Senior Software Engineer, Bombas
Core Infrastructure
$130-150k
+ Equity for eligible roles
Comfort-focused apparel brand & clothing donation
Open for applications
Comfort-focused apparel brand & clothing donation
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$130-150k
+ Equity for eligible roles
201-500 employees
Company mission
Bomba's mission since day one has been to help those experiencing homelessness. That’s why for every item purchased, it donates an item of clothing.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience working with Core Infrastructure but is also comfortable working on product-facing systems (APIs, etc)
- Agile and excited to work in collaborative and cross-functional team environment
- You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and can communicate your ideas clearly
- A team player who is willing and happy to help
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Belief in our mission and understand the importance of giving-back
- Inquisitive, love to learn, embrace failure, and never give up
- Comfortable working in an open office environment while staying focused
- 5+ years of overall engineering experience, with 3+ years working closely with infrastructure, platform, or developer tooling
- Solid proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, and a strong comfort level writing backend application code
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), particularly through tools like Terraform, Serverless Framework, or CDK
- Experience debugging and troubleshooting distributed systems or application performance issues
- Familiarity with tools like Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies
- Exposure to observability platforms (e.g., Datadog) and infrastructure frameworks like Serverless Framework or Terraform is a plus
- A flexible, team-first mindset with the ability to shift between infrastructure and application-layer work as needed
What the job involves
- Bombas is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team to help guide the maintenance and evolution of our Core Infrastructure
- Reporting to our Core Infrastructure lead, you’ll play a key role in monitoring system performance, empowering other engineers with new tooling to do so on their own, and working to reduce friction at each stage of the development lifecycle
- Contributing to and maintaining the infrastructure and application tooling that powers our systems
- Writing and supporting TypeScript code that improves developer workflows, system observability, and platform resilience
- Working across engineering teams to improve reliability, security, and performance through well-documented practices and shared tooling
- Helping expand automation and improve the developer experience across the entire software development lifecycle
- Participating in architectural reviews, debugging sessions, and system performance investigations
- Evaluating technical solutions and helping shape the Core Infrastructure roadmap in collaboration with other engineers
Our take
Bombas is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand with a social mission. For every item sold, it donates another to a homeless shelter or service in NYC and beyond. The founders discovered that socks were the most requested item at homeless shelters, and it became the original inspiration for the business. To date, the company has donated over 50 million items to various charities.
This philanthropic angle gives Bombas the edge in a crowded clothing market, as consumers hunt for mission-driven products, a trend that is already well in motion. Bombas received B Corporation certification for its commitment to helping those in need, the way it treats employees, volunteer work it undertakes, and how it makes decisions as a company.
While Bombas originally became known as a sock brand, it has since expanded into several new categories, and now offers socks, underwear, T-shirts and slippers. The company generates over $100 million in revenue, capitalizing on direct-to-consumer trends that have seen other mission-led apparel brands like Toms and Warby Parker reach unicorn status in recent years.
Bombas is now expanding to new markets and recently launched in the UK. It kicked off its launch by collaborating with St. Mungo’s, a non-profit that helps people without housing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Dec 2015
$3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $153.2m
Company benefits
- 100% Employer-Paid Healthcare
- Annual Bonus
- 401K Matching
- Unlimited Vacation
- Hive Hangouts
- Health & Wellness Reimbursement
- Educational Assistance
- Company Retreats
- Community Events
- Company Equity
- Dog-Friendly Office
- Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
David Heath
(CEO & Co-Founder)Worked for over 4 years at UrbanDaddy, as Director of Business Development/Membership Opportunities Group. At VIBE for over 2 years, leaving as Automotive Editor. VP and Co-Founder of Regalis Foods. President and Founder of Talking Owls.
Randy Goldberg
(Chief Brand Officer & Co-Founder)Worked at UrbanDaddy for 7 years, progressing to Editorial and Creative Director. Freelance Brand Consultant for 9 years.
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