Software Engineer

Reverb•Chicago, IL

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Activation & Retention team owns the experience that turns first-time visitors into active users and keeps them coming back. That means building and maintaining some of Reverb's most critical products like the Feed that hundreds of thousands of music makers use every day, along with the onboarding flows, notifications, and personalization systems that shape the full journey. We're looking for a full-stack engineer to join our team. You'll work across our Rails app, React frontend, and GraphQL gateway to ship features that directly shape how music makers discover gear and stay connected with Reverb. You'll collaborate closely with other full-stack and iOS engineers, product, and design to build experiences that matter. This is a full-time, hybrid position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. Our hybrid team members work from our Chicago office once a week [on Tuesdays] and come together for quarterly org on-sites and our yearly Reverbfest.

Requirements

2-4 years of professional software engineering experience
Solid fundamentals in Ruby/Rails and JavaScript/React and comfort working across the stack
Familiarity with GraphQL or eagerness to learn it
Understanding of web architecture, including the separation of frontend and backend concerns and thoughtful API design
Clear communicator who can scope and explain tradeoffs to engineers, product managers, and designers alike

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI workflows, TypeScript, Datadog, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions is a plus

Responsibilities

Ship full-stack features across our Rails/React/GraphQL codebases, building comfort in new parts of the stack as you go
Own features end-to-end from scoping and definition through testing, rollout and monitoring
Collaborate across engineering, product, and design to scope and refine early concepts and see through release
Debug production issues methodically and clearly communicate problems with your team
Participate in code review, contribute to architecture and documentation, and advocate for tech debt and testing as part of your regular work
Take ownership of the health and performance of your team's services, not just the work you ship

Benefits

100% paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and all eligible dependents. Medical coverage includes gender affirming care.
Life, AD&D, and supplemental long-and short-term disability insurance
A matching 401(k)
A generous PTO policy that includes vacation, sick/mental health days plus 11 paid holidays and two floating holidays
Professional development and continued learning opportunities through access to mentoring, 1:1 coaching, and platforms like Skillsoft
18 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child
Up to $25,000 reimbursement of adoption and/or surrogacy related expenses
Paid sabbatical program
Annual work/life stipend
Ways to give back to your community through volunteer time off