Entry Level Software Engineer, Recommendations

Responsibilities

• Build and launch customer-facing backend and frontend software features for Rover’s Recommendations team.
• Maintain and improve the Elasticsearch-powered search platform.
• Develop personalization and information-collection features that improve matching and pet parent confidence.
• Provide engineering support to data science teams working on search algorithms and machine learning models.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, analysts, designers, and data scientists to break down requirements and deliver marketplace features.
• Apply automated testing, code-quality practices, monitoring, anomaly detection, and production engineering best practices.

Requirements

• 1–4 years of professional software development experience.
• Graduation from a formal computer science or engineering program.
• Experience using AI tools in technical and non-technical workflows.
• A solid foundation in professional software development practices and system design.
• Strong communication skills, including building consensus and addressing ambiguity with stakeholders.
• Commitment to code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices.
• Preferred experience with Python/Django, Elasticsearch, React, or React Native.
• Preferred experience with search or two-sided marketplaces.

Benefits

• Hybrid schedule with a minimum of two days per week in Rover’s Downtown Seattle office, on Mondays and Thursdays; candidates must be based in the Greater Seattle Area.
• Competitive compensation and benefits for full-time employees.
• 401(k), flexible PTO, and medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Dog-friendly office, unlimited puppy time, and dog benefits including $1,000 toward adopting a first dog.
• Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, treats, and free catered lunches semi-monthly.
• Regular in-person and virtual team activities.