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# Senior Software Engineer at SPINS

- **Company:** SPINS
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://www.spins.com/work-at-spins/?gh_jid=8247408

## Job description

## Who We Are

For over 20 years, SPINS has been a leader in recognizing the transformative power of data in retail. We offer our clients cutting-edge tools to attract attention from a fast-growing segment within the Health & Wellness industry, the values-based consumer. Nearly half of shoppers prioritize products that emphasize wellness, social responsibility, and sustainable practices. SPINS retail consumer insights, analytics, and consulting services give our clients a competitive advantage to increase their share of this growing market. Our data is the most comprehensive and accurate in the industry, allowing clients to power AI models and machine learning algorithms that help them better understand and meet their customers' needs. At SPINS, behind all of our impressive data is our real differentiator, our people. We pride ourselves on our collaborative, flexible, and communicative culture that puts people at the center of everything we do.

Sr. Software Engineer

Job Overview

The primary duty of this position is to design, build, shape, and enhance the always-evolving platform of acquiring, processing, enhancing, and delivering data to customers. This full-stack engineering role spans ingestion, ETL, big data solutions, ultra-efficient APIs, MCP’s and web and mobile applications using AI-assisted development workflows. We build iterative solutions with properly tested code in an environment oozing with team camaraderie, facilitating squad rotation to fulfill both product needs and career growth.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Write clean, testable, and readable code
- Fail fast and use code refactoring in everyday practices
- Handle both routine and complex technical and data challenges
- Build client-facing/internal tools integrated with AI models for an enhanced user experience
- Efficiently ingest, normalize, and transform large amounts of data
- Automate routine and repeated processes wherever possible

Requirements:

Education & Experience

- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or a related field (or work equivalent)
- In-depth Knowledge in following areas or related technologies and concepts:
- Java, Python, React, and Node.js
- RESTful and GraphQL APIs
- Relational, NoSQL, and Graph databases
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes
- CI/CD frameworks
- Proficiency in AI integration tools.
- Experience with CPG industry is a plus

The following is strongly preferred:

- Has experience with, or a passion for the following:
- Test-driven development
- Simple, automatic deployment
- Pair programming
- Ability to communicate with teammates, including Product and Design, about features and technology within your specific domain

Salary Range: $120,000.00 - $175,000.00/year

Right to work: Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

#LI-AG1 #LI-Hybrid What SPINS Offers

We have enjoyed tremendous growth over the years and, as a leader in a fast-growing industry, we have no plans to slow down!  While all that growth brings excitement, it is also an opportunity for SPINS to show it values the health and wellness of its team members.

- We embrace hybrid work options so that you have the flexibility to create a work/life balance that actually works!
- Each employee is allotted paid time to use to volunteer with an organization of their choice and charitable donations are matched.
- Semi-annual company-wide employee survey that is used to shape company programs, perks, and culture.

The SPINS Way

- Direct – We communicate with clarity, honesty and respect in all situations and embrace opportunities to provide solution-oriented feedback.
- Determined – We are committed to overcoming all obstacles to achieve results. We adapt to change, seek opportunities to learn and rapidly translate that learning into action.
- Passionate – We go above and beyond to help our partners achieve their goals. We challenge assumptions and are comfortable forging new paths.
- Collaborative – We leave our egos at the door, believing that working together we will produce an outcome that’s greater than each individual contribution.

For details about the information SPINS’s collects about our applicants and how we use it, please see the SPINS Privacy Policy [here](https://www.spins.com/privacy-policy-2/#:~:text=We%20limit%20access%20to%20your,at%20privacy%40spins.com.).

## About SPINS

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SPINS is a wellness-focused data and technology company that provides analytics, product intelligence, and retail activation solutions for the natural products industry.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 1997
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Consumer packaged goods (CPG) data analytics, retail technology, and market intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2B — retailers (conventional, natural, specialty, and eCommerce), CPG brands, and their partners
- **Mission**: To provide a source of truth and transparency so values-oriented consumers can connect with innovation they need; to promote health and wellness throughout the world by connecting shopper values to product innovation.

## Products & Services
- **SPINS Product Intelligence**: A database that translates product data into attributes (claims, certifications, positioning, computed data) to give the fullest view into what’s driving growth in-market.
- **SPINS Point-of-Sale (POS) Data**: Cross-channel visibility across conventional, natural, regional, specialty, and eCommerce retail data to identify growth drivers, eliminate blindspots, and benchmark against competitors.
- **SPINS Liftoff**: A full-service market intelligence platform designed as a partnership to help brands scale from kitchen startup to category captain, including support for getting on shelf at retailers like Kroger.
- **MikMak (acquired)**: An omnichannel activation and shopper engagement platform that expands SPINS’ capabilities into digital activation and eCommerce enablement.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly disclosed (revenue not published); company has been operating for over 25 years and is a recognized leader in natural products data
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed; key retail partners include Kroger and other major conventional, natural, and specialty retailers
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired MikMak in 2024 to expand into shopper engagement and omnichannel activation; continues to grow its data coverage across conventional, eCommerce, and natural channels; named a "Best Place to Work" year after year

## Competitive Advantages
- **Exclusive retail partnerships**: SPINS is the only provider that aligns natural, regional, conventional, and specialty retail data into a singular view, giving it unique cross-channel visibility.
- **Deep product attribute taxonomy**: The most granular product data in market, translating every attribute dimension across claims, certifications, positioning, and computed data into a common language for the industry.
- **Long-standing industry authority**: Over 25 years as the advocate and data backbone for the Natural Products Industry, creating the standard language used across the ecosystem.

## Strategic Focus
- **Omnichannel expansion**: Integrating the MikMak acquisition to bridge data insights with shopper engagement and digital activation.
- **Retail partnership growth**: Continuing to expand data coverage across conventional, eCommerce, and specialty channels.
- **Brand and retailer enablement**: Helping brands scale from kitchen startups to category captains through platforms like SPINS Liftoff.
- **Values-driven innovation**: Aligning product innovation with evolving consumer values (health, wellness, sustainability, transparency).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as inclusive, collaborative, and focused on making a positive impact. Employees are empowered to live values of health & wellness.
- **Work model**: Hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site); some roles are fully remote, others are in-office at the Chicago HQ or Montreal office.
- **DE&I**: Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and a TEC (Teach, Engage, Connect) initiative.
- **Professional development**: One-on-one coaching, mentorship program, online learning platform, and in-person workshops.
- **Perks**: Generous PTO, 401K, health insurance, paternal leave, Summer Fridays, sabbatical, volunteer hours, wellness days, on-site gym access, massages, yoga classes, free snacks and drinks, commuter benefits, pet insurance, mobile phone discount, and employee discounts.
- **Recognition**: Named a "Best Place to Work" year after year.
- **Tech stack**: Engineering teams work with Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google Analytics, and HubSpot.

## Sources
1. [spins.com](https://www.spins.com/)
2. [spins.com/about](https://www.spins.com/about/)
3. [spins.com/careers](https://www.spins.com/careers/)
4. [builtin.com/company/spins](https://builtin.com/company/spins)

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