# Principal Software Engineer at Snout

- Company: Snout
- What the company does: Snout helps veterinary clinics offer affordable monthly pet wellness plans, making preventive care accessible and stress-free for pet owners. Backed by 500 Global and Pear VC.
- Company website: https://www.snoutid.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-02-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/snout/am9icG9zdDpRMPbq4Sy1cwpLi7wKBctr
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/snout-principal-software-engineer/

## About the role

Snout is one of the fastest growing wellness plan providers in the veterinary space, trusted by clinics across the U.S. We’re a small but mighty startup team of Principal Software Engineer based in the USA or Ontario, Canada to help build and maintain our web platform and portal.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of software development experience in a production setting
- Broad technical fluency across the stack — JavaScript/TypeScript, Node, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, Linux — with depth where it counts
- Systems thinking: you design for the whole, not just the part in front of you
- Track record of improving how an engineering organization operates — not just shipping features
- Drives alignment across teams, writes compelling technical proposals
- Comfortable with ambiguity at the organizational level — you don't wait for requirements, you create clarity