United States onlyWelcome to the Agentic Commerce Era
At Commerce, our mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem. As the parent company of BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and Makeswift, we connect the tools and systems that power growth, enabling businesses to unlock the full potential of their data, deliver seamless and personalized experiences across every channel, and adapt swiftly to an ever-changing market. Simply said, we help businesses confidently solve complex commerce challenges so they can build smarter, adapt faster, and grow on their own terms. If you want to be part of a team of bold builders, sharp thinkers, and technical trailblazers, working together to shape the future of commerce, this is the place for you.
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join the fully remote Engineering team at Commerce supporting the Feedonomics Platform. You will be working with a highly collaborative and cross-functional Backend Engineering team to deliver and scale core infrastructure components and services that power our robust, high-performance, data-intensive SaaS platform.
What You’ll Do
Collaborate on the architecture, design, and development of scalable and highly available applications and services
Solve complex infrastructure-related problems with code, developing and providing post-release support for scalable applications
Identify and implement enhancements to DevOps practices and tooling, leveraging automation to enhance robustness of the CI/CD pipeline, thereby streamlining efficient application development and deployment
Drive technology design and articulate architecture solution options to the product owners and Engineering leadership
Conduct post-mortems to analyze and prevent repeat failures
Be a champion for Continuous Improvement in end-to-end infrastructure and systems
Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes that solve concrete business problems
Become a domain expert who follows industry trends and applies best practices and contributes towards continuous improvement of those practices
Who You Are
5+ years of programming experience in backend languages
BS or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field
2+ years experience with PHP (Strongly preferred), Python, GoLang, Java or a similar programming language
2+ years experience with MySQL or a similar technology
Strong understanding of database schema design, caching and scalability
Strong understanding of various communication protocols (TCP, RPC, etc)
Strong understanding of Distributed Systems
Experience in Caching technologies is a plus (e.g. Redis or Memcached)
DevOps experience preferred
Experience with Full-stack observability tools like New Relic is strongly preferred
Workable understanding of Linux operating systems Experience with modern CI/CD and containerization tools like Docker
Ability to perform time and memory complexity analysis
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
The exact salary will be dependent on the successful candidate’s location, relevant knowledge, skills, and qualifications.
Inclusion and Belonging
At Commerce, we believe that celebrating the unique histories, perspectives and abilities of every employee makes a difference for our company, our customers and our community. We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow and thrive.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need an accommodation in order to interview at Commerce, please let us know during any of your interactions with our recruiting team.
Learn more about the Commerce team, culture and benefits at https://www.commerce.com/careers/
Protect Yourself Against Hiring Scams: Our Corporate Disclaimer
Commerce, along with many other employers, has become the subject of fraudulent job offers to hopeful prospective job seekers.
Be advised:
Commerce does not offer jobs to individuals who do not go through our formal hiring process.
Commerce will never:
require payment of recruitment fees from candidates;
request personally identifiable information through unsanctioned websites or applications;
attempt to solicit money from you as part of the hiring process or as part of an employment offer;
solicit money to complete visa requirements as part of a job offer.
If you receive unsolicited offers of employment from Commerce, we urge you to be extremely cautious and avoid engaging or responding.
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