Backend engineer for pet care

Rover; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 63,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

25 days PTO

Meal allowance

Flexible work hours

Dog-friendly office

Wellness reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Rover in Barcelona is seeking a senior software engineer to build scalable backend systems with Python and Django for our pet-care platform. You will collaborate across teams, contribute to data modeling, and drive testing and code quality in a fast-growing tech environment.

You will work with AI-assisted development tools, mentoring teammates and delivering features with a strong focus on user experience. Hybrid setup with office days in Poblenou and remote options available.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a professional software developer.
• Strong knowledge of Python and Django.
• Relational databases and schema design experience.
• Passionate about automated testing and code quality.
• Experience with AI-assisted development and building custom workflows.
• Able to take loose requirements and drive a project forward.
• Great team player with strong English communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services in Python/Django for Rover's platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship features.
• Implement automated tests and maintain code quality.
• Contribute to architecture and data modeling decisions.
• Explore and apply AI tooling to improve development workflows.

Skills

Python

Django

Backend development

AI-assisted development

Code quality

Testing

Team collaboration

Agile methodologies

English communication

Tools

React

React Native

CI/CD tools

SQL/Relational databases

Python tooling

Job description

Описание:

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.

Требования:

• Has a true passion for Rover’s mission and values - and is highly motivated by the responsibility to foster a safe environment for our community
• Has empathy for users and enjoys building customer-facing products that improve people's and pets' lives!
• Brings their own unique background to the team, adding fresh ideas and perspectives
• Is able to take loose requirements, collaborate with others to determine what needs to be done, and drive a project forward
• Is eager to improve their craft as a software engineer and is excited to learn new technologies
• Is equally eager to share their knowledge and help foster a culture of learning
• Has great mentorship skills
• 7+ years of experience as a professional software developer
• Long-term experience with backend development
• Strong and proven knowledge of Python and Django
• Solid knowledge and understanding of relational databases and schema design
• Passionate about automated testing, code quality, and general software engineering best practices
• Experience pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted development, building custom workflows, automating repetitive tasks, or using AI tools beyond basic code completion
• You are a great team player
• You are meticulous about design and user experience because you want to deliver the best service to your customers
• You are used to working with different agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/XP)
• You love new challenges and are eager to solve new problems by applying analytical thinking
• Good level of written and spoken English (our engineering team is in Barcelona, but we work in English)
• You love pets!
• Будет плюсом: Knowledge/Interest in React or React Native; Familiar with continuous integration/deployment tools

Условия:

• This role is approved for Sponsorship and provides relocation assistance to Barcelona
• This role is full-time permanent and hybrid (Mondays & Thursdays in our office in Poblenou in Barcelona)
• And, dogs in the office. Bring yours, too!
• 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
• In the greater Barcelona area the first-year salary range is €62,722 - €76,027. Additionally, Rover offers a long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout and benefits to full-time employees