What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin position at Rent the Runway?
Senior Software Engineer, Java/Kotlin (MarTech)
About Us:
Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel, accessories and home decor from 700 brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times, while Hyman herself has been named to the “TIME 100” most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine’s “Women Changing the World.”
About the Team:
Recognising Ireland’s significant technology talent, RTR established our European Technology Hub in Galway in April 2019. Based in the historic Claddagh area of the city, our growing team is tackling core technology challenges and influencing the next generation of services critical to RTR’s success and continued growth.
Our first international office outside the US enables our company to significantly expand its Software Engineering, Product Development, Machine Learning Engineering and Data Science footprint, and RTR’s Galway-based employees have the opportunity to grow their careers across several roles in Technology.
Our engineering team is smart, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial. We practice continuous integration & test-driven development, engage in constant peer code reviews & pair programming, and work hard to give back to the software community through open-source contributions.
The Marketing Technology team is a new team that sits within the Consumer Engineering team. We will work closely with the acquisition and the marketing teams to deliver campaigns effectively, at scale, and integrate the right tools to build a best-in-class marketing engine.
About the Job:
Our Senior Software engineers use a service-oriented architecture to power our internal mobile app, website, warehouse operations technologies, and other applications. In this role, you will work on both new product features and technical enhancements as we believe in building for the future to enable performance and scaling.
What You’ll Do:
- Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, testing and deployment of consumer microservices.
- Find architectural and internal design improvements to enable rapid growth in traffic.
- Drive technical projects to success and provide mentorship in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Develop clean, testable, scalable systems using a variety of technologies and languages including Java, Kotlin, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, and RabbitMQ
- Deliver software on a sustainable schedule that keeps work-life balance in mind.
- Work with business stakeholders to identify software solutions to business challenges.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Product, Analytics, Marketing, Creative, and Design.
About You:
- You have a BA/BS in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent practical experience with OOP concepts and design patterns using Java and Javascript.
- You have 5 years of professional experience in software development, working on robust, complex systems that serve a high volume of users.
- You are comfortable working with various architectural patterns and understand when best to apply them.
- You have a strong command of algorithms, data structures, and best practices.
- You have a passion for bringing great products into our world through collaboration and ingenuity.
- You’re able to understand, diagnose, and effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
- You’re able to handle ambiguous problems and make the tradeoffs without compromising quality.
- Experience with Ruby and Rails a plus.
Benefits:
At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the happiness and wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Generous Paid Time Off including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - unplug, recharge, and have some fun.
- Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future.
- Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
- Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
- Hybrid Work - our corporate employees have the option to work remotely 3 days a week, in accordance with Company policies.
Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee on any legally-recognised basis, including, but not limited to: gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.
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