Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Want to be a part of a team revolutionizing and leading an entire industry with no real competition? The laundry industry is a $40+ billion dollar market, and the Cents platform is making it easier for laundromats, dry cleaners, and all garment care businesses to grow, manage, and understand their business. Backed by top-tier investors like Bessemer, Camber Creek, and Tiger Global, Cents is one of the fastest-growing vertical SaaS companies in the USA, and we’re just getting started. Already profitable and growing incredibly quickly each year, we have entered the absolute best stage of being a startup.

About Cents

Cents is a New York-based technology company passionate about transforming the laundry industry and dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. Cents is modernizing garment care businesses by providing an all-in-one, business-in-a-box platform to help operators start, manage, and grow their businesses. By building a market-leading SaaS product for this industry, we aim to revolutionize the industry through our suite of software (Cents Point of Sale) and hardware (Pulse, Penny, and Laundroworks) products.

Our team is full of passionate technology experts obsessed with supporting and empowering SMBs. We feel the unique responsibility and opportunity we have to elevate an industry. We’re adding great talent to help achieve this mission, and that’s where you come in!

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to take a key role in shaping the future of our self-serve laundromat software. In this role, you’ll own critical features that power our management platform, connect with custom hardware, and drive our mobile experiences. You’ll work at the intersection of software and hardware, solving real-world operational challenges and helping thousands of businesses thrive. This is a unique opportunity to build technology that touches both the physical and digital world and make a meaningful impact in an industry ready for transformation.

• 5+ years of experience building modern, scalable, and high-performance web applications
• Deep experience with Node.js , along with familiarity in MySQL, PHP, Laravel, and Vue is a plus. Ability to work across multiple tech stacks.
• Strong background in data and relational database design, with the ability to write and optimize raw SQL queries
• Proven track record of designing and maintaining comprehensive test suites across the stack
• Commitment to building reliable, well-tested, and maintainable features

• Interpret complex and sometimes ambiguous requirements — often referencing legacy systems — and translate them into clear, actionable implementation plans
• Develop features across the full stack, delivering clean, maintainable code and refactoring existing code to support long-term scalability
• Write automated tests (unit and feature), perform manual QA, and use legacy applications to inform meaningful test coverage
• Own features post-launch by monitoring performance, resolving bugs, and continuously improving functionality and reliability

$140,000 - $170,000 a year

About Us

There’s a Laundry List of Why You’ll Love Working at Cents!

We are leaders - Leadership is not exclusive to the management team, but something everyone at Cents embraces and wants to get better at.

We are overachievers - The only true way to predict the future is to build it yourself. No excuses. Give 100% at all times.

We are students - We’re not afraid to dig in and uncover the truth, even if it’s scary or inconvenient. Everyone here is continually learning on the job, no matter if we’ve been in a role for one year or one minute.

We are committed to diversity and tight knit community - We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Benefits and Perks

We offer great compensation packages, and comprehensive health benefits, & believe in a strong cohesive team atmosphere. Work from-home office stipend, virtual team events, and access to learning opportunities from our team and network of advisors, and investors are just the starting point.

- Competitive salary

- Equity

- Unlimited PTO and paid holidays

- Remote-first with offices in New York City and San Francisco

- Health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, parental leave, life and AD&D insurance, and disability

- 401(k)

- Work-from-home and commuter stipends

- Laundry reimbursements to support our customers’ businesses

- Comprehensive training, learning, and development programming

- Access to hundreds of discounts and rewards from renowned vendors including deals on health & wellness, travel, dining, auto insurance, and so much more!

Please be aware that all legitimate recruitment communications from Cents will come through our official channels (@trycents.com email domain, our official careers page, or verified phone calls following email introductions). Also please note that we will never ask for money or sensitive financial information.

If you are contacted through other means or asked for such details, please assume that the communication is not legitimate. Please forward any such communications to us at [email protected] and we can confirm this for you.