Software Engineer II/III

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.

Galway Office

Rent The Runway established its European Technology Hub in Galway in April 2019. Based in the historic Claddagh area of the city, the growing team in Galway tackles core technology challenges and influences the next generation of services critical to Rent The Runway’s success and continued growth.

The Galway office is Rent the Runway's first international office outside the US and enables the company to significantly expand its Software Engineering, Product Development, Machine Learning Engineering and Data Science footprint. Rent The Runway’s Galway‑based employees have the opportunity to grow their careers across several roles and career paths in Technology.

Our engineering team is smart, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial. We build with Agentic AI in the loop every day, own what we ship from design through automated testing to deployment to the cloud, and protect a sustainable pace with dedicated time for learning and paying down tech debt. We give engineers genuine autonomy over the tools and services they build.

About the Job:

In your role with our eCommerce Platform team, you'll build and operate the critical, cloud‑scale microservices behind our customers' checkout and orders — the systems the customer‑facing funnel depends on. You'll also own the internal application our Customer Experience (CX) team uses to support customers, and the compliant financial reporting behind every order. Across the full stack, you'll keep these high‑traffic, revenue‑critical flows fast, resilient, safe, and friction‑free.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and improve the internal application our CX team relies on to support customers, delivering responsive, accessible, well‑tested interfaces in ReactJS
• Own features end‑to‑end, from those interfaces through to the Java/Kotlin services and intuitive, well‑tested APIs behind them
• Build and evolve integrations with third‑party providers across our eCommerce ecosystem (payments, fraud, tax)
• Deprecate outdated functionality and improve the quality, reliability, scalability, and observability of our revenue‑critical flows as the platform grows
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to build software solutions that deliver real business value at scale
• Work in a cross‑functional team, helping everyone achieve their best work through code review, mentorship, and sharing technical direction

About You:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related degree, and 4+ years of practical experience
• Experience working in an environment with: cloud / web‑scale microservices, GCP (Terraform, Kubernetes), GitHub (git, GitHub Actions), AMQP / RabbitMQ, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Splunk
• Proven experience building responsive, well‑tested web applications, with a strong grasp of component architecture and state management, ideally interfaces where usability and data density matter
• Solid experience with OOP and design patterns, building backend services and APIs
• An eye for UX detail and a knack for building tools people genuinely like using
• A track record of shipping multiple large, complex projects, and the ability to pick up new tools and technologies quickly
• Strong communication and a collaborative, inclusive approach; you mentor and learn from teammates and help foster an empowering team dynamic
• An owner's mindset; you take initiative, follow through, balance competing priorities, and leave things better than you found them
• Comfort with AI‑assisted development tools (Gemini CLI, Claude, Copilot)

Studies show that some people, especially women and members of under‑represented groups, hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If this role excites you and you bring most of what we've described, we'd love to hear from you.

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.