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title: 'Software Engineer, II Data Platform at Fetch'
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# Software Engineer, II Data Platform at Fetch

- **Company:** Fetch
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $131k–$154k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-26
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/fetch/am9icG9zdDp4sogVgh4hqLK6b3MgNSah

## Job description

Meet Fetch Platform Engineering Platform engineering at Fetch is grounded in service to developers, strong ownership, and purposeful innovation. Rather than building end-user features, platform engineers focus on the foundations that other teams rely on, spanning core systems, architecture, automation, and developer workflows. This work lives in complex problem spaces where the right answer is rarely obvious. Our engineers navigate ambiguity with data and sound judgment, understand tradeoffs, and partner closely across product and engineering to solve problems that scale. We maintain a high technical bar and value practicality, curiosity, and continuous improvement. This is an environment for builders who enjoy shaping durable platforms, improving developer experience at scale, and enabling teams across Fetch to ship with confidence.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US offices or remotely in the United States.

About the Role: Fetch is entering its AI-first era, and we're looking for a Backend Engineer II to join our Data Platform team. You'll help architect and evolve the systems that power how Fetch's data products are built, delivered, and made accessible - spanning areas like data pipelines, governed data access, delivery infrastructure, and partner-facing integrations. You'll operate at the problem level: identifying ambiguous, high-impact issues in your problem space and driving the technical solutions that resolve them. You'll be expected to bring strong technical ownership, proactively raise the bar on quality and reliability, and lead through influence across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.

Role Responsibilities:

- Own Technical Problems, Not Just Tasks: Proactively identify and solve ambiguous, complex problems within your team's problem space. Define the projects needed to address systemic issues rather than waiting to be assigned them.
- Drive Reliability & Quality: Set and raise the technical quality bar for your team. Initiate refactoring or system health work without being told to. Solve problems few others can, improving reliability and efficiency through code review, thoughtful rollout practices, and proactive stability improvements.
- Lead Multi-System Initiatives: Operate at the problem level - defining and driving solutions for high-ambiguity issues that span multiple projects or systems. Lead major initiatives or migrations that require coordination across teams or functions, ensuring complex or phased rollouts execute smoothly.
- Improve Team Efficiency: Identify new tools, processes, or platform capabilities that meaningfully improve your team's velocity and reduce operational overhead.
- Shape Technical Direction: Help define the direction and goals for your team, balancing project impact, product quality, and engineering efficiency. Guide decision-making through well-reasoned trade-offs, and communicate technical strategy clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Build Trust Across Teams: Collaborate closely with Product, TPM, and partner engineering teams. Help clarify trade-offs and decision ownership when views diverge, and work toward resolution before disagreements become blockers.
- Mentor & Grow Others: Coach peers and junior engineers, invest in their growth, and provide upward feedback to managers constructively. Model accountability, transparency, and strong engineering judgment, especially under pressure.

Minimum Requirements:

- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of increasing technical scope and ownership.
- Strong platform or backend engineering background, with experience building reliable, scalable systems; experience with data pipelines, integrations, or delivery infrastructure is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to independently identify and scope ambiguous technical problems, then define and execute the work to solve them.
- Experience owning systems or components used by multiple teams or consumers, with attention to reliability and predictable operation.
- Track record of improving code quality, system health, or engineering practices within a team, often self-initiated.
- Experience contributing to or leading cross-team technical initiatives, including migrations or phased rollouts.
- Solid understanding of data infrastructure fundamentals — pipelines, governed data access, and delivery at scale.
- Strong code review instincts and judgment on rollout safety, monitoring, and operational risk.
- Mentorship experience with peer or junior engineers.
- Fluency in modern software ecosystems such as Kubernetes, event streaming, CI/CD, observability tooling, and AI-assisted development workflows.
- Ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly, and to build alignment with stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, evolving environments with a focus on measurable outcomes.

Preferred Requirements:

- Experience with data delivery, connectors, clean rooms, DSP integrations, or similar partner-facing data infrastructure.
- Familiarity with data governance and compliance-aware system design.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or migrating to newer architectures.
- Exposure to AdTech, MarTech, or data-monetization ecosystems.
- Track record of improving reliability, latency, or developer velocity on a data- or integration-heavy platform.
- Experience giving upward feedback or informally mentoring across levels, even without formal management experience.

