Pair Eyewear, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer II to focus on scaling and developing internal tools for prescription lifecycle management, insurance integration, and manufacturing interfacing. You will play a key role in evolving the backend team to a more platform-centric unit and collaborate closely with Product, Site Experience, Data, Design, and Operations.
What You'll Do
- Continue to evolve best practices in a small backend-focused product team.
- Work collaboratively with other engineers through code reviews and pair coding.
- Assist team members through difficult tasks and provide alternate approaches to stakeholder requirements.
- Assist in breaking down projects into executable sprints and tasks.
- Focus on iterating on and optimizing our order management system, being mindful of performance and scalability.
- Engage in technical conversations across the team – architecture meetings, code reviews, etc.
- Break down large engineering and business initiatives into smaller iterative tasks.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data teams to implement technical solutions that drive business value for all departments.
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience providing considered PR reviews, pair programming, and thoughtful feature planning.
- Can communicate internally within the Engineering team (e.g., PRs, documentation) and externally with stakeholders (e.g., support channels, status meetings).
- Comfortable being an individual contributor that is deep in the code, but also interested in developing a higher-level systems view.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid environment with remote-only peers.
- Experience with object-oriented programming languages.
- Experience with Model-View-Controller frameworks.
- Experience with relational databases.
- Experience working cross-functionally with other departments and stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Ruby (on Rails).
- Experience with PostgreSQL.
- Experience with AWS (ECS, S3).
- Experience with Shopify Plus.
- Experience with project planning, scoping, and story sizing.
Technical Stack
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- AWS (ECS, S3)
- Shopify Plus
Team & Environment
You will report to the Engineering Manager, Platform. You'll partner with Product, the front end Site Experience team, Data, Design, and Operations.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 + equity opportunities
- Health, vision and dental insurance
- Generous vacation policies
- Competitive salaries with equity opportunities
- Retirement savings plan options
- Free eyewear (plus discounts for family and friends)
Work Mode
This role is hybrid.
Pair is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of actual or perceived age, ancestry, citizenship, color, disability, familial status, family responsibilities, gender identity/expression, genetic information, marital status, matriculation, national origin, personal appearance, political affiliation, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
