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The best-kept secret in Minnesotasoftware.

Happy Dog is an in-house studio building AI, custom software and data systems for real businesses. We’ve been at it since 2009, same team, same room, and we’re growing. Here’s who you’d be joining.

RyanMichaelJoeKrisTonyHeinzAlexDarrenEmilyMarlyn
2009Doing this since
In-house, one teamHow the team works
MinnesotaWhere

Why people stay

What working here actually feels like.

Work that actually stretches you

This isn’t the job where you putz around on menial tickets. It’s challenging, cutting-edge work that grows what you can do. And it gives you room to show what you’ve already got.

A room full of sharp people

You’d be working alongside genuinely smart, efficient people who care about the craft. There’s nothing better than a team of great developers, and that’s who’s already here.

In-house, and here to stay

No subcontractor chain, no revolving door. One team, in Minnesota, that’s been doing this since 2009. The people who scope the work are the people who build it.

Open roles

Two seats worth having.

Developer

Full-time · In-house, Minnesota

Cutting-edge work with sharp people. The kind of role that grows what you can do while you show what you’ve already got.

What you’d own

  • Hold the line on our coding standards, so everything ships correct and performant.
  • A mostly PHP and JavaScript workload.
  • Code review through pull requests.
  • Some client communication, with a project manager alongside you.
  • Big-Picture Problem Solving. It’s our core value: solving client problems creatively and effectively.

What we’re looking for

  • Four years’ experience. Agency experience preferred.
  • Deep, provable PHP knowledge (Symfony, Laravel).
  • Kubernetes and Google Cloud a plus.
  • Strong Git workflows with Bitbucket and Pipelines.
  • Vue a plus.
  • Accurate estimation.
  • A friendly, relentlessly positive attitude your teammates will rave about.

Sales

Full-time · In-house, Minnesota

Grow real businesses online, and make the trickier parts of the sales process smooth as butter.

What you’d own

  • Connect Happy Dog with businesses and watch them flourish online.
  • Own the sales process end to end, and make every transaction feel effortless for the client.
  • Carry the studio’s straight-talking, no-over-promising voice into every conversation.

What we’re looking for

  • A real passion for sales operations.
  • The instinct to smooth out friction before a client ever feels it.
  • The same friendly, positive attitude the whole team runs on.

Ready to apply

Send us your résumé. We read every one.

No portal, no black hole. Email your résumé and a line about what you’re after, and a real person here reads it.

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or reach us directly at careers@happydog.digital

Before you apply

Get to know the studio.

Meet the whole teamThe ten people you’d be joining. The entire company, not a sales layer in front of it.See what you’d be buildingXcel Energy, Grafe, MBE. Real systems taken from discovery to production.