality mindset across testing, CI/CD, telemetry, and production ownership
  • Strong communication and a high-ownership approach to technical execution
Nice to Have
  • Experience building shared platform capabilities used by multiple teams or products
  • Experience in fintech, payments, spend controls, ledgering, or other transaction-heavy systems
  • Experience with admin systems, integration platforms, or enterprise workflow products
  • Experience helping teams adopt more effective AI-assisted engineering practices


The national total targetcash compensation range for this position, including base salary and bonus target, is $158,000 - $190,000 annually.*

*Please note: Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise and region & may vary from the amount above. This range does not represent additional compensation benefits (such as equity, 401K or medical, dental or vision insurance).

ezCater does not sponsor applicants for work visas or legal permanent residence.

What You'll Get from Us:

You'll get a terrifically compelling experience in an innovative, high performing environment. You'll get to work with engaged and passionate colleagues on challenging and impactful projects. You will have opportunities to grow in your career, and work in a place that values work/life harmony.

Oh, and you'll get all this: Market competitive salary, stock options that you'll help make worth a lot, 12 paid holidays, flexible PTO, 401K with ezCater match, health/dental/FSA, long-term disability insurance, mental health and family planning resources, remote-hybrid work from our awesome Boston office OR your home OR a mixture of both home and office, a tremendous amount of responsibility and autonomy, wicked awesome co-workers, employee meal program (and many more goodies) when you're in our office, and knowing that you helped transform the food for work space.

About ezCater

ezCater is an online marketplace for business catering. The company was founded in 2007 by Stefania Mallett and Briscoe Rodgers and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. ezCater connects businesses with local caterers and restaurants, providing a streamlined ordering and delivery process. The company has partnerships with over 60,000 restaurants and caterers across the United States and has served over 2.5 million business customers. ezCater has raised over $300 million in funding and was valued at $1.25 billion in 2019.
Learn more about ezCater
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2007

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