ph3Who we are: /h3 pAt Rover, pets and their people are at the heart of everything we do. We connect pet parents with trusted pet care across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. /p pHeadquartered in Seattle and Barcelona, we’re a values driven, fast-growing tech company focused on building safe and personalized experiences tailored to the needs of each unique pet. We’re investing in AI as a business accelerator and provide every team member access to AI tools in service of creating better experiences for our community. /p pWe are proud to be recognized as a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. At Rover we’re committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming community, which starts with our employees. /p pWant to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us. /p pbThis role is approved for Sponsorship and provides relocation assistance to Barcelona. It is full-time permanent and hybrid (Mondays Thursdays in our office in Poblenou, Barcelona). /b /p h3About the Booking Experience Team /h3 pWe're the team behind one of the most critical moments in the Rover journey: making a booking. Our mission is to make it fast, easy, and intuitive for pet parents to connect with the right sitter. /p pWe're a cross-functional team based in Barcelona, working closely across engineering, product, design, and data science. We make decisions together, support each other, and share ownership of our work. Our primary metric is conversion, and because it sits at the heart of Rover's business, our work has a direct, visible impact across the platform. /p pYou’ll be joining seven talented and supportive full‑stack engineers who care deeply about clean code, thoughtful collaboration, and delivering high-quality user experiences. We take our work seriously, but we also love to have fun together, whether it's team lunches, offsites, or casual coffee chats on the terrace at the office. /p pIf you're looking to learn from a strong team, make an impact, and enjoy the ride along the way, we'd love to hear from you. /p h3We're looking for someone who /h3 ul liHas a true passion for Rover's mission and values and is highly motivated by the responsibility to foster a safe environment for our community. /li liHas empathy for users and enjoys building customer-facing products that improve people's and pets' lives. /li liTakes ownership of problems end-to-end: from understanding the business need, to designing the solution, shipping it, and monitoring it in production. /li liIs able to take loose requirements, collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to determine what needs to be done, and drive a project forward. /li liBrings their own unique background to the team, adding fresh ideas and perspectives. /li liCares deeply about code quality, maintainability, and engineering craftsmanship; writing code that is clear, well-tested, and built to last. /li liIs excited about using AI tools to accelerate their workflow, improve code quality, and ship faster. You see AI as a core part of modern software engineering, not a novelty.



/li liIs equally eager to share their knowledge and help foster a culture of learning through mentoring, code reviews, and technical leadership. /li /ul h3Your qualifications /h3 ul lib7+ years of experience /b as a professional software engineer, with a strong track record of delivering backend systems. /li libTechnical leadership: /b you've mentored engineers, driven architectural decisions, led technical design reviews, or shaped team engineering practices, formally or informally. /li libStrong backend engineering experience /b, ideally in Python and Django. If your background is in another major backend language (Java, Go, C#, Kotlin), that's absolutely welcome, what matters most is engineering depth, and we'll support you in ramping up on our stack. /li libSolid knowledge of relational databases /b (schema design, query optimization, migrations) /li libObservability mindset: /b experience instrumenting services with structured logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting. You care about understanding system behavior in production, not just at deploy time. /li libStrong testing discipline: /b you champion automated testing (unit, integration, contract) and treat it as a core part of shipping, not an afterthought. /li libAI-augmented engineering: /b you actively use AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Copilot, or similar) in your daily work, for code generation, debugging, refactoring, code review, and exploring unfamiliar codebases. You understand how to write effective prompts, validate AI output critically, and integrate these tools into a professional workflow. /li libComfortable working across the stack: /b while your strength is backend, you can navigate a React/TypeScript frontend to unblock yourself or collaborate effectively with frontend engineers. /li /ul pbA note on qualifications: /b we know great candidates don’t always match every requirement. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all the listed qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. You might bring strengths or perspectives we haven’t considered—and we’d love to learn more. /p h3Nice to have /h3 ul liExperience with bReact or React Native /b, enough to contribute to frontend work when the team needs it. /li liExperience with bdistributed systems patterns /b: async task queues (Celery, RabbitMQ or similar), caching layers (Memcached, Redis), and event-driven architectures. /li liFamiliarity with bsearch infrastructure /b (Elasticsearch or similar). /li liExperience with bREST API /b design at scale (Django REST Framework or equivalent). /li liExposure to bcontinuous deployment pipelines /b and infrastructure-as-code practices. /li liExperience bpushing the boundaries of AI-assisted development /b, building custom workflows, automating repetitive tasks, or using AI tools beyond basic code completion.



/li /ul h3General skills /h3 ul liYou are a collaborative team player who lifts others through constructive feedback, knowledge sharing, and pairing. /li liYou bring analytical thinking to new problems and are energized by ambiguity. /li liYou are meticulous about system design and user experience because you want to deliver the best service to your customers. /li liYou are comfortable working with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP). /li liGood level of written and spoken English (our engineering team is in Barcelona, but we work in English). /li liYou love pets! /li /ul h3Our style /h3 ul liWe are proud to be professional software developers building high-quality, scalable, and supportable solutions. /li liWe are curious and passionate about learning, providing the right environment and resources for professional growth. /li liWe are committed to building, fostering, and maintaining a culture of inclusivity and diversity, both on our teams and in our products. /li liWe embrace progressive engineering practices, including continuous deployment, automated testing, observability-first development, and AI-augmented workflows powered by tools like Claude Code, every engineer on the team uses AI daily to move faster and build better software. /li liWe are serious about the quality of our production operations, with thorough system, application, and user interaction monitoring and anomaly detection. /li liWe are passionate about data-driven decision-making. /li liOur teams are integrated, with developers, product managers, designers, and data scientists working side-by-side. /li liWe run Maker Days three times a year, company-wide hackathons where engineers get to explore new ideas, experiment with emerging technologies, and build creative prototypes outside their day-to-day work. /li liAnd, dogs in the office. Bring yours, too! /li /ul h3Benefits of working at Rover /h3 ul liLong-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout /li liPension plan /li liPrivate medical insurance /li li25 days PTO /li liMeal allowance and flexible compensation plan (transport and nursery) /li liGym membership /li li€450 to cover the costs associated with the adoption of a pet /li liAnnual €150 wellness reimbursement /li liFlexible work hours — sometimes you'll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we're adaptable when it comes to managing workload and time /li liDedicated learning time /li liGrab snacks and fresh fruit in our kitchen to keep yourself going /li liRegular team activities, events, game nights, and more /li liDog-friendly office /li /ul pRover is an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive, and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Product Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 A Place For Rover
📍 Barcelona