2 months ago
Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$109k - $136k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and ship pet parent- and provider-facing pricing features end to end.
- Turn loosely defined requirements into plans and drive projects through production.
- Diagnose issues across the team’s technical domain and apply monitoring practices to production systems.
- Write clear, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews and architectural discussions.
- Communicate status, blockers, and priorities while maintaining documentation and improving team processes.
- Collaborate with product, design, data science, senior engineers, and the manager.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience.
- Backend engineering experience, ideally with Python and Django; experience with Java, Go, C#, or Kotlin is also welcome.
- Working knowledge of web application development, ideally with React or a similar modern frontend framework.
- Familiarity with relational databases and basic schema design.
- Experience or developing comfort with structured logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and understanding production system behavior.
- Solid automated testing habits, including unit and integration tests.
- Daily professional use of AI coding assistants such as Claude Code or Copilot, including validating and critically reviewing generated output.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, 401(k) match, a long-term incentive plan, flexible PTO, and medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Commuter benefits, pet benefits including $1,000 toward adopting a first dog or cat, and the ability to bring a dog to work.
- Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, treats, free catered lunches monthly, and regular team activities.
- Hybrid schedule requiring at least two days per week in the Downtown Seattle office, on Mondays and Thursdays; candidates must live in the Greater Seattle Area or be willing to relocate.
- Full-time employment benefits apply.
About Rover.com
Rover.com runs an online marketplace and mobile app that connects pet owners with independent pet sitters, dog walkers, and boarders. It monetizes through service fees on bookings and provides tools for scheduling, payments, messaging, and support, including coverage for stays. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Seattle, Rover operates across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.