Care.com

Software Engineer II

Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT Full Time

About Care.com

Care.com is a consumer tech company with heart. We’re on a mission to solve a human challenge we all face: finding great care for the ones we love. We’re moms and dads and pet parents. We have parents and grandparents, so we understand that everyone, at some point in their lives, could use a helping hand. Our culture and our products reflect that. Our engineering organization supports a suite of products designed to help families and caregivers thrive, and LifeMart is a key part of that ecosystem

LifeMart is a members-only savings platform that helps people get more value from their everyday spending by providing access to exclusive discounts across essential categories. As part of Care.com, LifeMart extends our mission by delivering meaningful, everyday benefits through simple, high-quality digital experiences, while evolving toward a service-oriented, API-driven platform as we modernize our web and mobile experiences and move away from legacy systems.

What You’ll Be Working On:

As a Software Engineer II at LifeMart, you’ll help build and enhance the mobile experience for a members-only platform that delivers exclusive discounts and savings across everyday categories. You’ll work in a product-driven engineering environment, developing user-facing features using React Native and partnering closely with product and design teams to create intuitive, high-quality mobile experiences. This role focuses on improving performance, reliability, and usability while integrating with backend services that power deal discovery and redemption.

Technologies We Work With

  • React Native
  • React
  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • React Navigation
  • Jest and React Native Testing Library
  • Node.js (for service integration and tooling)
  • RESTful APIs
  • AWS or other cloud platforms 

What You’ll Need to Succeed

3–5 years of professional software engineering experience2+ years of hands-on React Native experience in production environments

  • Strong proficiency with JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Experience working in a product engineering or product-led team, partnering closely with product managers and designers to solve user problems
  • Solid understanding of mobile application architecture and lifecycle
  • Experience consuming APIs and handling asynchronous data in mobile apps
  • Ability to test, debug, and monitor your own code
    Familiarity with mobile performance optimization and debugging tools
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-site, collaborative development team
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems
  • Experience designing and building Java-based APIs is a plus
  • A bias toward action, curiosity, and continuous improvement

Work Environment: Hybrid – We are in the office Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Our office locations:
Austin – 816 Congress Ave. #800, Austin, TX 78701

Dallas – 2801 North Central Expressway, 11th Floor, Dallas, TX 75204
Salt Lake City – 1850 Ashton Blvd, Suite 500, Lehi, UT 84043

Company Overview

Available in more than 20 countries, Care.com is the world’s leading platform for finding and managing high-quality family care. Care.com is designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s families and caregivers, offering everything from household tax and payroll services and customized corporate benefits packages covering the care needs of working families, to innovating new ways for caregivers to be paid and obtain professional benefits. Since 2007, families have relied on Care.com’s industry-leading products—from child and elder care to pet care and home care. Care.com is an IAC company (NASDAQ: IAC).

Compensation Range: $130,000 – $150,000

The base salary range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the national salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is one component of Care.com’s total compensation package. Additional rewards may include annual bonuses and short- and long-term incentives. Care.com also offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, life and disability insurance, a generous 401(k) employer matching program, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

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