Pura manufactures connected fragrance devices controlled via smartphone app, combining hardware (Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, bootloader/OTA updates), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB), and data pipelines (BigQuery, dbt, Airflow). The tech stack reflects a hardware-meets-SaaS company managing both device reliability and subscription operations. Active hiring across engineering, data, and ops (alongside marketing and sales) signals concurrent focus on backend scaling, supply-chain execution, and inventory optimization—three pain points tied directly to their order-management and retail-expansion roadmap.
Notable leadership hires: Creative Director
Pura sells app-controlled fragrance diffusers paired with a subscription refill service, positioned as a premium home-scenting platform. Founded in 2014 and based in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the company operates as a hardware + software + logistics business: they manufacture physical devices, operate a cloud-connected mobile app, manage partnerships with luxury fragrance brands, and handle direct-to-consumer order fulfillment and retail distribution. The 201–500 employee organization is actively scaling backend systems to support millions of customers, while concurrently improving supply-chain resilience and expanding physical retail footprint.
Pura's stack includes AWS (compute/storage), Kubernetes (orchestration), PostgreSQL and DynamoDB (databases), Redis (caching), Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python (services layer), Terraform (IaC), dbt and BigQuery (analytics), and Apache Airflow (data pipelines). Hardware connectivity uses Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, and AWS IoT Core.
Primary initiatives include backend-systems scaling, hardware bootloader and OTA update processes, end-to-end supply-chain operations, order and inventory-allocation systems, and expanding in-store retail presence. The emphasis on supply-chain and inventory work reflects efforts to reduce defects and improve operational efficiency.
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