Lead/Senior Software Engineer, Acceleration

Lead/Senior Software Engineer, Acceleration Join to apply for the Lead/Senior Software Engineer, Acceleration role at Rover.comLead/Senior Software Engineer, Acceleration 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicantsJoin to apply for the Lead/Senior Software Engineer, Acceleration role at Rover.comGet AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Who We AreWant to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play) with us.Who We AreWant to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play) with us.We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighborhoods across the US, Canada, and Europe. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover with the tools and security of a global company to back them.Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, we work closely with our teams in Barcelona, San Antonio, Spokane, and remote locations. We’ve got a reputation for being a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies.At Rover, our furry coworkers are just as important as our human ones—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Along with making the joys of pet parenthood more accessible, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community of pet people—and that starts with our employees.Rover’s Acceleration team is looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to take a leadership role on our team as we experiment to find new ways to grow Rover’s business and serve more pet-lovers around the world. Join this exciting, fast-paced, collaborative team where you can be at the forefront of Rover’s mission to make it possible for everyone to experience the love of a petAbout The Acceleration TeamAs a member of the Acceleration Engineering team, you will drive innovation and growth by developing creative, data-driven solutions to acquire new pet owners into our platform. Our mission is to expand our community by creating engaging user experiences, while leveraging the product to organically reach prospect customers. From building referral programs to integrating partnerships and giving our sitters tools to promote themselves, we focus on creating seamless, impactful pathways that welcome pet owners to our vibrant ecosystem. Join us in shaping the future of pet care by bringing more owners into our ever-growing communityAcceleration Team ProjectsWe explore innovative approaches to drive growth on the Rover platform. This could be a wide range of things, including:Building tools to help Rover pet sitters promote their businessIncreasing word-of-mouth traffic through social sharing (who doesn’t love cute pet content?)Engaging with pet lovers at times when they aren’t actively looking for pet carePartnering with other businesses that serve the pet-loving communityWhatever great ideas you bring to the tableAcceleration Team ChallengesGreat Software Engineers Love To Be Challenged. The Acceleration Team At Rover Has No Shortage Of Hard Problems That You Could Help Us SolveWe often invest in new ideas for growth with a lot of uncertainty. We need to find ways to learn quickly, launch many small experiments, and turn the insights into meaningful new features. This means we’ll need to get creative to move fast and collaborate really closely with product and design.We work across the entire codebase and need to ensure we maintain a high-quality product. We want to lean more on test automation. We already have very high unit and integration test coverage, but we’ve struggled to make end-to-end testing work reliably across our web and mobile applications. This is a big opportunity for us to improve both our test coverage and our efficiency as a team.Across Rover, we are in the process of migrating our large web and mobile applications to Next.js and Expo (React meta-frameworks). Some of our features need to be uplifted to these technologies, so that we can iterate on them faster and bring consistency across platforms. We are also working on building some features, with the goal of enabling most of the code to be shared across all platforms.This (of course) is not a complete list, but it gives you some idea of the big problems we’re thinking about and that you could contribute to as a member of the Rover Engineering teamSenior Engineering at RoverSenior Engineers are the core of engineering teams at Rover and have a number of key responsibilities:You lead technical planning and execution of the team’s most complex projects - working closely with product managers and UX designers to develop a hypothesis, refine scope, identify requirements, implement, and ship a featureYou are the technical reference for the team, providing architectural guidance, holding a high standard, and setting the exampleYou partner closely with the team’s Engineering Manager to shape the team’s technical roadmap and prioritize technical investmentYou ensure operational excellence of the features your team ownsYou act as a mentor for the other engineers on your team, helping them to acquire new skills and grow in their careersYou are constantly learning and sharing knowledge with your team and the rest of the engineering organization as you learn new thingsYou communicate communicate clearly with stakeholders and can analyze and use data to back up your positionsWhat Makes Rover Engineering Unique?AboutRover is a place where Software Engineers tend to stay and build a career for a long time. People are usually curious