The Role
The Senior Product Engineer, Backend will develop scalable API services, optimize e-commerce experiences, and collaborate on architecture and code design to enhance customer satisfaction.
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ABOUT THRIVE MARKET
Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality healthy, and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Every day, we leverage innovative technology and member-first thinking to help our over 1,600,000+ members find better products, support better brands, and build a better world in the process. We are also a Certified B Corporation, a Public Benefit Corporation, and a Climate Neutral Certified company.
Join us as we bring healthy and sustainable living to millions of Americans in the years to come.
THE ROLE
At Thrive Market, our Product Engineering team collaborates closely with Product Managers and Feature teams to craft innovative solutions that elevate our e-commerce grocery experience. This team is pivotal in shaping the customer journeys, including but not limited to building intuitive cart and checkout experiences to optimizing our Autoship feature, akin to Amazon's Subscribe & Save.
We are seeking a Senior Engineer to operate and elevate a pod in our product engineering organization. In this role, you'll work with talented engineers to create impactful product features that delight our members and drive revenue. Your work will heavily influence how our customers shop, save, and return to Thrive Market, making grocery shopping seamless and rewarding.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop REST and JSON API services that enable new customer experiences
- Decompose existing services into scalable microservices where needed
- Build services that scale horizontally and provide low uniform latency as demand increases, leveraging the right tools (languages, databases, serverless, distributed streaming, etc)
- Working with Golang, Python, PHP, Java, AWS, Kafka
- Test-driven development from the get-go, to protect customer experience and build speed and reliability into the development process
- Incorporate meaningful metrics into new services and functionality you build and evangelize them
- Work with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues and restore function
- Work closely with the product team and innovate game-changing ideas for the CustomerCreate discussions around architecture and code design choices where appropriate
- Able to enforce best practices and process enforcement
- Level up the team by strategically planning & assigning tasks, challenging them to raise the bar
- Own the SLA(s) around APIs owned by their pod, know what’s in class, and strive with the team to achieve by raising the bar
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years developing end-to-end high-traffic responsive cross-platform sites
- Experience with Java or Python, and PHP
- Working knowledge of Linux, Relational & NoSQL databases, serverless
- Understand tradeoffs between architecture choices, and various database technologies i.e. Relational Vs Document Vs Wide Column
- Working knowledge with different AWS services - Lambda, S3, cloudwatch, etc.
- Experience in building n-tier applications that can support millions of transactions per day
- Shipped multiple high-customer impact use cases through simple and effective solutions, in a highly trafficked customer-facing product
- Understand scaling and performance in a microservice architecture
- Experience using version control such as GitAble to prioritize Customer, Team, and Business ahead of everything else consistently
- Good working knowledge of various AWS services such as lambda, s3, Cloudwatch, etc.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools like New Relic effectively to maintain SLA, Apdex, and error rate in check
BELONG TO A BETTER COMPANY
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
- Competitive salary (DOE) + equity
- 401k Employer Match
- 9 Days of Observed Holidays
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Subsidized ClassPass Membership with access to fitness classes and wellness and beauty experiences
- Ability to work in our beautiful office in Playa Vista
- Free Thrive Market membership with exclusive employee discount
- Coverage for Life Coaching & Therapy Sessions on our holistic mental health and well-being platform
We're a community of more than 1 Million + members who are united by a singular belief: It should be easy to find better products, support better brands, make better choices, and build a better world in the process.
At Thrive Market, we believe in building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic culture. If you are excited about this role along with our mission and values, we encourage you to apply.
Thrive Market is an EEO/Veterans/Disabled/LGBTQ employer
At Thrive Market, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workplace that is representative, at all job levels, of the members we serve and the communities we operate in. We’re proud to be an inclusive company and an Equal Opportunity Employer and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. If you’re thinking about joining our team, we expect that you would agree!
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to assist you.
Ensure your Thrive Market job offer is legitimate and don't fall victim to fraud. Thrive Market never seeks payment from job applicants. Thrive Market recruiters will only reach out to applicants from an @thrivemarket.com email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.thrivemarket.com.
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JOB INFORMATION:
- Compensation Description - The base salary range for this position is $160,000 - $190,000/Per Year.
- Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on several factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and geographic location.
- Total Compensation includes Base Salary, Stock Options, Health & Wellness Benefits, Flexible PTO, and more!
Skills Required
- 5+ years developing end-to-end high-traffic responsive cross-platform sites
- Experience with Java or Python, and PHP
- Working knowledge of Linux, Relational & NoSQL databases, serverless
- Understand tradeoffs between architecture choices, and various database technologies
- Working knowledge with different AWS services - Lambda, S3, Cloudwatch, etc.
- Experience in building n-tier applications that can support millions of transactions per day
- Shipped multiple high-customer impact use cases
- Understand scaling and performance in a microservice architecture
- Experience using version control such as Git
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools like New Relic
What the Team is Saying
Nick
CEO
Erin
Senior Director of Growth Marketing
Marcus
QA Engineer
Krisha
Lead Software Engineer
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Christine
Senior Director of Merchandising
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Thrive Market Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision coverage are comprehensive, with added mental‑health support through Modern Health. This breadth of core and wellbeing coverage addresses a central pillar candidates often prioritize.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests flexible or “unlimited” PTO and a remote‑first setup provide meaningful time‑off and flexibility for many corporate roles. This structure supports work‑life balance across varied schedules.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests family‑building assistance (adoption and fertility) and paid parental leave for primary caregivers (commonly cited as up to 12 weeks after 12 months’ service) are part of the package. These elements strengthen support for different stages of family life.
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The Company
What We Do
Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone. We're an online grocery store that delivers the highest-quality organic and sustainable products at member-exclusive low prices. What's more, every paid annual membership sponsors a free one-year membership for a family in financial need. Every day, we leverage innovative technology and member-first thinking to help our more than 1.5 million members find healthy products, support brands making an impact, and build a better food future in the process. In 2020, we became a Certified B Corporation, making us the largest grocer in the U.S. to earn this coveted qualification.
Why Work With Us
Thrive Market was born out of a mission to deliver better products, better brands, and a healthier lifestyle to families throughout the United States. Our team is energetic, talented, and collaborative working together to reach our goal of providing our members with a best-in-class marketplace.
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Thrive Market Offices
Remote Workspace
Employees work remotely.
Thrive Market is a Remote-First Workforce: We host a number of events in our Playa Vista office where all employees are welcome!
Typical time on-site:
None
Los Angeles, CA
In a commitment to our Remote-First Workforce, we have downsized from our previous offices to a WeWork!