## About Fetch

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Fetch is a rewards app and outcomes-based advertising platform that gives users points for everyday shopping, dining, and gaming activities, redeemable for gift cards and other rewards.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E)
- **Headquarters**: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Wes Schroll

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Consumer rewards, digital advertising, mobile apps, data analytics
- **Target customers**: B2C (consumers via the Fetch app) and B2B (brands and retailers via its outcomes-based advertising platform)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To create the rewards destination for everyone, turning everyday moments into opportunities for consumers to earn something back while helping brands acquire and retain lifelong consumers.

## Products & Services
- **Fetch Rewards App (Consumer)**: A mobile app that awards users "Fetch Points" for submitting receipts from any retailer, as well as for dining out, playing games, and other daily activities. Points can be redeemed for free gift cards to popular retailers, restaurants, and charities. The app personalizes offers and becomes more rewarding the more it's used.
- **Fetch for Business (Advertising Platform)**: An outcomes-based advertising platform that gives brands SKU-level visibility into over $212 billion in annual gross merchandise value. It helps brands target shoppers with purchase-based offers, drive incremental sales, and build lasting brand loyalty through a non-disruptive, reward-based ad model.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over $855.3 million in total funding across 13 rounds; annual revenue estimated at $102 million [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/fetch-rewards)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in search results, but the company has raised significant capital (Series E stage) from venture capital firms.
- **Growth Signals**: Employs 792 people (with a -5.6% YoY change) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/fetch-rewards); processes over 13 million receipts daily; has visibility into $212 billion in annual GMV; named one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for two consecutive years [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/jobs); has offices or coworking spaces in Madison, Chicago, Birmingham, Boston, New York, and Mexico City.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Massive, proprietary data set**: Fetch possesses the largest retail-agnostic, SKU-level view of household spending, giving it unique consumer insights that power its advertising platform.
- **Mutually beneficial model**: Unlike disruptive ads, Fetch’s model creates a win-win where consumers get rewards and brands get measurable, outcomes-based results.
- **Scale and adoption**: With millions of active users and over 13 million receipts submitted daily, Fetch has a large, engaged user base that is difficult for competitors to replicate.
- **Third-party validated measurement**: The platform’s effectiveness is rigorously measured and validated by industry-leading third parties, building trust with brand partners.

## Strategic Focus
- **Continued platform expansion**: The company is focused on growing its rewards ecosystem beyond just receipt scanning, including dining, gaming, and other daily moments.
- **Deepening advertising capabilities**: Fetch is investing in its outcomes-based ad platform to help brands acquire and retain consumers more effectively.
- **AI and data science**: The company is actively hiring for roles like Staff Product Designer, AI Labs and Senior Data Scientist, indicating a focus on leveraging AI to enhance personalization and product innovation [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/jobs).
- **International and talent growth**: With offices in Mexico City and remote roles, Fetch is expanding its geographic footprint and talent base.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and recognition**: Ranked as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for two years in a row, with a people-first culture rooted in trust, accountability, and innovation [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/jobs).
- **Generous compensation and benefits**:
    - **Equity**: All employees receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving them a stake in the company’s success [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/faq).
    - **401(k)**: 100% match on the first 4% of contributions [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers).
    - **Parental Leave**: 20 weeks for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, plus a $2,000 stipend [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers).
    - **Education**: $10,000+ per year in education reimbursement for job-related courses or programs [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers).
    - **Family Planning**: Support for egg retrieval, adoption, IVF, and surrogacy through partner Carrot, with a $10k lifetime stipend [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers).
    - **Health & Wellness**: Medical, Dental, Vision (with perks like teeth whitening and laser eye surgery discounts), HSA with employer contributions, wellness coach, nutrition counseling, and Gympass membership [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/faq).
    - **Time Off**: Flexible PTO, 9 paid holidays, plus a year-end week-long break [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers).
    - **Pet Insurance**: Fully covered for the first pet, and bereavement leave includes furry family members [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/faq).
- **Flexible work environment**: Most roles offer a "Remote Flexible Environment," with offices in Madison, Chicago, Birmingham, Boston, New York, and Mexico City for in-person collaboration [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/faq).
- **Early career programs**: Offers a 12-week Tech Internship and a 12-week Tech Apprenticeship program for those starting their careers in software engineering or data [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/faq).
- **Hiring process**: Typically includes an application review, a take-home exercise, a phone interview, and a panel interview [fetch.com](https://fetch.com/careers/faq).

## Sources
1. [fetch.com - Careers Page](https://fetch.com/careers)
2. [fetch.com - Careers FAQ](https://fetch.com/careers/faq)
3. [fetch.com - About Us](https://business.fetch.com/about-us)
4. [fetch.com - Open Positions](https://fetch.com/careers/jobs)
5. [linkedin.com - Fetch Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/fetch-rewards)

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