Job Description

Who we are:

At Rover, pets and their people are at the heart of everything we do. We connect pet parents with trusted pet care across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Headquartered in Seattle and Barcelona, we’re a values driven, fast-growing tech company focused on building safe and personalized experiences tailored to the needs of each unique pet. We’re investing in AI as a business accelerator and provide every team member access to AI tools in service of creating better experiences for our community.

We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. At Rover we’re committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming community, which starts with our employees.

Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us.

This role is full-time permanent and hybrid (Mondays & Thursdays in our office in Poblenou, Barcelona).
Software Engineer
Are you a passionate and detail-oriented Software Engineer ready to use your technical skills to build customer-facing products that genuinely improve the lives of people and their pets? We're looking for an enthusiastic engineer to join our team in Barcelona.
In this role, you'll be a core contributor to our platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to tackle tough technical challenges and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. If you're eager to grow your craft and contribute to a safe, supportive community, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Be Doing

• Product Development: Build, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable, and supportable solutions across our technology stack, focusing on both web and mobile applications
• Cross-functional collaboration: Take ownership of features from initial concept to launch. You'll work with loose requirements and collaborate with Product, Design, and Data Science to define the necessary technical steps and drive projects forward
• Engineering Excellence: Champion core engineering practices. You are passionate about automated testing, ensuring code quality, and maintaining a solid understanding of relational databases and schema design
• Collaboration & Growth: Thrive in a heavily collaborative environment, where you'll share your knowledge, contribute fresh ideas, and eagerly improve your craft as an engineer.
• User Focus: Apply analytical thinking to solve problems and maintain a meticulous focus on design and user experience to deliver the best service to our customers, aligning with our mission to foster a safe environment for our community.

Your Qualifications & Experience

• Professional Experience: 5+ years of experience as a professional software developer.
• Product Experience: Experience building web and/or mobile applications
• Adaptability: Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and embrace new challenges.
• Methodology: Used to working with different agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/XP)

Your bonus skills

• Technical Stack: Experience with technologies similar to our tech stack, including React, React Native, Python, and Django
• Familiarity with continuous integration/deployment tools.

Our Style:

• We are proud to be professional software developers who are curious and passionate about learning We embrace progressive engineering practices, including a continuous deployment pipeline and thorough production monitoring. Our teams are integrated, working side-by-side with developers, product managers, designers, and data scientists, and we are committed to building a culture of inclusivity and diversity.

Benefits of Working at Rover:

• Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout
• Pension plan
• Private medical insurance
• 25 days PTO
• Meal allowance and flexible compensation plan (transport and nursery)
• Gym membership
• €450 to cover the costs associated with the adoption of a pet
• Annual €150 wellness reimbursement
• Flexible work hours, sometimes you'll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we're pretty flexible when it comes to managing workload and time
• Grab snacks, fresh fruit, in our kitchen to keep yourself going
• Regular team activities, events, game nights, and more
• Dog-friendly office

Locations:

• This position is located at our Barcelona office.
• Applicants must currently have the right to live and work in Spain....We can help with relocation assistance, though!

Rover is an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive, and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.