Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Goose is building the operating system for multi-service pet care businesses — boarding, daycare, grooming, and training. Our platform streamlines operations, enhances the customer experience, and drives revenue growth. Headquartered in Chicago, we blend modern technology with industry know-how to serve an essential but historically underserved market.

About the Role

As Goose continues to expand its platform capabilities, we're growing our payments and subscriptions engineering team with a full-stack generalist who is excited to work across card payments, non-card payments, and digital subscription systems. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with experienced engineers to build customer-facing experiences, operational workflows, and core platform capabilities that help modern pet care businesses operate more efficiently and grow revenue.

What You'll Do

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of products within Goose's payments ecosystem, including card payments, non-card payments, and digital subscription systems.
• Build reliable, well-tested, and maintainable software, including secure APIs and user-facing product experiences.
• Support integrations with external systems and third-party platforms.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve development velocity, software quality, debugging, testing, and documentation.
• Work closely with senior engineers across multiple product areas to implement new features, improve existing workflows, and support ongoing platform reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver cohesive and high-quality user experiences.
• Help troubleshoot production issues and contribute to platform reliability and operational improvements.
• Create and maintain clear technical and product documentation for the products you build.
• Learn existing systems and architecture while growing into larger ownership and technical responsibility over time.

Who You Are

• Passionate about building products and systems that customers rely on every day.
• Excited to learn from experienced engineers and grow quickly in a fast-moving startup environment.
• A collaborative and pragmatic engineer who values accountability, maintainability, and quality.
• Comfortable working across the stack and contributing wherever needed.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of professional experience building and shipping modern web applications in production environments.
• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and React.js.
• Familiarity building APIs and working with modern cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with SQL and relational database concepts.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools within engineering workflows.
• Comfortable working across multiple product areas and learning existing systems quickly.
• Understanding of testing and production debugging fundamentals.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Our Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite, Turborepo, MUI
• Backend: Node.js, Express, Prisma, Serverless
• Database: Postgres (Aurora), Redshift, DynamoDB, S3
• Compute: Lambda, Fargate, Step Functions
• AI: Kiro, Claude, Bedrock, OpenAI
• Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, CDK
• Cloud Platform: AWS (API Gateway, Cognito, EventBridge, CloudFront, CloudWatch)

What We Offer

• Competitive salary & meaningful equity
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance: 85% coverage for employees, 60% coverage for dependents
• Unlimited PTO (vacation, sick, personal, plus 5 company holidays)
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment