The Farmer's Dog

Senior Software Engineer 1

The Farmer's Dog$190K — $200K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8 years of full stack engineering experience, comfortable with both frontend and backend development.
  • Significant experience with building and operating production systems that directly affect customer trust.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of documenting key decisions and practices.
  • Open to diverse opinions, actively seeking input from others to challenge assumptions.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize effectively.
  • Pragmatic judgment in leveraging new tools and technologies, including AI.
  • Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments as a proactive self-starter.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the lifecycle of complex systems from design to operation, owning the final product in production.
  • Break down vague initiatives into shippable tasks while making defensible judgment calls.
  • Understand and manage data relationships throughout the system, focusing on data modeling and schema design.
  • Monitor and maintain operational performance of systems, proactively diagnosing and addressing potential issues.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams from the start to solve problems collectively, ensuring clear communication.
  • Mentor fellow Engineers through code reviews and incident retrospectives, aiming to enhance team processes.
  • Work with technologies like TypeScript, GraphQL, and AWS, while being open to evaluating new tools.

Benefits

  • Dog-friendly office in SoHo, fostering a unique ability to bring pets to work.
  • Comprehensive healthcare including dental and vision.
  • Company-supported mental health benefits for employee well-being.
  • 12-week paid parental leave for new parents.
  • Competitive 401k plan with company matching.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) to promote work-life balance.
  • Discounted fresh food specifically for dogs.
  • The office culture embraces pets, making their presence a part of the work environment.
Full Job Description
How You'll Make An Impact
  • Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of complex systems and features, from design through long-term operation. You own what you ship in production, not just the merge.
  • Decompose ambiguous problems into concrete work. Take a customer problem or vague initiative, break it into shippable scope, make judgment calls you can defend and document, then ship the code that delivers against them.
  • Understand data relationships and how they propagate through the system. Engineers here own the data model end-to-end, from API to database, designing the schemas, migrations, and contracts that hold up as we iterate. Be thoughtful with decisions that help us iterate and hold up as we scale.
  • Own production operation and monitoring of the systems you build, with awareness of their SLAs. Diagnose root causes and anticipate risk before it becomes an incident. Surface issues with recommendations, not open questions.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data Analytics, Lifecycle Comms, and others as the work demands. Bring them in from the start and solve problems together, not in isolation. Write and speak clearly enough that they can engage with your decisions, not just receive them.
  • Develop the pod and improve the system. Mentor other Engineers through code review, design feedback, and incident retros. Refine the processes, tools, and on-call practices that raise the bar for everyone.
  • Work in our stack: TypeScript end-to-end, GraphQL, Temporal for durable workflows, Postgres, AWS. Embrace and evaluate new tools as the work requires.
  • Leverage AI tools to make your work better than it would be without them. Own what you ship: you must be able to explain, debug, and maintain it, regardless of how it was produced.
We're Excited About You Because
  • You are a strong full stack engineer with 6 - 8+ years of experience who is comfortable working across the frontend and backend, and you enjoy building features end-to-end (experience in our stack is a plus).
  • You have significant experience building and operating production systems where bugs cost money or break customer trust.
  • You bring strong written and verbal communication, and you see the value in writing down key decisions, tradeoffs, and practices for the people who'll use them.
  • You welcome diverse opinions and actively seek input to challenge your assumptions.
  • You're an owner, have excellent problem-solving skills and can prioritize tasks effectively, with a strong attention to detail
  • You bring pragmatic judgment about when to reach for AI and other new tools and when not to.
  • You are able to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, naturally curious and proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions.
  • You love dogs.
Office Guidelines

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement. We ask all team members to be in office 4 - 5 days a week to build a collaborative and invested environment to foster our unique in-person culture we are proud to have. This office policy is subject to change at company discretion.
A Few of Our Best Benefits
  • Dog-friendly office in SoHo
  • Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
  • Company supported mental health benefits
  • 12 week paid parental leave
  • Competitive 401k plan with company match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Discounted fresh food for your pup
  • Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug


We commit to building a competitive compensation package and company environment for all individuals to thrive. We believe in competitive base compensation rooted in location specific market data and performance along with equity ownership in the company that allows every team member to build their personal wealth as the company grows, just as much as we believe in fostering a culture that supports our team members personally, professionally, and holistically. For this role the anticipated hiring base compensation range is USD annual and the compensation offered will include a robust market competitive package of base and equity. In addition to your base compensation offer you will also receive equity ownership in the company. More information about the value of this equity will be shared at the time of offer. This range is representative of NYC Market Data if you are applying to this role outside of the NYC area the range may change.

NYC Pay Range

$190,000-$200,000 USD

About The Farmer's Dog

The Farmer's Dog is a pet food company that specializes in providing fresh, human-grade dog food delivered straight to customers' doors. The company was founded in 2015 by Jonathan Regev and Brett Podolsky and is headquartered in New York City. The Farmer's Dog uses only high-quality, whole food ingredients in their recipes, and their meals are designed to provide dogs with the nutrition they need to live long, healthy lives. The company offers a variety of meal plans to suit different dogs' needs, and their meals are customized based on each dog's age, weight, breed, and activity level. The Farmer's Dog is committed to improving the health and well-being of dogs everywhere, and their products have received rave reviews from customers and veterinarians alike.
Learn more about The Farmer's Dog
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2014

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