Software Engineer, Pumpkin

Engineering Platforms

$100-140k

AWS
Kubernetes
JavaScript
Python
Bash
Linux
Sentry
MySQL
Azure
Grafana
Mid and Senior level
Remote in US
New York

More information about location

Pumpkin

Pet insurance provider

Open for applications

Pumpkin

Pet insurance provider

101-200 employees

B2CInsurancePets

Open for applications

$100-140k

AWS
Kubernetes
JavaScript
Python
Bash
Linux
Sentry
MySQL
Azure
Grafana
Mid and Senior level
Remote in US
New York

More information about location

101-200 employees

B2CInsurancePets

Company mission

Pumpkin is a pet care company on a mission to keep all pets healthy.

Role

Who you are

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on platform-, deployment-, or observability- centered engineering
  • Ability to work with codebases in Bash, Python, and Javascript
  • Excellent debugging skills in a Linux environment
  • Experience managing and deploying onto cloud-based production Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms
  • The ability to break down complex problems into smaller pieces, provide options, talk through trade-offs and drive the effort to solve the problem
  • Experience working with monitoring platforms like Sentry and Grafana
  • Experience with hosting & optimizing MySql and/or PostgresQL

Desirable

  • Familiarity with security standards and practices and/or regulated industry
  • Experience working with Gitlab pipelines
  • Understanding of hosting pages & systems in Cloudflare
  • Worked in both a platform engineering team/ engineering productivity team and a full-stack development team in the past
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
  • Familiarity with low-level protocols and concepts (HTTP, TLS, load balancers and basic networking.)

What the job involves

  • Pumpkin is looking for a Software Engineer - Engineering Platforms to play a crucial role in revolutionizing pet care by developing cutting-edge software solutions that significantly improve the lives of pets, their owners, and veterinarians
  • Your infrastructure expertise will support the creation of scalable, reliable, and high-performance applications that consistently meet business needs and exceed user expectations
  • By optimizing system infrastructure, delivery pipelines, and data structures, you will contribute directly to the delivery of exceptional pet care through technology
  • Design and build scalable and resilient systems that can keep up with company growth & new products
  • Harden the platform against security threats and resource contention issues
  • Improve our Gitlab systems and deployment processes
  • Work with app teams to understand their potential challenges and help them choose the best way to architect their systems
  • Help respond and prevent incidents impacting core platforms

Our take

While pet ownership & adoption rates are at an all-time high, 1 in 4 families are unable to provide the veterinary care they want for their pet due to financial barriers. In response Pumpkin created a more accessible type of pet insurance.

In particular, Pumpkin innovated with ‘Preventative Essentials’. It’s not insurance, but an optional benefit pet parents can easily add to their insurance plan to get refunds for crucial preventive care all pets need to stay healthy, from annual wellness visits to routine vaccines. Its product has proven popular, and Pumpkin insures over 60,000 pets in the USA and Canada.

Pumpkin was acquired by JAB's pet insurance platform in 2023. This move will boost the company's marketing reach and accelerate its research and development efforts. While it faces steep competition in the market, with the likes of AKC, Chewy and Figo offering similar insurance products, its up-to-date tech stack and the deep pockets of its parent company will ensure it maintains its strong position.

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Kirsty

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Insights

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

45% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Best-in-class health insurance
  • A generous vacation policy
  • Of course, pet-friendly offices

Company values

  • Pets Come First: Put what's best for pets at the center of everything you do
  • Trust the Pack: Help families make empowered pet care decisions
  • Jump Fences: If there’s a will, there’s always a way over them
  • Share Toys: Be generous with your gifts and amazing things will happen
  • Dig New Holes: Challenge conventions to create the future of pet health care

Company HQ

Midtown South, New York, NY

Leadership

Previously founded Ollie Pets, a natural pet food company. Before that, co-founded TheLadders, a mobile network for professionals.

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