Senior Software Engineer, Fetch
Point Earning
+ Equity
Mobile shopping and rewards platform
Job no longer available
Mobile shopping and rewards platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help reimagine what shopping looks like.
Role
Who you are
- Deep understanding of object-oriented or functional programming
- Strong experience with third-party API integrations and managing external partner relationships
- Proven track record building and scaling microservices architectures
- Experience with event-driven architectures and high-volume data processing
- Ability to optimize poorly performing code, data queries, and network requests
- Strong grasp of microservices complexity and distributed system failure domains
- Experience with NoSQL databases and their trade-offs
- Skilled in troubleshooting large-scale production systems and articulating both short- and long-term solutions with trade-offs
- Commitment to code quality through multiple levels of automated testing
- Effective communicator, able to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
- Continuous learner with an insatiable appetite for growth
- Collaborative team player who thrives in geographically distributed teams
- Proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) for code generation, test creation, and optimization
- Ability to leverage AI to automate API/service documentation and reduce manual overhead
- Experience applying AI-driven code review assistants to identify security vulnerabilities, style inconsistencies, and performance bottlenecks
Desirable
- Strong programming skills in Go
- Experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
- MySQL or Postgres experience for specific use cases requiring relational data
- Experience building integrations with e-commerce platforms, affiliate networks, or data providers
- Track record of successfully breaking into new business verticals through technical solutions
- In-memory data stores and caches (Redis, Memcache)
- Version control system (Git)
- Service-oriented architecture patterns
- Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis)
- Mentoring team members and leveling up the team as a whole
- Leverage AI to translate complex backend system explanations into simpler language for cross-functional teams
- Employ AI-driven project assistants to summarize design docs, PRs, and sprint retrospectives, keeping distributed team members aligned
What the job involves
- Fetch is expanding beyond receipt-based rewards to create new ways for users to earn points through experiences such as surveys, fitness challenges, and shopping activities
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Point-Earning Opportunities team, you will build and scale the backend systems that power these initiatives
- This includes integrating with third-party partners and high-volume data providers to deliver seamless and rewarding user experiences
- You may join one of two teams driving this work:
- UNO Collective, which builds Fetch’s next-generation offers and rewards platform
- This team transforms diverse user actions such as watching a movie, exercising, or installing an app into meaningful point-earning opportunities
- Engineers in UNO own their verticals end to end and focus on creating transparent, measurable, and reliable systems that connect partner data to the Fetch ecosystem
- Shoppability Collective, which reimagines how users shop through Fetch by creating engaging, social, and rewarding experiences
- Engineers in Shoppability work in fast-moving, cross-functional teams that emphasize experimentation, iteration, and data-informed decisions to improve user engagement and drive revenue
- Across both teams, success in this role requires strong technical expertise in scalable microservices, complex integrations, and a product-minded approach to building systems that delight users and support Fetch’s growth
- Design and build scalable infrastructure to support diverse point-earning opportunities beyond receipt scanning
- Lead integration efforts with third-party data providers and affiliate networks
- Architect microservices that can handle high-volume event processing from multiple sources
- Collaborate with mobile engineering partners to build engaging user experiences
- Solve complex scalability challenges as we expand into new verticals
- Ensure reliability and performance across distributed systems handling various offer types
- Balance building new capabilities while maintaining support for existing architecture
Our take
Leading mobile shopping and loyalty platform Fetch has seen explosive success in recent years. Its concept is simple: users receive spendable points in exchange for scans of their shopping receipts.
The app has tens of millions of daily active users with even more downloads, and has seen impressive growth, having now reached 'unicorn' status twice over. This should come as no surprise. Brand reinforcement is crucial to customer retention and acquisition - but it is harder than ever, with the fragmentation of choice on the market and the declining efficacy of marketing. So material loyalty benefits are likely to prove a crucial tool in creating and leveraging a strong customer base.
Whilst Fetch faces competition from similar receipt-scan rewards platforms like ReceiptPal and Ibotta, it grew into a profitable company in late 2023. It is using its most recent Morgan Stanley-backed funding to aggressively add brand partners at a competitive pace and onboarding staff at a level that promises strong continued growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2022
$120m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$210m
SERIES D
Total funding: $456.6m
Company benefits
- Stock Options: Fetch wants you to be on the rocketship with us! Options will give you the opportunity to share the excitement of the company growth and have your own stake in its success
- 401k Match: We match 100% of the first 3% of your 401K contribution
- Benefits for humans and pets: We offer comprehensive PPO and HDHP plans (Dental | Vision | Life Insurance) in addition to pet insurance, fully covered for the first pet. Our bereavement leave also includes our furry friends
- Continuing Education: Fetch provides up to $10,000 per year in education reimbursement support for any job-related courses/programs/certifications. You will also have access to Udemy, an online course provider with thousands of topics to discover
- Employee Resource Groups: Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue and advocacy. Current groups include Amplify BiPoC, Amplify Women, Amplify LBGTQ+, Amplify Family, and Amplify Veterans
- Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, including Juneteenth and Indigenous People’s Day, as well as our End-of-Year break
- Robust Leave Policies: Whether it’s for you or a loved one, Fetch offers generous leave time for various health and personal needs that take you away from work. Our parental leave policy provides 18 weeks of paid time off for primary caregivers, 12 weeks for secondary caregivers, and the option to create a flexible return to work schedule in the last few weeks of leave
- Wellness Program: Utilize these tools and resources to bring your best self to work each day
- Wellness coach on staff to help you create goals, provide accountability and support you on your wellness journey
- Nutrition counseling through Charge Nutrition
- Gympass membership to access in-person gyms, virtual workout classes, meditation apps, and much more
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides no cost, confidential resources and services to help navigate life's many changes and challenges
- Hybrid Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices in Madison, Birmingham or Chicago 1 - 2 times per week. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home
- Social Impact Efforts: Take part in volunteer events or donate to your favorite organizations through BrightFunds
Company HQ
Madison, WI
Leadership
Wes Schroll
(CEO)Founded Fetch while in undergrad at UW-Madison and grew the company into the nation's No. 1 rewards app, connecting millions of consumers with their favorite brands.
Tyler Kennedy
(VP of Operations)Studied Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded his first company, a yacht detailing company, when they were only fourteen.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 9 more jobs at Fetch