About the role

Role Overview

Principal Software Engineer (Full-Stack) on Ollie’s Core Platform team. You’ll work in a small, collaborative environment building and scaling the systems that power Ollie’s subscription platform.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain APIs, interfaces, and technical infrastructure for the subscription platform
Contribute across the full software development lifecycle (planning → implementation → deployment → maintenance)
Collaborate with engineers and product managers in an agile environment to deliver high-quality features
Integrate 3rd-party services to enhance functionality and customer experience
Write reliable, performant, well-tested code that scales with the business
Continuously improve systems via refactoring, performance optimization, and automation
Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical discussions
Troubleshoot production issues to keep the platform stable and resilient
Stay curious and explore new tools/tech to improve developer experience and product quality

What You Are

7+ years professional experience building applications in a Python framework (e.g., Django, Flask)
10+ years experience building API systems, including:
- REST
- OAuth2
- Integrations with 3rd-party services using REST APIs and JSON
Experience with a JavaScript frontend framework (e.g., React or Angular)
Experience with a relational database and SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Strong understanding of time/maintainability/quality trade-offs
Experience writing unit tests
Experience with version control (e.g., Git)
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Experience using AI models and tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) while maintaining strict quality control
Self-starter who enjoys working with a small, dedicated team

Bonus Points

Dog owner/lover
Experience with Django, React, Node.js
Experience with Shopify
Experience documenting with OpenAPI and JSON Schema
Experience with Docker/Containerization
Open source community contribution
Ability as a “master prompt writer”

Location / Work Model

Remote role based in the Northeast U.S.
Monthly in-person co-working sessions

About Ollie

Ollie is a pet food and health services company focused on improving the lives of pets and pet parents nationwide. It creates human-grade pet food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs and delivers it directly to customers, supporting subscriptions and member health offerings.

Principal Software Engineer, Full-Stack

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