Fetch helps people live rewarded, with a vision to create the rewards destination for everyone.
The Role
Senior Software Engineer joining Fetch’s Data Platform team to architect and evolve scalable data pipelines, governed data access, delivery infrastructure, and partner integrations. The role owns ambiguous technical problems, leads multi-system initiatives and migrations, improves reliability and engineering efficiency, shapes technical direction, collaborates across teams, and mentors engineers. Candidates need strong backend or platform engineering experience, data infrastructure knowledge, cross-team leadership, operational judgment, and excellent communication skills.
Summary Generated by Built In
What we’re building and why we’re building it.
Fetch helps people live rewarded every day, with a vision to become the rewards destination for everyone. We turn everyday activities into meaningful rewards, whether it’s grocery shopping, grabbing a quick meal, or playing a favorite mobile game. To date, we’ve awarded more than $1 billion in Fetch Points to our users.
Each day, more than 13 million receipts are submitted on Fetch, providing visibility into over $212 billion in gross merchandise value. This creates the largest retail-agnostic, SKU-level view of household spending, powering Fetch as an outcomes-based advertising platform that helps brands acquire and retain lifelong consumers.
The Fetch app is available on the App Store and Google Play, with more than 6 million five-star reviews from a highly engaged and loyal user base.
It’s not just our users who believe in Fetch: with investments from Softbank, ICONIQ, DST, Greycroft, and partnerships ranging from challenger brands to Fortune 500 companies, Fetch is reshaping how brands and consumers connect in the marketplace. When you work at Fetch, you play a vital role in a platform that drives brand loyalty and creates lifelong consumers with the power of Fetch points. User and partner success are at the heart of everything we do, and we extend that same commitment to our employees.
At Fetch, we value curiosity, adaptability, and the confidence to explore new tools, especially AI, to drive smarter, faster work. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should be ready to learn quickly and think critically. We welcome learners who move fast, challenge the status quo, and shape what’s next, with us. Ranked as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for two years in a row, Fetch fosters a people-first culture rooted in trust, accountability, and innovation. We encourage our employees to challenge ideas, think bigger, and always bring the fun to Fetch.
Meet Fetch Platform EngineeringPlatform engineering at Fetch is grounded in service to developers, strong ownership, and purposeful innovation. Rather than building end-user features, platform engineers focus on the foundations that other teams rely on, spanning core systems, architecture, automation, and developer workflows.
This work lives in complex problem spaces where the right answer is rarely obvious. Our engineers navigate ambiguity with data and sound judgment, understand tradeoffs, and partner closely across product and engineering to solve problems that scale. We maintain a high technical bar and value practicality, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
This is an environment for builders who enjoy shaping durable platforms, improving developer experience at scale, and enabling teams across Fetch to ship with confidence.
Fetch is entering its AI-first era, and we're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer II to join our Data Platform team. You'll help architect and evolve the systems that power how Fetch's data products are built, delivered, and made accessible - spanning areas like data pipelines, governed data access, delivery infrastructure, and partner-facing integrations. You'll operate at the problem level: identifying ambiguous, high-impact issues in your problem space and driving the technical solutions that resolve them. You'll be expected to bring strong technical ownership, proactively raise the bar on quality and reliability, and lead through influence across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.
This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US offices or remotely in the United States.
- Own Technical Problems, Not Just Tasks: Proactively identify and solve ambiguous, complex problems within your team's problem space. Define the projects needed to address systemic issues rather than waiting to be assigned them.
- Drive Reliability & Quality: Set and raise the technical quality bar for your team. Initiate refactoring or system health work without being told to. Solve problems few others can, improving reliability and efficiency through code review, thoughtful rollout practices, and proactive stability improvements.
- Lead Multi-System Initiatives: Operate at the problem level - defining and driving solutions for high-ambiguity issues that span multiple projects or systems. Lead major initiatives or migrations that require coordination across teams or functions, ensuring complex or phased rollouts execute smoothly.
- Improve Team Efficiency: Identify new tools, processes, or platform capabilities that meaningfully improve your team's velocity and reduce operational overhead.
- Shape Technical Direction: Help define the direction and goals for your team, balancing project impact, product quality, and engineering efficiency. Guide decision-making through well-reasoned trade-offs, and communicate technical strategy clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Build Trust Across Teams: Collaborate closely with Product, TPM, and partner engineering teams. Help clarify trade-offs and decision ownership when views diverge, and work toward resolution before disagreements become blockers.
- Mentor & Grow Others: Coach peers and junior engineers, invest in their growth, and provide upward feedback to managers constructively. Model accountability, transparency, and strong engineering judgment, especially under pressure.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of increasing technical scope and ownership.
