Ollie was born with the mission of improving the lives of pets and pet parents nationwide. We make human-grade pet food, tailored for each dog’s nutritional needs, and deliver directly to our customers’ doors. Through Ollie’s carefully crafted meals, dogs can truly live their healthiest, happiest lives.

We are a U.S. based distributed team and are backed by the same venture capital companies behind Instacart, Warby Parker, Glamsquad, Mirror, Prose, and Allbirds.

We are currently seeking candidates in the NE Corridor area only (Washington DC to Portland, ME, including Greater NYC)

As a Backend Senior Software Engineer on the Platform team at Ollie, you will utilize Django to help create and further the development of the APIs and technical infrastructure that drive our recommendations, pricing, pet services, and order fulfillments. You will be participating in all aspects of our agile process to help design, implement, deploy, and maintain key features and 3rd party integrations. You will help in building and maintaining the administrative tools that help empower our customer experience associates. You will help in identifying and fixing system issues as well as recommending improvements and optimizations to support the growth of Ollie. You will help your fellow engineers as you set, review and maintain best practices that make our lives as engineers more pleasurable.

This position is great for you if you are a curious, collaborative, and open-minded engineer. We are looking for someone who thrives in a small team environment and is excited to both teach & learn from teammates. You have built and used many APIs before, and know thepitfalls and challenges involved with supporting and scaling them in the real world. You are someone who loves programming, but is also passionate about making a better product. You enjoy delivering reliable, performant, and well-tested code that power all your clients!

For a sneak peak of our culture and interview process, check out our 4.8 out of 5 star rating on Glassdoor!

Preferred Experience:

• 3+ years of professional experience building applications in a Python framework (Django, Flask, etc.)
• 5+ years building API systems, including technologies such as REST, OAuth2 and integrations with 3rd party services using REST APIs and JSON
• Understanding and professional use of a relational database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) including SQL language.
• Experience writing unit testsExperience with using version control (git, svn, etc.)
• Excellent communication & collaboration skills
• Strong technical knowledge and deep understanding of time/maintainability/quality trade-offs
• Self-starter, positive, and excited to work with a small dedicated team
• Passionate about using technology to streamline business processes

Bonus Points:

• Dog Owner or Lover
• Interest in or understanding of e-commerce platforms
• Experience with Django
• Experience documenting with JSON Schema and OpenAPI
• Experience with task based systems
• Experience with Docker/Containerization
• Open source community contributor

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and a stake in the company
• Sponsored 401k program with employer match up to 4%
• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental and vision
• Unlimited vacation policy that you're encouraged to use
• Paid parental leave
• 1-week paw-ternity leave for new dog parents
• Ollie subscription for one dog
• Inspiring pack members!

If you'd like to stand out, tell us in your cover letter why you're interested in joining Ollie and how your skills match the responsibilities detailed in this posting.

Ollie embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We're committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Ollie is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please include that in your application.