GOOSE CAREERS

Software Engineer

Chicago, IL / Washington, DC
Development

About Goose

Goose is building the operating system for multi-service pet care businesses — boarding, daycare, grooming, and training. Our platform streamlines operations, enhances the customer experience, and drives revenue growth. Headquartered in Chicago, we blend modern technology with industry know-how to serve an essential but historically underserved market.

About the role

As Goose continues to expand its platform capabilities, we’re growing our payments and subscriptions engineering team with a full-stack generalist who is excited to work across card payments, non-card payments, and digital subscription systems. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with experienced engineers to build customer-facing experiences, operational workflows, and core platform capabilities that help modern pet care businesses operate more efficiently and grow revenue.

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What you’ll do

  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of products within Goose’s payments ecosystem, including card payments, non-card payments, and digital subscription systems.
  • Build reliable, well-tested, and maintainable software, including secure APIs and user-facing product experiences.
  • Support integrations with external systems and third-party platforms.
  • Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve development velocity, software quality, debugging, testing, and documentation.
  • Work closely with senior engineers across multiple product areas to implement new features, improve existing workflows, and support ongoing platform reliability.
  • Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver cohesive and high-quality user experiences.
  • Help troubleshoot production issues and contribute to platform reliability and operational improvements.
  • Create and maintain clear technical and product documentation for the products you build.
  • Learn existing systems and architecture while growing into larger ownership and technical responsibility over time.

Who you are

  • Passionate about building products and systems that customers rely on every day.
  • Excited to learn from experienced engineers and grow quickly in a fast-moving startup environment.
  • A collaborative and pragmatic engineer who values accountability, maintainability, and quality.
  • Comfortable working across the stack and contributing wherever needed.

Qualifications

  • 2–4 years of professional experience building and shipping modern web applications in production environments.
  • Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and React.js.
  • Familiarity building APIs and working with modern cloud infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with SQL and relational database concepts.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools within engineering workflows.
  • Comfortable working across multiple product areas and learning existing systems quickly.
  • Understanding of testing and production debugging fundamentals.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Our Tech Stack

  • Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite, Turborepo, MUI
  • Backend: Node.js, Express, Prisma, Serverless
  • Database: Postgres (Aurora), Redshift, DynamoDB, S3
  • Compute: Lambda, Fargate, Step Functions
  • AI: Kiro, Claude, Bedrock, OpenAI
  • Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, CDK
  • Cloud Platform: AWS (API Gateway, Cognito, EventBridge, CloudFront, CloudWatch)

What we offer

  • Competitive salary & meaningful equity 
  • Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance: 85% coverage for employees, 60% coverage for dependents
  • Unlimited PTO (vacation, sick, personal, plus 5 company holidays)
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Collaborative and inclusive work environment
The base salary range for this position is $105,000 - $140,000 per year.

This range reflects the base salary compensation Goose reasonably expects to pay for this role. Where an individual candidate lands within the range is based on job-related factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications. This role is also eligible equity along with full benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, PTO, etc

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About Goose

Goose is a next-generation software operating system purpose-built for pet service providers

From online to front desk, Goose’s end-to-end pet care operating system helps you offer better customer experiences and earn more revenue per customer.

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