Senior Software Engineer II

What we’re building and why we’re building it.

Fetch helps people live rewarded every day, with a vision to become the rewards destination for everyone. We turn everyday activities into meaningful rewards, whether it’s grocery shopping, grabbing a quick meal, or playing a favorite mobile game. To date, we’ve awarded more than $1 billion in Fetch Points to our users.

Each day, more than 13 million receipts are submitted on Fetch, providing visibility into over $212 billion in gross merchandise value. This creates the largest retail-agnostic, SKU-level view of household spending, powering Fetch as an outcomes-based advertising platform that helps brands acquire and retain lifelong consumers.

The Fetch app is available on the App Store and Google Play, with more than 6 million five-star reviews from a highly engaged and loyal user base.

It’s not just our users who believe in Fetch: with investments from Softbank, ICONIQ, DST, Greycroft, and partnerships ranging from challenger brands to Fortune 500 companies, Fetch is reshaping how brands and consumers connect in the marketplace. When you work at Fetch, you play a vital role in a platform that drives brand loyalty and creates lifelong consumers with the power of Fetch points. User and partner success are at the heart of everything we do, and we extend that same commitment to our employees.

At Fetch, we value curiosity, adaptability, and the confidence to explore new tools, especially AI, to drive smarter, faster work. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should be ready to learn quickly and think critically. We welcome learners who move fast, challenge the status quo, and shape what’s next, with us. Ranked as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for two years in a row, Fetch fosters a people-first culture rooted in trust, accountability, and innovation. We encourage our employees to challenge ideas, think bigger, and always bring the fun to Fetch.

Meet Fetch Engineering

At Fetch, engineering is driven by curiosity, ownership, and a bias toward action. We operate in complex problem spaces where the right answer is not always clear, and success depends on adaptability, critical thinking, and informed decision-making. Our engineers are comfortable navigating ambiguity, understanding tradeoffs, gathering context, and turning uncertainty into progress while maintaining high technical standards.

Engineers at Fetch take pride in building reliable, scalable systems that serve millions of users. You will contribute directly to the codebase, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, and help shape best practices that elevate the quality of our work. We foster a culture of mentorship and collaboration, where engineers grow by learning from one another and holding a high bar for quality, reliability, and impact.

About the Role

Fetch is scaling the systems that power tens of millions of users and hundreds of millions of transactions every month. We are hiring Senior Software Engineers across multiple teams that are expanding the capabilities of the Fetch app and its ecosystem.

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will design and develop performant, reliable backend services that integrate with Fetch’s data stores, APIs, and mobile applications. You will work across distributed systems and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver new capabilities, optimize performance, and ensure resilience at scale.

This posting represents several open roles across Fetch engineering teams, with responsibilities and scope aligned to each candidate’s experience level.

Depending on the team, your work may include

• Offers Collective (Point Earning): Building Fetch’s next-generation offers and rewards platform that transforms user actions such as completing surveys, exercising, or engaging with partner content into point-earning opportunities.
• Shoppability Collective (Point Earning): Reimagining how users shop through Fetch by developing engaging, social, and rewarding experiences driven by experimentation and data-informed iteration.
• Core Services: Maintaining and improving the foundational backend systems that power all Fetch functionality while ensuring stability, scalability, and data integrity.
• Surfaces: Designing and evolving backend systems that deliver dynamic, personalized, and high-traffic content to users, driving engagement and monetization across the Fetch app.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US offices or remotely in the United States.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable backend services and APIs supporting critical systems
• Architect solutions with a focus on scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Lead complex, cross-team initiatives such as re-architecture, migrations, and performance improvements
• Define and drive solutions for ambiguous, high-impact problems across systems
• Identify risks proactively and drive mitigation before production impact
• Own critical integrations across internal and external systems
• Improve system performance, operational health, and developer efficiency
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and implement durable fixes
• Raise engineering standards through design, code reviews, and technical leadership
• Mentor engineers and help shape team technical direction

Minimum Requirements

• Strong experience building and operating distributed systems
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives
• Experience solving ambiguous problems with significant impact
• Deep understanding of system design, scalability, and reliability
• Experience with APIs (REST and/or event-driven systems)
• Cloud experience, preferably AWS
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence decisions
• Experience mentoring engineers

Preferred Requirements

• Proficiency in Go, or the ability to ramp quickly in a new backend language
• Strong familiarity with event streaming systems such as Kafka, Kinesis, or similar
• Background working on high-scale consumer or marketplace platforms
• Demonstrated ownership of large migrations or architectural transformations
• Track record of integrating and scaling third-party or partner systems

Compensation

At Fetch, we offer competitive compensation packages including base, equity, and benefits to the exceptional folks we hire. The base salary range for this position is $190,409 - $224,011. Discover our benefits and how our employees live rewarded at https://fetch.com/careers.

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At Fetch, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure through:

• Equity: We offer full-time employees equity in Fetch, so that everyone can benefit from Fetch’s growth.
• 401k Match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 4%.
• Benefits for humans and pets: We offer comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for everyone including your pets.
• Continuing Education: Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement.
• Employee Resource Groups: Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue and advocacy. The ERGs participate in our Inclusion Council with members of executive leadership.
• Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, as well as our year-end week-long break.
• Robust Leave Policies: 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a flexible return to work schedule.
• Calvin Care Cash: Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more!
• Flexible Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices, or you can work fully remotely from anywhere in the US. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home. (applicable for most roles)

Fetch is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, inclusion, and respect for all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our commitment to inclusivity ensures that everyone is treated with dignity and has the opportunity to succeed based on their talent, skills, and potential.

Fetch also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or those with sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by law. If you need assistance with the application process or require an accommodation, please contact us at accommodations@fetch.com.