At Pair Eyewear, we believe in placing our people at the center of everything we do. We are dedicated to fostering a joyful and dynamic workplace, providing our employees with an environment where they can thrive and make a meaningful impact.
Pair Eyewear is seeking a Software Engineer II to help scale and develop our internal tools. This team is responsible for management of prescription lifecycle, insurance integration, and interfacing with our manufacturing setup. This role will report to our Engineering Manager, Platform. You will help evolve the backend team to a more platform-centric unit. Your partners will be Product, the front end Site Experience team, 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
WHO YOU ARE:
- You have 2+ years of software engineering experience.
- You have experience providing considered PR reviews, pair programming, and thoughtful feature planning
- You are looking to build experience leading small epics
- You can communicate internally within the Engineering team (e.g., PRs, documentation) and externally with stakeholders (e.g., support channels, status meetings).
- You are comfortable being an individual contributor that is deep in the code, but are also interested in developing a higher-level systems view
- You are comfortable working in a hybrid environment with remote-only peers
NEED TO HAVE:
- 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
SOME BENEFITS AND PERKS OF WORKING AT PAIR:
- 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)
At Pair, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. The pay range for this position is expected to be between $110,000 - $130,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.
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.