About Muck Rack
Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. Our mission is to enable organizations to build trust, tell their stories, and demonstrate the unique value of earned media. Muck Rack’s AI-powered, comprehensive, and integrated platform streamlines the PR workflow to help businesses generate positive media coverage, monitor mentions to manage brand reputation, and analyze PR’s impact on business outcomes. By combining media database, monitoring, and reporting into one dynamic platform, we empower teams to collaborate seamlessly, pitch effectively, and analyze results faster and more efficiently.
Founder‑controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, Muck Rack has received several awards for its unparalleled culture and product from organizations like Inc., Quartz, G2, and BuiltIn. We value resilience, transparency, ownership, and customer devotion, and infuse these values into everything we do.
Position
Software Engineer – Reporting & Insights Team
This team builds the reporting and analytics capabilities that help customers understand the reach, impact, and performance of their media coverage and communications efforts.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain features across our application that power reporting and insights capabilities
- Write clean, well‑tested, and well‑documented code
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Participate in code reviews and help improve engineering standards and development practices
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to maintain platform reliability
- Contribute to architectural discussions and technical planning for upcoming features
- Participate in on‑call rotations and help respond to incidents affecting production systems
- Get familiar with our systems, processes, and codebase while contributing to planned roadmap features
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience building applications with the Django framework
- Hands‑on experience with a modern frontend framework, preferably Vue.js
- Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly MySQL, and ORM patterns
- Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs
- Experience using Git and collaborative development workflows
- Willingness to participate in an on‑call rotation and support production systems
- Proactively incorporate AI tools into day‑to‑day work to improve productivity and accelerate delivery
Nice to Have
- Experience with analytical databases such as ClickHouse or Elasticsearch
- Experience working on data‑heavy or high‑traffic SaaS applications
- Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools such as Claude or GitHub Copilot
- Experience with data streaming platforms such as Kafka
- Experience using task queues or background job systems such as Celery
Location Preferences
We are currently prioritizing candidates based in Bulgaria. Qualified candidates located in the United Kingdom and Ireland are also encouraged to apply.
Travel & Team Engagement Expectations
This role requires up to 10% travel for team collaboration, customer engagements, and company events. Attendance at our annual company off‑site, typically held in Mexico, is expected.
Salary
The anticipated salary range for this role in Bulgaria is €22,000 – 26,000+ annually, depending on experience.
Benefits
Remote Work, Forever
- Fully distributed team with a permanent remote setup
- Home office stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, coworking membership
- Virtual and in‑person team bonding (lunches, events, competitions)
Transparent & Fair Compensation
- Competitive geo‑neutral pay in the U.S.
- Annual reviews to ensure equity and market alignment
- Standardized bonus or commission structure
- 401(k) with employer contributions
- Equity opportunities
Health & Wellness
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% premium coverage for individuals on high‑deductible plans
- 24/7 Virtual Care and Employee Assistance Program
- Employer‑funded HSA contributions and other pre‑tax benefits
- Quarterly wellness stipend and free Headspace subscription
Time Off & Family Benefits
- 4+ weeks of PTO, plus paid sick and mental health days
- 13 paid holidays with the option to swap for personal days
- Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
Learning and Development
- Transparent pathways for internal mobility and promotion
- Bi‑annual performance reviews, team workshops, and leadership training
- Unlimited access to Coursera and O’Reilly
- 2 additional PTO days annually for learning and development
Inclusive, Customer‑First Culture
- Commitment to equity and valuing diverse perspectives
- Agile, founder‑led company focused on collaboration and innovation
- Trusted by 3,000+ companies worldwide
Note: Benefits and compensation reflect offerings for U.S.-based employees. Support is provided for employees in other locations, in compliance with local laws and regulations.
We consider applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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