Senior Software Engineer 1

Who We Are

The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We’re starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model,

At The Farmer's Dog, we believe the best customer experience comes from owning the technology that powers it. That's why we design, build, and operate our systems in-house, from subscription and e-commerce to fulfillment and delivery, so that every dog and human gets the right experience, every time.

Our engineers work on problems that matter and that are hard: evolving systems to support rapid growth, building platforms flexible enough to serve customers with many different needs, and creating product experiences that didn't exist before.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of complex systems and features, from design through long-term operation. You own what you ship in production, not just the merge.
• Decompose ambiguous problems into concrete work. Take a customer problem or vague initiative, break it into shippable scope, make judgment calls you can defend and document, then ship the code that delivers against them.
• Understand data relationships and how they propagate through the system. Engineers here own the data model end-to-end, from API to database, designing the schemas, migrations, and contracts that hold up as we iterate. Be thoughtful with decisions that help us iterate and hold up as we scale.
• Own production operation and monitoring of the systems you build, with awareness of their SLAs. Diagnose root causes and anticipate risk before it becomes an incident. Surface issues with recommendations, not open questions.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data Analytics, Lifecycle Comms, and others as the work demands. Bring them in from the start and solve problems together, not in isolation. Write and speak clearly enough that they can engage with your decisions, not just receive them.
• Develop the pod and improve the system. Mentor other Engineers through code review, design feedback, and incident retros. Refine the processes, tools, and on-call practices that raise the bar for everyone.
• Work in our stack: TypeScript end-to-end, GraphQL, Temporal for durable workflows, Postgres, AWS. Embrace and evaluate new tools as the work requires.
• Leverage AI tools to make your work better than it would be without them. Own what you ship: you must be able to explain, debug, and maintain it, regardless of how it was produced.

We're Excited About You Because

• You are a strong full stack engineer with 6 - 8+ years of experience who is comfortable working across the frontend and backend, and you enjoy building features end-to-end (experience in our stack is a plus).
• You have significant experience building and operating production systems where bugs cost money or break customer trust.
• You bring strong written and verbal communication, and you see the value in writing down key decisions, tradeoffs, and practices for the people who'll use them.
• You welcome diverse opinions and actively seek input to challenge your assumptions.
• You’re an owner, have excellent problem-solving skills and can prioritize tasks effectively, with a strong attention to detail
• You bring pragmatic judgment about when to reach for AI and other new tools and when not to.
• You are able to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, naturally curious and proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions.
• You love dogs.

Office Guidelines

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement. We ask all team members to be in office 4 - 5 days a week to build a collaborative and invested environment to foster our unique in-person culture we are proud to have. This office policy is subject to change at company discretion.

Our Belonging Philosophy

We believe Belonging is a shared commitment to creating a workplace where every person feels respected, valued, and empowered to be themselves. When people feel a true sense of belonging, they do their best work, take smart risks, and bring forward diverse perspectives — leading to stronger decisions and deeper relationships.

We anchor this belief in a simple phrase: “Everyone’s welcome at the dog park.” No matter your background, identity, or role, there’s space for you here. There’s no one way to show up at the dog park— just shared space, mutual respect, and the freedom to be yourself. Being included is just the beginning, it’s about contributing your voice, growing through challenges, and building trust through shared goals. This philosophy guides how we lead, how we hire, how we communicate, and how we grow.

A Few of Our Best Benefits

• Dog-friendly office in SoHo
• Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
• Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
• Company supported mental health benefits
• 12 week paid parental leave
• Competitive 401k plan with company match
• Flexible PTO
• Discounted fresh food for your pup
• Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status. For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.

Reasonable Accommodations

TFD complies with applicable federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact humansops@thefarmersdog.com.

We're Here to Help

We’re happy to answer any questions you may have about the position or our hiring process - please reach out at careers@thefarmersdog.com.