Software Engineer III

Rent The Runway; Galway; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Sabbatical

Pension

Health care

Hybrid Galway office

Job summary

Rent The Runway is seeking a Software Engineer III, Full Stack, to join our Galway office. You’ll contribute to microservices powering our internal app, warehouse tech, and other systems, working on features and performance improvements in a collaborative, cross-functional team.

Experience with Java, ReactJS, and cloud-native architectures is essential. You’ll operate in a hybrid setup with 2–3 days in Galway and opportunities to influence scaling, testing, and deployment practices across the

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or software engineering.
• 4+ years of programming experience.
• Experience with Java and ReactJS.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in agile software development for operations stack microservices.
• Identify performance improvements for key product features.
• Develop scalable systems using Java, ReactJS, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, Kotlin, SpringBoot.
• Deliver software on a sustainable schedule with work-life balance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify software solutions to business challenges.
• Contribute to cross-functional development efforts and mentor teammates.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

ReactJS

Kotlin

OOP concepts

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

RabbitMQ

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

SpringBoot

Splunk

GCP

Job description

About Rent The Runway

Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world's first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. RTR has been named to CNBC's "Disruptor 50" five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.

Software Engineer III, Full Stack x3

About Rent The Runway

Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world's first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. RTR has been named to CNBC's "Disruptor 50" five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.

Galway Office

Rent The Runway established its European Technology Hub in Galway in April 2019. Based in the historic Claddagh area of the city, the growing team in Galway tackles core technology challenges and influences the next generation of services critical to Rent The Runway's success and continued growth.

The Galway office is Rent the Runway's first international office outside the US and enables the company to significantly expand its Software Engineering, Product Development, Machine Learning Engineering and Data Science footprint. Rent The Runway’s Galway-based employees have the opportunity to grow their careers 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 constant peer code reviews & pair programming, and work hard to give back to the software community through open-source contributions.

About The Job

Our Full Stack engineers use a microservices-style architecture to power our internal mobile app, website, warehouse operations technologies, and other applications. In this role, you will work on both new product features and technical enhancements, as we believe in building for the future to enable performance and scaling. You will contribute to our homegrown Transportation Management System, Availability/Reservations System, and our homegrown Warehouse Management System (WMS) that powers our warehouses, used by thousands of employees. You’ll also get to work on warehouse automation technologies, including conveyance, robotic sortation systems, RFID, and our WMS Mobile application, which is a PWA running on rugged Android handheld devices.

What You’ll Do

• Participate in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, testing, and deployment of the operations stack microservices to Google Cloud Platform.
• Find architectural and internal design improvements to improve the performance of key product features
• Develop clean, testable, scalable systems using Java, ReactJS, Redis, JavaScript, RabbitMQ, MySQL, MongoDB, Kotlin, SpringBoot, Splunk, and various other open-source technologies.
• Deliver software on a sustainable schedule that keeps work-life balance in mind.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify software solutions to business challenges.
• Experience working as part of a cross-functional development team.
• Use Agentic AI coding daily.

About You

• Degree in computer science, software engineering and/or 4+ years of programming experience
• Professional experience with OOP concepts and design patterns using Java and JavaScript (ReactJS)
• Learned from the experience of shipping multiple large, complex software projects
• Able to learn new tools and technologies quickly
• Experience working as part of a team software development effort
• Ability to manage your time and juggle competing priorities
• Exceptional communication skills
• Approach collaboration with curiosity and a learning mindset, demonstrating a willingness to mentor and learn from teammates and foster an inclusive, empowering team dynamic

Benefits

At Rent the Runway, we're committed to the happiness and well-being of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Generous Paid Time Off, including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - unplug, recharge, and have some fun.
• Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future.
• Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first, and we've got you covered.
• Company-wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
• Hybrid Work -This hybrid role requires 2-3 days per week in our Galway, Ireland office, with the option to work 2 days remotely.

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee on any legally recognised basis, including, but not limited to: gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.

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