Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

About the role

ABOUT REC

Think about the last time you tried to book a tennis court. Or sign your kid up for a swim lesson. Or find an open rec league that actually fits your schedule. You probably ended up on a website that looked like it was built in 2003 — or even worse, filled out a piece of paper.

$3T is spent on recreation globally, and it's built on a completely fragmented system that's largely untouched by technology.

At Rec (recreation.ai http://recreation.ai), we're using AI to change that — reimagining how the world plays, participates in community, and gets active. Our vision is simple: more recreation for everyone. We sit at a rare intersection — a consumer product loved by everyday players and an enterprise platform trusted by the organizations that power recreation.

We're a small team with firepower. Our founders were among the first few hundred at Uber, then led teams at The Athletic and MasterClass. The rest of the team combines builders from Google, Microsoft, Strava, Hipcamp, and Airbnb.

People join Rec for two reasons: you want to build AI that gets people back in the real world, and you want to work with really smart people.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is not a seat-filling role. We're a Series A company in scaling mode, adding new partners and users every day, and every engineer we hire shapes what Rec becomes.

As a senior engineer, you'll own meaningful surface area across our product. That might mean facility management (reservations, permitting, invoicing), program management (camps, classes, lessons, eligibility), or payments and platform (payments, financial transactions, accounting, reporting). Wherever you land, you'll work end to end, from consumer-facing booking flows, to staff tools for coaches and administrators, to the systems that keep parks humming behind the scenes.

You'll make architectural decisions, influence the roadmap, and help us build something the recreation industry has been waiting decades for.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, and Partner Success to shape strategy and drive products from idea to launch, and beyond.

- Build and maintain the core platform powering everything from booking experiences to staff tools to municipal dashboards.

- Write clean, reliable, maintainable code. Elevate the bar through thoughtful reviews and technical mentorship.

- Use AI tools fluently across your workflow, from scaffolding and code review to debugging production issues and analyzing data.

- Invest in the foundation. Make smart, forward-thinking decisions that keep our platform nimble and scalable as we grow.

WHO YOU ARE

- 5+ years of experience building software in collaborative environments.

- You're fired up by the mission. We work hard because recreation matters to families, coaches, and kids across the country. We also ski, hike, and get outside. We're building for recreation, after all.