About Rent the Runway

Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.

About the Job:

Our Full Stack engineers use a microservices-style architecture to power our internal mobile app, website, warehouse operations technologies, and other applications. In this role, you will work on both new product features and technical enhancements, as we believe in building for the future to enable performance and scaling. You will contribute to our homegrown Warehouse Management System (WMS) that powers our warehouses, used by thousands of employees.

What You’ll Do:

Participate in all aspects of agile software development, including architecture, design, implementation, testing, and deployment of the operations stack microservices to Google Cloud Platform.
Find architectural and internal design improvements to improve the performance of key product features.
Develop clean, testable, scalable systems using Java, ReactJS, Redis, JavaScript, RabbitMQ, MySQL, MongoDB, Kotlin, SpringBoot, Splunk, and various other open-source technologies.
Deliver software on a sustainable schedule that keeps work-life balance in mind.
Collaborate closely in an equal partnership with our business, product and engineering teams.
Have a significant voice both in what you work on and how the work is carried out.
Work with business stakeholders to identify software solutions to business challenges.
Experience working as part of a cross-functional development team.
Use Agentic AI coding daily.

About You:

Degree in computer science, software engineering and 7+ years of programming experience.
Professional experience with OOP concepts and design patterns using Java and JavaScript (ReactJS).
Learned from the experience of shipping multiple large, complex software projects.
Able to learn new tools and technologies quickly.
Experience working as part of a team software development effort.
Ability to manage your time and juggle competing priorities.
Exceptional communication skills.
Desire to drive serious business impact and a bias to action. You like to move fast, you follow through, and you’re accountable to the results.
Owner’s mindset. No job is too big or too small, and you always leave things better than you found them.
Approach collaboration with curiosity and a learning mindset, demonstrating a willingness to mentor and learn from teammates and foster an inclusive, empowering team dynamic.

Benefits:

At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the happiness and well-being of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

Generous Paid Time Off, including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - unplug, recharge, and have some fun.
Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future.
Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first, and we’ve got you covered.
Company-wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
Hybrid Work -This hybrid role requires 2-3 days per week in our Galway, Ireland office, with the option to work 2 days remotely.

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee on any legally recognised basis, including, but not limited to: gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.

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Senior Software Engineer

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