Staff Engineer
The Farmer's DogBase Salary
$207k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Guide the strategic evolution of core and new systems by establishing boundaries, leading migrations, and enabling resilient architecture.
- Identify system risks, constraints, and opportunities to influence product and business strategy.
- Build alignment across engineering pods, business partners, and cross-functional departments.
- Partner with Staff Engineers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Designers, and Data teams on organizational and technical strategy.
- Research, prototype, and introduce new technologies, including AI and automation tools, in alignment with company standards.
- Lead the organization’s technical approach to AI and define responsible, high-leverage usage practices.
- Develop expertise in data flows across systems and domains to guide architecture and integration decisions.
- Mentor and coach engineers, including senior engineers, and drive engineering excellence.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise designing and evolving systems at scale.
- Experience leading architectural initiatives that improve system reliability, maintainability, and extensibility.
- Experience partnering with Product teams on business strategy and balancing short- and long-term priorities.
- Ability to work effectively across teams and drive impact beyond an immediate scope.
- Ability to evaluate the benefits and risks of AI in engineering.
- Strong ownership, problem-solving, prioritization, attention to detail, and communication skills.
- Experience mentoring and elevating senior engineers.
- Ability to operate proactively in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
Benefits
- Dog-friendly office in SoHo.
- Market-competitive compensation and equity packages.
- Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
- Company-supported mental health benefits.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Discounted fresh food for employees’ dogs.
- In-office work required four to five days per week.
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About The Farmer's Dog
The Farmer’s Dog was created by two dog lovers to radically improve the $100 billion global pet food industry — starting with a subscription service that sends freshly-made food directly to customers’ doors. Brett Podolsky’s dog Jada suffered from severe stomach issues for the first two years of her life, before he tried home-cooking for her on the advice of a vet. Seemingly overnight, she was cured. Brett soon realized that the way pet food was being marketed was very different than the way it was made, so he teamed up with his friend, Jonathan Regev (and his dog, Buddy), to build the product they wished existed for their own dogs. Today, The Farmer’s Dog has served hundreds of millions of meals nationwide through its personalized plans, delivering fresh, healthy food to dogs and peace of mind to their humans. Long term, our aim is to simplify every part of pet care, bettering the lives of the animals who make our lives better. To date, The Farmer’s Dog has raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. We're backed by the early investors of Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, Sweetgreen, and Glossier, and are aiming to build a company as healthy as the dogs we feed. Join The Farmer’s Dog team as we continue to figure out ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets. We want everyone who works at The Farmer’s Dog to be their authentic selves. For dogs, authenticity is the default. For people, we need to be more intentional about creating an environment where authenticity is the norm. That’s why we’re committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in policies, hiring processes, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team.