Our client is on a mission to improve the life and longevity of all dogs through science and technology. They plan to become a global standard of pet care by 2026 through their dog DNA test. We’re looking for highly motivated and driven employees who will join the organization as they lead the cutting edge of creativity and innovation in the fast-growing consumer genetics space.
About the team
On the web development team, you will craft delightful digital experiences with Product Management and Design partners that span a full vertical slice, from UI to backend. Each Agile team consists of 3-4 engineers, a Product Manager, UX/UI designer, and/or an Analyst. Our teams align to a core business domain: Consumer, Breeder, Veterinary, or Long Term Value. This year is a very exciting time to join; this year the team will:
Evolve IT architecture to enable the company to continue to scale exponentially
Bring to life new and exciting business developments that make the company a standard, global brand in providing pet wellness
Compound the delightful experiences we provide to our highly rated products
What you’ll do
You will lead engineers on your team while collaborating with cross-functional leaders across Engineering, Science, Product, and Design to form best practices, processes, and decisions that lead us to become the global leader in pet wellness. Here’s a closer look at the day to day:
Write and review reusable patterns that enable your team to rapidly and continually evolve systems
Coach your team through day to day technical tradeoffs
Lead your team through discovery and delivery of challenging, multi-month initiatives that require synthesis of information across cross-functional teams
Collaborate with Product and Design to deliver a best in class product experience supported by your team
Peer with Engineering Managers to grow your team skills by identifying challenging opportunities
Foster a culture of consistent, high quality data driven execution amongst your team
Inform the technical roadmap and architecture to enable our technology to support continued exponential growth
Build strong relationships and contracts with teams that use your team’s services (e.g API consumers, internal tooling support, etc.)
Requirements
At least a Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
7+ years of professional web development experience as an individual contributor
Expertise in:
Building, maintaining and operating large-scale distributed web applications built by multiple teams
Introducing best practices to legacy systems
DevOps processes, systems and tooling
Developing, maintaining, and operating critical production systems
Deep experience in one or more of the following:
Frontend development with frameworks like VueJS, React
NodeJS
DevOps
Ecommerce
Data architecture
Observability
Distributed web applications
Experience with:
TypeScript with NodeJS and Vue
A consumer-focused product company
Managing multi-month, multi-person projects and collaborating with non-technical partners and stakeholders
Excellent communication skills, both written (design docs, RFCs, system documentation, user guides, PowerPoint management reports etc) and verbal (leading and facilitating effective meetings, training, pair programming etc)
Passion for dogs and genetics
Interest in staying up to date with the latest technologies, architectures, and management skills
Willingness to participate in on-call rotation including some weekends and holidays
What We Can Offer
Dog-friendly office
Perks tailored for dog lovers including subsidized dog-walking services and paw-ternity leave
Startup perks with big-company benefits (401k match, commuter benefits, HSA/FSA)
Competitive salaries, all-inclusive health care, and equity participation
A flexible vacation policy along with paid maternal and paternal leave (for fur babies too)
Fully-stocked office snack bar and regular office events
New iMacs and MacBook Pros, or laptops running Linux
Continuing education including attending conferences