--- title: 'Software Engineer at Rover.com' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-rover-com-barcelona-a8gfmh4h66kz' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-03' --- # Software Engineer at Rover.com - **Company:** Rover.com - **Location:** Barcelona, Spain - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2025-10-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/rover/dbb161a2-8237-4836-8483-24089d314d4d ## Job description Who we are: At Rover, pets and their people are at the heart of everything we do. We connect pet parents with trusted pet care across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Headquartered in Seattle and Barcelona, we’re a values driven, fast-growing tech company focused on building safe and personalized experiences tailored to the needs of each unique pet. We’re investing in AI as a business accelerator and provide every team member access to AI tools in service of creating better experiences for our community. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. At Rover we’re committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming community, which starts with our employees. Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us. This role is full-time permanent and hybrid (Mondays & Thursdays in our office in Poblenou, Barcelona). Software Engineer Are you a passionate and detail-oriented Software Engineer ready to use your technical skills to build customer-facing products that genuinely improve the lives of people and their pets? We're looking for an enthusiastic engineer to join our team in Barcelona. In this role, you'll be a core contributor to our platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to tackle tough technical challenges and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. If you're eager to grow your craft and contribute to a safe, supportive community, we want to hear from you! ## What You'll Be Doing - Product Development: Build, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable, and supportable solutions across our technology stack, focusing on both web and mobile applications. - Cross-functional collaboration: Take ownership of features from initial concept to launch. You'll work with loose requirements and collaborate with Product, Design, and Data Science to define the necessary technical steps and drive projects forward. - Engineering Excellence: Champion core engineering practices. You are passionate about automated testing, ensuring code quality, and maintaining a solid understanding of relational databases and schema design. - Collaboration & Growth: Thrive in a heavily collaborative environment, where you'll share your knowledge, contribute fresh ideas, and eagerly improve your craft as an engineer. - User Focus: Apply analytical thinking to solve problems and maintain a meticulous focus on design and user experience to deliver the best service to our customers, aligning with our mission to foster a safe environment for our community. ## Your Qualifications & Experience - Professional Experience: 5+ years of experience as a professional software developer. - Product Experience: Experience building web and/or mobile applications. - Adaptability: Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and embrace new challenges. - Methodology: Used to working with different agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/XP). ## Your bonus skills - Technical Stack: Experience with technologies similar to our tech stack, including React, React Native, Python, and Django. - Familiarity with continuous integration/deployment tools. Our Style: - We are proud to be professional software developers who are curious and passionate about learning. We embrace progressive engineering practices, including a continuous deployment pipeline and thorough production monitoring. Our teams are integrated, working side-by-side with developers, product managers, designers, and data scientists, and we are committed to building a culture of inclusivity and diversity. Benefits of Working at Rover: - Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout - Pension plan - Private medical insurance - 25 days PTO - Meal allowance and flexible compensation plan (transport and nursery) - Gym membership - €450 to cover the costs associated with the adoption of a pet - Annual €150 wellness reimbursement - Flexible work hours, sometimes you'll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we're pretty flexible when it comes to managing workload and time - Grab snacks, fresh fruit, in our kitchen to keep yourself going - Regular team activities, events, game nights, and more - Dog-friendly office Locations: - This position is located at our Barcelona office. - Applicants must currently have the right to live and work in Spain....We can help with relocation assistance, though! Rover is an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive, and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. ## About Rover.com ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Rover.com operates a global marketplace connecting pet parents with trusted pet sitters, dog walkers, groomers, and trainers. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Blackstone Inc. in 2024; previously public under ticker ROVR) - **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, United States (with offices in Barcelona, London, and remote hubs) - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Greg Gottesman, Aaron Easterly, Philip Kimmey ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Pet care services marketplace - **Target customers**: B2C – pet parents (owners of dogs and cats) seeking boarding, walking, daycare, sitting, training, and grooming - **Mission**: To make it easier for people to experience the unconditional love of a pet by providing trusted, high-quality pet care ## Products & Services - **Rover Marketplace (Platform)**: Online and mobile marketplace for booking pet sitters, dog walkers, pet boarding, doggy daycare, drop-in visits, house sitting, dog training, and grooming. Features include in-app messaging, photo sharing, reviews, background checks, and the Rover Guarantee/accident cover. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by Blackstone in 2024; prior public market cap varied) - **Key Metric**: $174 million annual revenue (latest available); total funding of $2.9 billion across 13 rounds prior to acquisition - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Blackstone Inc. (owner), Greylock, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, T. Rowe Price - **Growth Signals**: Expanded to 18 countries across North America and Western Europe; over 12 million pets cared for; 41 million services booked (cumulative); 4.9/5 average sitter rating; workforce of 7,301 employees across 29 countries ## Competitive Advantages - **First-to-market pet care marketplace** – first major platform of its kind, with strong brand recognition and scale. - **Trust & Safety infrastructure** – background checks or ID verification for sitters, verified reviews, Meet & Greets, and the Rover Guarantee/accident cover. - **Large, engaged supply side** – thousands of independent pet sitters and walkers, enabling broad geographic coverage. - **Loyalty and repeat usage** – high average sitter rating (4.9/5) drives trust and retention. ## Strategic Focus - **International expansion** – growing presence in Europe (e.g., Spain, UK, France) and ongoing market penetration. - **Product innovation** – expanding service types (dog training, grooming) and enhancing the platform with AI-powered matching and safety tools. - **Building a premium experience** – high-quality, personalized care offerings and deepened pet parent/sitter relationships. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Dog-friendly offices, inclusive environment with five Employee Resource Groups (Gender Equity in Action, Pride, Rover Military Community, BARKS for BIPOC, MIND for neurodiversity). Company values ownership, transparency, and work-life balance. - **Work model**: Hybrid – offices in Seattle and Barcelona, plus remote roles across the US and Europe. Engineering roles often based in Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, London. - **Perks**: $1,000 adoption/foster assistance, pet staycation coverage, stocked offices, company lunches, competitive benefits (medical/dental/vision, 401k match, 4 weeks+ PTO, 11 paid holidays, 10 weeks fully paid parental leave). Barcelona office offers meal vouchers, wellness reimbursement, and 25 days PTO. - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on data and software engineering across multiple levels; involvement in platform reliability, backend platform, and data infrastructure. ## Sources 1. [rover.com/careers](https://www.rover.com/careers) 2. [jobs.lever.co/rover](https://jobs.lever.co/rover) 3. [rover.com/about-us](https://www.rover.com/about-us) 4. [linkedin.com/company/roverdotcom](https://linkedin.com/company/roverdotcom) 5. 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