We’re on a mission to empower animal healthcare professionals with opportunities to earn more and achieve greater flexibility in their careers and personal lives.
Powered by groundbreaking technology, Roo has built the industry-leading veterinary staffing platform, connecting Veterinarians, Technicians, and Assistants with animal hospitals for relief work and hiring opportunities. Roo empowers the largest network of over 20,000 veterinary professionals to help more than 9,000 animal hospitals provide quality care to more pets.
Together, we’ve provided more than 3 million hours of healthcare, helping Veterinarians earn more than $200 million.
We're looking for a motivated and skilled Full Stack Engineer (Software Engineer II) to join our growing engineering team. In this mid-level role, you'll play a critical part in designing, building, and maintaining features that power Roo’s veterinary marketplace. You’ll work cross-functionally with product, design, data, and engineering peers to bring scalable, high-impact solutions to life.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who’s already gained a solid foundation in full-stack development and is ready to take on more responsibility - whether it’s owning features end-to-end, mentoring junior engineers, or driving architectural improvements.
We're in the builder era. Prompt-to-feature workflows are real, AI coding tools are the new norm, and the teams that win will be the ones who set up the right infrastructure to move fast with them. We're looking for an engineer who proactively embodies this builder mindset.
This is a remote-first role, with occasional travel to San Francisco for cross-functional events or team offsites as needed.
Responsibilities- Work closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and engineers to deliver robust and thoughtful technical solutions that solve real business problems.
- Design, develop, and maintain features across our stack, with a focus on scalable architecture, performance, and maintainability.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, contributing to both our React Native mobile app and backend services.
- Participate in technical design discussions and make meaningful contributions to architectural decisions.
- Lead by example through high-quality code, peer code reviews, and mentoring early-career engineers.
- Own the testing lifecycle for your features—writing unit tests with Jest and end-to-end tests with Cypress.
- Investigate and resolve production issues, improve observability, and contribute to platform reliability.
- Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth deployments, CI/CD workflows, and system performance.
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices, and proactively introduce improvements to tools, processes, or technologies.
- 2–4 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, with strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript
- Mobile development experience (e.g., React Native or another mobile framework)
- Experience with Node, Express, React, AWS, and relational databases
- Proficient at writing complex and efficient SQL queries
- Experience working with a growing team and early stage startup strongly preferred
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant field preferred
- Highly self-driven with a passion to solve problems and research solutions
- Extremely agile & flexible, since we are evolving continually
- Demonstrates empathy and collaboration within the team, across teams, and across functions
- Trustworthy with impeccable integrity, authenticity, and high ethical standards
- Great attention to details
- Can do positive attitude
While we are a remote first company, if you are based in San Francisco this will be a hybrid role.
Please see below for compensation ranges based on our geographical tiering system recommended by external benchmark data (with example cities listed).Note: We’ve recently been made aware of a job scam where scammers are posing as Roo employees and conducting fake text interviews. Please note that any communication from @lifeatroo.com is not legitimate. All official Roo communication will always come from @roo.vet.Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
- Accelerated growth & learning potential.
- Stipends for home office setup, continuing education, and monthly wellness.
- Comprehensive health benefits to fit your needs with base medical plan covered at 100% with optional premium buy up plans.
- 401K
- Unlimited Paid Time Off.
- Paid Maternity/Paternity and reproductive care leave.
- Gifts on your birthday & anniversary.
- Opportunity for domestic travel, including for regional team building events.
Skills Required
- 2-4 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript
- Mobile development experience (React Native or another mobile framework)
- Experience with Node and Express
- Experience with React
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with relational databases
- Proficient at writing complex and efficient SQL queries
- Experience writing unit tests with Jest and end-to-end tests with Cypress
- Experience with CI/CD workflows and deployments; partner with DevOps
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Experience working with a growing team and early-stage startup
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant field
Roo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roo and has not been reviewed or approved by Roo.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered transparent with visible shift rates before acceptance and quick payouts after shifts. Feedback suggests workers can negotiate per‑shift pay and use published local averages to target desired earnings.
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Healthcare Strength — Employee materials describe a base medical plan covered 100% and dental/vision at 90% for corporate roles. This reflects strong employer‑paid healthcare for internal staff.
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Parental & Family Support — Internal roles include 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Fertility and family‑planning stipends are also highlighted for employees.
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What We Do
Roo is a first-of-its-kind online veterinary relief service platform that gives veterinarians, vet techs and hospitals complete control over where and how they work. We at Roo see ourselves as more than just a vet recruitment agency. We saw veterinary clinics whose clients' needs outpaced their ability to fulfill them, and we saw veterinarians and vet techs working themselves to the bone at the mercy of everyone else's demands. We aim to transform the animal healthcare workplace to empower the veterinary professionals who make it so special. Veterinary medicine is so much more than just a job – it’s a passion. Combining innovative technology with an unmatched personal touch, Roo will change how you think about veterinary staffing. Join our growing community for free today.
