Software Engineer - Front End

Rent The Runway; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion technology company in Galway is seeking a Front End Engineer to enhance e-commerce functionalities and internal tools. You will work in a collaborative environment, adapting UI based on backend changes, while ensuring a high standard of quality and performance. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented and passionate about innovative products. This hybrid role allows for 2-3 days of remote work per week.

Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off

Universal Paid Parental Leave

Paid Sabbatical after 5 years

Competitive Stakeholder Pension

Comprehensive health and dental care from day 1

Company-wide events and outings

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail for UI development.
• Ability to prioritize and learn new technologies.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Passion for building innovative products.

Responsibilities

• Participate in agile software development for internal tools.
• Adapt front end applications to backend API changes.
• Drive technical projects and mentor others.
• Collaborate with designers to refine features.
• Identify software solutions to business challenges.
• Write clean, testable, efficient code.

Skills

Responsive design

Cross-functional development teamwork

Software optimization

Clean and efficient code writing

Job description

Overview

Founded in 2009, Rent the Runway disrupts the fashion industry with the Closet in the Cloud, offering subscriptions, rental items, and resale from hundreds of designer brands. Our mission is to empower women to feel their best every day.

Galway Office

Rent The Runway established its European Technology Hub in Galway in April 2019. Based in the historic Claddagh area, the growing team tackles core technology challenges and influences the next generation of services critical to Rent The Runway’s success and growth. The Galway office is Rent the Runway's first international office outside the US and enables the company to expand its Software Engineering, Product Development, Machine Learning Engineering and Data Science footprint. Our Galway-based employees have the opportunity to grow across several roles and career paths in Technology.

Our engineering team is smart, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial. We practice continuous integration & test-driven development, engage in peer code reviews & pair programming, and contribute to open-source projects.

About the Role

As a Front End Engineer at Rent the Runway, you’ll work with a team focused on services for e-commerce functionality, customer notifications, and order management. You value creativity and user experience as much as code and curiosity. You’ll adapt UI to evolving workflows and enhance the UI for customer experience agents using internal tools, while keeping front ends at a high standard of quality and introducing new architectural features to keep applications modern, performant, and maintainable.

What You’ll Do

• Participate in all aspects of agile software development for the user interface of internal tools powering back-of-house systems
• Adapt front end applications to changes in backend APIs
• Drive technical projects to success and provide mentorship in a fast-paced startup environment
• Collaborate with designers and other teams to refine product features
• Work with business stakeholders to identify software solutions to business challenges
• Write clean, testable, and efficient code

About You

• An eye for responsive design and strong attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize tasks and learn new tools and technologies as needed
• Experience in a cross-functional development team
• Passionate about building innovative products that work behind the scenes
• Experience with distributed system performance analysis and optimization
• Ability to diagnose and articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Ability to manage ambiguous problems and make tradeoffs without compromising quality

At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the happiness and wellbeing of our employees and aim to create a workplace that fosters growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Generous Paid Time Off including annual leave, bereavement, and family sick leave
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return-to-work
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service
• Competitive Stakeholder Pension
• Comprehensive health and dental care from day 1
• Company-wide events and outings
• Hybrid Work – this is a hybrid role based in Galway, Ireland. Option to work remotely 2-3 days per week

Equal Opportunity

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee on legally recognized bases including gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.

Privacy Notice

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Contact

If you have questions about this job or wish to apply, please contact the Talent team. This description is intended to outline the responsibilities and qualifications for the role and is not a contract. The company reserves the right to modify the role at any time.