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 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
- Monitor project progress and manage resources to meet project goals
- Identify and mitigate risks and issues, and provide solutions to ensure project success
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies, and make recommendations for improvement
- You will spend around 20% of your time managing and mentoring a small team of engineers, providing guidance and support in their professional growth, and the rest of your time will be hands-on in the code, working through tasks with the team and leading by example.
About You
- 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
- Proficient at writing and optimizing efficient SQL queries
- Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, CSS, React, Cloud Computing Platforms, and relational databases
- Hands-on experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent verbal and written communication, empathy and collaboration skills
- Attention to detail and self-driven, with a passion to solve problems and research solutions
- Agile and flexible since we are evolving continually
- Trustworthy with impeccable integrity, authenticity, and high ethical standards
- Preference to be hands on coding, but happy with some people management duties
- AI forward, innovative, and open minded to embracing new technologies to increase velocity
Preferred
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant field
- Experience with Cypress, React Native, and AWS
- B2B, Marketplace, and/or SaaS experience
While we are a remote first company, if you are based in San Francisco this will be a hybrid role. Please see below for examples of compensation ranges based on state averages.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
California pay range
$190,000—$230,000 USD
New York pay range
$190,000—$230,000 USD
Washington pay range
$150,000—$210,000 USD
Colorado pay range
$140,000—$200,000 USD
Texas pay range
$140,000—$200,000 USD
North Carolina pay range
$130,000—$190,000 USD
Core Values
Our Core Values are what shape us as an organization and we're looking for people who exhibit the same values in their professional life; Bias to Urgency, Drive Measurable Impact, Seek Understanding, Solve Customer Problems and Have Fun!
What to expect from working at Roo!
For permanent, full time employees, we offer:
- 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.
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 have diverse, passionate & driven team members from a variety of backgrounds, and Roo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates. We understand that your individual experience may not check every box but we still encourage you to apply even if you are not confident in every expectation listed.
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