Careers — Software Engineer | Goose
Software Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL / Washington, DC
Department: 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.
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
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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.