Senior Software Engineer, Rover
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Network of pet sitters and dog walkers
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Network of pet sitters and dog walkers
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Rover's mission is to improve and simplify life for pet parents and the dogs they love.
Role
Who you are
- Has a true passion for Rover’s mission and values - and is highly motivated by the responsibility to foster a safe environment for our community
- Has empathy for users and enjoys building customer-facing products that improve people's and pets' lives!
- Brings their own unique background to the team, adding fresh ideas and perspectives
- Is able to take loose requirements, collaborate with others to determine what needs to be done, and drive a project forward
- Is eager to improve their craft as a software engineer and is excited to learn new technologies
- Is equally eager to share their knowledge and help foster a culture of learning
- Has great mentorship skills
- 5+ years of experience as a professional software developer
- Long-term experience with frontend development
- Strong and proven knowledge of ReactJs or React Native
- Experience with Python or another backend language
- Solid knowledge and understanding of relational databases and schema design
- Passionate about automated testing, code quality, and general software engineering best practices
- You are a great team player
- You are meticulous about design and user experience because you want to deliver the best service to your customers
- You are used to working with different agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/XP)
- You love new challenges and are eager to solve new problems by applying analytical thinking
- Good level of written and spoken English (our engineering team is in Barcelona, but we work in English)
- You love pets!
Desirable
- Professional experience with Django and other Python-based frameworks
- Knowledge/Interest in React Native
- Familiar with continuous integration/deployment tools
What the job involves
- We are proud to be professional software developers building high-quality, scalable, and supportable solutions
- We are curious and passionate about learning, providing the right environment and resources for professional growth
- We are committed to building, fostering, and maintaining a culture of inclusivity and diversity, both on our teams and in our products
- We embrace progressive engineering practices, including a continuous deployment pipeline, automated testing, and deployment
- We are serious about the quality of our production operation, and have thorough system, application, and user interaction monitoring and anomaly detection
- We are passionate about data-driven decision-making
- Our teams are integrated, with developers, product managers, designers, and data scientists working side-by-side
- And, dogs in the office. Bring yours, too!
Our take
Rover.com connects pet parents with the nation’s largest network of loving and trustworthy pet sitters and dog walkers. Through Rover, pet parents can discover, book, and manage personalised care for their dogs, including pet sitting, dog walking, in-home dog boarding, and doggy day care.
Rover has fundamentally changed the U.S pet services industry, a market which is worth $10+ billion, by improving the way pet owners find and book pet care. Rover’s app is now the most downloaded and best-reviewed dog walking and pet sitting app in North America.
Although they hit a very rough patch during the pandemic, the company's successful bounce-back has led it to a successful IPO and significant growth even after. Pet spending is on the rise and Rover seems perfectly positioned to ride the wave right along.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2018
$125m
LATE VC
Jul 2017
$65m
SERIES F
Total funding: $280.9m
Company benefits
- Dogs and Cats: We’ll provide $1000 to help you adopt or foster a dog or cat. And whenever you need to get away, we’ll help cover your pet’s staycation with a sitter on Rover.
- Treats: Enjoy stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs), including regular chair massages. Every other week, we offer a company lunch for all employees.
- Health: Taking care of yourself and your health comes first. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, commuter benefits, and life insurance.
- Compensation: We offer competitive compensation as well as RSUs, 401K match, holiday pay, and pet assistance funds.
- Time Off: Family and life events will always trump business. We offer 4 weeks of paid time off annually, as well as 10 paid holidays.
- Parental Leave: Work shouldn't get in the way of life. That's why we offer maternity leave (10 weeks fully paid and up to 7 weeks of STD at 60%) and paternity leave (10 weeks fully paid)
Company values
- Commitment to our community
- No office politics
- Intentional balance of pace and precision
- Focus on Impact
- Discipline in the way we debate
- Devotion to each other as people
- Relentless pursuit of inspiring outcomes
Company HQ
Belltown, Seattle, WA
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Leadership
Greg Gottesman
(Board Member)Previously worked as an Associate at BCG and as an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at the University of Washington. He was also a Board Member at Tally, Lumatax, NextStep and Boundless Immigration
Philip Kimmey
(VP of Engineering)Previously worked as an Intern at the Washington School of Medicine and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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