Software Engineer, Rover
Backend Platform
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2+ days a week in office
Network of pet sitters and dog walkers
Be an early applicant
Network of pet sitters and dog walkers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To allow more people to experience the unconditional love of a pet.
Role
Who you are
- Computer Science or equivalent background
- 3+ years as a Fullstack or Backend Engineer (preferably in Django/Python)
- Solid knowledge and understanding of databases, schema design and database fundamentals (MySQL/PostgreSQL/AWS RDS)
- Experience using and managing AWS products, with a focus on operating, maintaining, and diagnosing issues within production environments
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code (eg: Terraform or CDK)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog/Cloudwatch or ELK stack
What the job involves
- As the Backend Platform and Support team, we focus on building and managing the internal platforms and core technology that drive the Rover application.
- Our responsibilities include maintaining Rover’s datastores, specifically AWS RDS (MySQL and PostgreSQL), while also supporting shared Django code and observability tools like Sentry, Datadog, and Splunk.
- Through these efforts, we empower our engineering teams to deliver a robust, stable, and reliable experience for both owners and sitters. The Backend Platform team operates as part of the broader Platform Engineering division
- Rover.com is looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join our team in Barcelona, with a core focus on datastores.
- In this role, you will collaborate closely with our lead Database Engineer to manage Rover's databases, oversee database operations, and execute critical upgrades.
- Your responsibilities will include ensuring the performance and stability of our PostgreSQL and MySQL environments while building self-service automation tools.
- Additionally, you will spearhead cross-team initiatives with product teams to enhance datastore scalability and reliability, and partner with developers across the organization to review migrations and optimize database performance.
- We are looking for a developer who is passionate about datastores and invested in improving the reliability and scalability of our databases!
- Manage core database operations, including user access, instance scaling, and performance tuning
- Design and test backup strategies to ensure we can restore data quickly with almost no downtime
- Lead major and minor database upgrades
- Manage compliance requirements
- Identify and lead initiatives to improve stability, scalability and performance of Rover’s web app
- Collaborate with developers on schema migrations and query tuning
- Use Datadog/Cloudwatch to monitor system health and set up alerting
- Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis and resolution
- Build and maintain self-service tools, such as our Automated Data Model Change approval tooling
- Design Terraform for management of RDS infrastructure and deployment
- Develop automation scripts using Python to assist in Django migration issues and model tuning
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 personalized 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 things slowed down for the company during the pandemic, the successful bounce-back has led it to an IPO and significant growth, notably in European markets. Pet spending is on the rise too, and Rover seems well positioned to ride that wave - an outlook reinforced by its $2.3 billion acquisition by Blackstone, which shows both the platform's resilience and the long-term attractiveness of its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
3 people
Tania, Data Science Manager
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Trustpilot (4.5)
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2018
$125m
LATE VC
Jul 2017
$65m
SERIES F
Total funding: $280.9m
Company benefits
- Treats: Enjoy stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs). We offer free lunches twice a month and have regular team activities, including happy hours, and more.
- Hybrid Working: We believe that the best work is done in a flexible environment.
- Compensation and Benefits: We offer competitive compensation, health benefits and a pension plan with company match. We also offer generous perks like meal vouchers and wellness reimbursement.
- Time Off: Family and life events will always trump business. We offer 25 days of PTO.
- Dogs and Cats: We'll provide help to adopt or foster a pet and help cover your pet's staycation with a sitter on Rover.
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
Seattle
Articles
Leadership
Brent Turner
(Chief Executive Officer)Megan Teepe
(Chief Growth Officer)Eddie Torpoco
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