about why that is, so here are some of the things that are unique about our culture:We really love pets. This is probably an obvious one, but it can’t be overstated. We are surrounded by dogs in the office, and we take time to pet them in between meetings. Our Slack is full of cute pet pictures and memes. More than anything, we love building a product for the pet-loving community that we’re a part of.We are product engineers who work across Rover’s technology stack and are more focused on building an excellent product for our community than we are on specific technologies.When designing our software systems, we prioritize empowering engineers to make the maximum impact across the product and minimizing friction or artificial roadblocks.We innovate where it counts to improve the lives of pet owners and care providers. We have several hackathons throughout the year where engineers can unleash their creativity to dream up new products and experiences.We believe in the power of in-person collaboration balanced with flexibility. We have a hybrid working model, where we gather face-to-face (including dogs) twice a week in the office. We also host periodic global summits, such as our Tech Summit in Seattle . We also have a generous temporary remote work policy that allows you to travel and work from anywhere in the world for a month per year.We want our team to reflect the community we serve, and diversity is not only important but also imperative to our mission. This is why we have partnered with organizations like Ada Developer Academy in Seattle and allWomen in Barcelona to help close the gender gap in tech.We invest in our team’s growth and have a strong commitment to professional development. We have well-defined career paths for both individual contributors and managers that enable engineers to grow in the company by leveraging their strengths.As a team, we are devoted to each other. We root for each other to succeed and support each other in both work and life. This is so core to who we are that we’ve codified it in our company values .Rover's Barcelona OfficeRover was founded in Seattle, but we began building an office in Barcelona in 2018. Since then, the team has grown considerably, and today some of our most important projects are led by teams in Barcelona. We have a new, spacious office in 22@ Poble Nou, featuring lots of natural light, ample space for team collaboration, and a beautiful outdoor terrace for enjoying the Barcelona weather. Our Workplace Experience team creates a fun atmosphere by planning regular special events in the office, as well as occasional catered breakfasts or lunches.Our Core Booking teams, Trust & Safety, Growth, and Mergers & Acquisitions Integration teams are all led out of the Barcelona office, among others. While we work closely with teams in Seattle to build Rover’s product, teams in Barcelona are colocated, cross-functional, and independent. The Barcelona engineering team also hosts our own bi-weekly knowledge-sharing sessions and quarterly hackathons.We aspire to make Barcelona a fully realized second headquarters for Rover, and that means hiring many talented engineers like youSuccessful Senior Engineers at Rover typically have the following qualifications:7+ years of experience as a professional software developerExperience building web and/or mobile applicationsDemonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologiesExperience with technologies similar to Rover’s tech stack: React, React Native, Python, and Django (exact match not necessary, we believe great engineers come from all kinds of technical backgrounds)Experience leading complex projects on collaborative, cross-functional teamsSolid knowledge and understanding of relational databases and schema designPassionate about automated testing, code quality, and general software engineering best practicesBenefits Of Working At RoverCompetitive compensationLong-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payoutPermanent contractPension PlanPrivate health insuranceMonthly home internet stipend25 Days of paid vacation leaveAnnual professional development budget for training or conferencesMeal vouchers through CobeeDiscounted gym membership and other health benefitsBring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)Monetary help for adopting a dog plus yearly credit to use on our platformFlexible work hours, sometimes you’ll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we’re pretty flexible when it comes to managing workload and timeEmployee Resource Groups, like Gender Equity @ Rover and Rover Pride, to connect with colleagues across the organization, support each other, and create dialogueGrab snacks, fresh fruit, in our kitchen to keep yourself goingRegular team activities, including happy hours, game nights, and moreLocations:This position is located at our Barcelona office.Applicants must currently have the right to live and work in Spain. We can help with relocation assistance, thoughRover is an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive, and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.Seniority level Seniority level Not ApplicableEmployment type Employment type Full-timeJob function Job function Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries Consumer ServicesReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Rover.com by 2xSign in to set job alerts for “Senior Lead Software Engineer” roles. 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