Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining backend systems that power our client’s ecommerce platform. You will be responsible for leading technical decisions, hands-on coding, and ensuring that solutions are scalable and reliable. This is a high-impact role ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and enjoys solving complex problems.

Your role:

• Lead technical decision-making for backend projects and own implementation.
• Design and develop scalable data ingestion pipelines and catalog management systems.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and UX teams to deliver backend solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers as needed.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Ensure high system availability and performance in a SaaS environment.
• Participate in regular team standups and collaborate in a hybrid work environment.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

What you’ve got:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Java, C++, PHP, or Python.
• Experience working in SaaS environments; ecommerce experience is a plus.
• Proven work stability with career progression (no frequent job-hopping).
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and cloud deployment (AWS preferred).
• Solid understanding of scalable system design and high-availability architectures.
• Familiarity with relational databases, microservices, and API development.
• Experience collaborating in a hybrid in-office/remote environment.
• Strong critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and comfortable operating with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with version control systems (Git preferred).
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Working knowledge of front-end frameworks such as Angular or React is a plus (for cross-team collaboration).
• Familiarity with PIES/ACES data standards for catalog management is a plus.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and tools is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong team player mentality.

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