Lead Full Stack Engineer (Remote)

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About Roo

Happy vets make for happy pets. 

Roo is on a mission to create a world of increased opportunity, professional empowerment, and improved animal care for animal hospitals and veterinarian professionals.  By connecting hospitals in need with professionals with a new groundbreaking platform, our goal is to optimize hospital talent staffing and improve quality of life for veterinarians, all while giving pets a chance to have access to safe, high-quality care.

Over the next decade, Roo will unlock millions in economic opportunities, improve quality of life for tens of thousands of veterinarians, and facilitate millions of hours of pet care. We've been growing tremendously since launching in early 2019 and now seeing even more traction as we scale up fast, already generating millions in revenue while just scratching the surface. 

We’re also proud to have Floodgate Fund as our lead investor, along with Logan Green (Lyft CEO) and Lyft's fund, AirBnB’s fund, and notable healthcare stakeholders also participating in our exciting journey

What We Do

Roo (www.roo.vet) has created the first B2B labor marketplace in animal healthcare that connects veterinary professionals with hospitals through innovative technology, with opportunities to expand and offer more opportunities for both our demand & supply of users. 

Our dynamic platform enables hospitals to fulfill personnel needs in real time, while allowing high-quality veterinary professionals to secure work at the click of a button.  Beyond the platform, Roo represents a growing opportunity to help hospitals meet all-things staffing, and a growing community of resilient vet industry professionals who value flexibility and work-life balance, in addition to providing the best possible outcomes for clients and their pets.  

Our aim is to combine experienced healthcare expertise with Silicon Valley talent to shake up this industry and change the way veterinarians and hospitals work!

About the Role

Roo is looking for a passionate, skilled, and driven Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to help build out Roo’s web application for animal hospitals, veterinarians, and veterinary technicians. We’re a fast moving team that’s rapidly building out new features for our fast growing platform. 

Your Responsibilities

• Work closely with our product managers, designers, and other engineers to build out new products and features for the Roo platform

• Partner with your fellow engineering leaders to help shape Roo’s technical architecture and tech stack, and help us set ourselves up for success during our next phase of growth

• Assume leadership of new projects from conceptualization to deployment

• Help lead the design and development of scalable code architecture and write clear maintainable code on the front and back-end

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years of professional experience with JavaScript as a Full Stack Software Engineer working with React and Node.js

• Experience working with a growing team and early stage startup strongly preferred

• B2B, Marketplace, and/or SaaS experience a plus

• Proficient at writing complex and efficient SQL queries

• Strong communication and teamwork skills

• Experience with Node.js, Express, HTML5, CSS, React, React Native, Redux, Next.js, AWS, and Relational Databases

• Experience with Cypress, and TypeScript is a plus

• Degree in Computer Science or relevant field preferred

About You

• Highly self-driven with a passion to solve problems and research solutions

• Extremely agile & flexible, since we are evolving continually

• Very collaborative with other team members within & across teams and US/international cities, demonstrates empathy

• Trustworthy with impeccable integrity, authenticity, and high ethical standards

• Great attention to details

• Can do positive attitude

We have diverse, passionate & driven team members from a variety of backgrounds. For permanent, full time employees, we offer:

• Accelerated growth & learning potential

• Compensation: $145,000-$165,000 (based on SF Bay Area); commensurate with experience and location

• 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

Overall, you would be part of a mission-driven company that will significantly empower the lives of all veterinary professionals and the health of the overall animal industry that seeks massive innovation.

We believe in diversity of experience and background, and understand that your individual experience may not check every box. We still encourage you to apply even if you are not confident in every expectation listed.

Ready to join the Roo-volution?!