Entry Level Software Engineer, Recommendations
Rover.com
Greater Seattle Area1–4 yrs53m agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
Entry Level Software Engineer, Recommendations at Rover.com.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner closely with senior engineers to break down requirements, build features, and see them through to launch.
- Improve and maintain the technology behind the search platform, Elasticsearch.
- Increase match personalization and pet parent confidence through creative information collection and playback initiatives.
- Provide engineering support to Data Science as they innovate on the algorithm and ML models that support search.
- Work on both backend and frontend development.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Graduation from a formal computer science or engineering program.
- A solid foundation in professional software development practices and system design.
- A high bar for code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices.
- Awareness of how to present information in the era of AI tooling.
- Python/Django
- Elasticsearch
- React/React Native
Qualifications
- Experience utilizing AI tools to drive both technical and non-technical workflows.
- A strong communicator who can build consensus around technical approaches, address ambiguity with stakeholders, and effectively present information.
- Aligned with Rover Core Values.
- Plus: Experience with any of the technologies we support - Python/Django, Elasticsearch, React/React Native.
- Plus: Experience working in a relevant domain - search or two-sided marketplaces.
Work Environment
- Hybrid position with the minimum expectation to work out of the Downtown Seattle Office two days per week on Mondays and Thursdays.
- Candidates must be based in the Greater Seattle Area.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis, without the need for current or future employer sponsorship for an employment-based visa status.
- Dogs welcome in the office.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- 401k
- Flexible PTO
- Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
- Doggy benefits, including $1000 toward adopting your first dog
- Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs) and free catered lunches semi-monthly
- Regular team activities performed in person and virtually