Card-linked loyalty and fintech platform for independent restaurants
Rewards Network operates a fintech platform connecting diners to restaurant loyalty programs through card-linked offers, backed by a Kafka + PostgreSQL data pipeline and Salesforce-driven sales org. The hiring mix is heavily sales-focused (49 of 65 open roles in sales, with accelerating velocity) against minimal engineering capacity (3 roles), suggesting the company is in aggressive customer acquisition mode while managing technical debt through existing infrastructure rather than major platform rewrites.
Rewards Network is a fintech company serving independent restaurants with loyalty marketing, dining rewards programs, and merchant financing. The platform functions as a marketplace connecting cardholders to participating restaurants through incentivized offers, generating revenue from both sides of the network. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Chicago, the company operates at 201–500 employees and is currently hiring across the United States and Peru, with particular intensity in sales and account management roles. Active projects include a dining platform expansion, real-time data pipelines, and regional brand-building efforts.
Scala, Kafka, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, and React power the core platform. Salesforce handles sales operations; Domo provides analytics and reporting across a suite of Microsoft Office tools.
Chicago, Illinois. The company is expanding hiring into Peru alongside continued U.S. recruitment, and has active projects in Seattle for regional brand building.
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