- Strong platform or backend engineering background, with experience building reliable, scalable systems; experience with data pipelines, integrations, or delivery infrastructure is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to independently identify and scope ambiguous technical problems, then define and execute the work to solve them.
- Experience owning systems or components used by multiple teams or consumers, with attention to reliability and predictable operation.
- Track record of improving code quality, system health, or engineering practices within a team, often self-initiated.
- Experience contributing to or leading cross-team technical initiatives, including migrations or phased rollouts.
- Solid understanding of data infrastructure fundamentals — pipelines, governed data access, and delivery at scale.
- Strong code review instincts and judgment on rollout safety, monitoring, and operational risk.
- Mentorship experience with peer or junior engineers.
- Fluency in modern software ecosystems such as Kubernetes, event streaming, CI/CD, observability tooling, and AI-assisted development workflows.
- Ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly, and to build alignment with stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, evolving environments with a focus on measurable outcomes.
- Experience with data delivery, connectors, clean rooms, DSP integrations, or similar partner-facing data infrastructure.
- Familiarity with data governance and compliance-aware system design.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or migrating to newer architectures.
- Exposure to AdTech, MarTech, or data-monetization ecosystems.
- Track record of improving reliability, latency, or developer velocity on a data- or integration-heavy platform.
- Experience giving upward feedback or informally mentoring across levels, even without formal management experience.
At Fetch, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure through:
- Equity: We offer full-time employees equity in Fetch, so that everyone can benefit from Fetch’s growth.
- 401(k): Fetch will match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 4% of your eligible pay.
- Benefits for humans and pets: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for everyone, including your pets.
- Continuing Education: Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement.
- Employee Resource Groups: Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue, and advocacy. The ERGs participate in our Inclusion Council with members of executive leadership.
- Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, as well as our year-end week-long break. (Holidays will vary for Canada-based roles)
- Robust Leave Policies: 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all employees, plus 6 additional weeks of paid childbirth recovery leave for birthing parents, and a flexible return-to-work schedule.
- Calvin Care Cash: Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one-time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers, and much more!
- Flexible Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices, or you can work fully remotely from anywhere in the US for US-based roles. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home. (applicable for most roles)
Fetch is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, inclusion, and respect for all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our commitment to inclusivity ensures that everyone is treated with dignity and has the opportunity to succeed based on their talent, skills, and potential.
Fetch also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or those with sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by law. If you need assistance with the application process or require an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with increasing technical scope and ownership
- Strong platform or backend engineering background building reliable, scalable systems
- Experience with data pipelines, integrations, or delivery infrastructure
- Ability to independently identify and scope ambiguous technical problems and execute solutions
- Experience owning systems or components used by multiple teams or consumers
- Track record of improving code quality, system health, or engineering practices
- Experience contributing to or leading cross-team technical initiatives, migrations, or phased rollouts
- Understanding of data infrastructure fundamentals, including pipelines, governed data access, and delivery at scale
- Strong judgment regarding code reviews, rollout safety, monitoring, and operational risk
- Mentorship experience with peer or junior engineers
- Fluency in Kubernetes, event streaming, CI/CD, observability tooling, and AI-assisted development workflows
- Ability to communicate technical trade-offs and build stakeholder alignment without formal authority
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, evolving environments with a focus on measurable outcomes
- Experience with data delivery, connectors, clean rooms, DSP integrations, or similar partner-facing data infrastructure
- Familiarity with data governance and compliance-aware system design
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or migrating to newer architectures
- Exposure to AdTech, MarTech, or data-monetization ecosystems
- Track record of improving reliability, latency, or developer velocity on a data- or integration-heavy platform
- Experience giving upward feedback or informally mentoring across levels
Fetch Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fetch and has not been reviewed or approved by Fetch.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits information points to comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage. Feedback suggests employees value the strong health offerings alongside mental-health support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies include flexible or unlimited PTO, paid holidays and sick days, bereavement (including pet) and natural-disaster leave. Feedback suggests time-off breadth is a standout element of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, 1:1 coaching, Gympass, team workouts, and nutrition counseling are provided. Office and remote perks such as home-office stipends, snacks, and pet-friendly spaces further enhance lifestyle support.
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The Company
What We Do
Through Fetch Points, the platform transforms everyday actions into rewarding moments, with more than $1 billion in Fetch Points awarded to date. Every day, more than 13 million receipts are submitted on Fetch, creating visibility into $212 billion in gross merchandise value and delivering the largest retail-agnostic, SKU-level view of household spending. This unmatched dataset powers Fetch as an outcomes-based advertising platform that acquires and retains lifelong consumers.
Why Work With Us
At Fetch, we back your ambition. You’ll have the scope, trust, and opportunity to turn bold ideas into meaningful impact for millions of people. Our builder-minded, high-agency, low-ego culture gives you room to shape what comes next and grow in ways that last, all while helping people live rewarded.
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