Senior Software Engineer, Backend Python (PSA Experience)

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible coins, trading cards, Funko Pops!, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, SGC, WATA, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1,900 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Toronto, Guadalajara, Dallas, and Paris.

Click here to learn more about our Mexico Engineering Team Expansion.

We’re transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication, grading, and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics — including pricing, scarcity reports, and historic sales data — accessible to every collector, old or new. Our engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization. We're seeking engineers to utilize advanced technology in agile settings, with a focus on improving the customer experience for every collector.

We are looking for backend software engineers who can build flexible and scalable backend architectures that can support a wide range of experiences for collectors who are trying to research, grade, and sell their collectibles. Your work will directly help improve collectors' enjoyment of the hobby and make it easier for new users to get started with the services that we offer.

The PSA Experience Platform team is responsible for building modern cloud based applications and APIs that power the user-facing applications on PSAcard.com and the PSA Mobile App. As a member of this team, your day-to-day work will be focused on building out the backend services and processes that support important features including the Online Submission Center, PSA Research Tools, and PSA Partner APIs.

What You’ll Do:

• Participate across the entire software development lifecycle, taking features from concept to production release
• Communicate with Product and other stakeholders to develop business requirements
• Collaboratively create solutions with other teams
• Troubleshoot software issues and debug a large codebase
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests
• Contribute to technical documentation to increase maintainability of software assets

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience building backend software, with exposure to microservices, event-driven architectures, and batch processing.
• 3+ years experience / strong proficiency in Python and at least one Python backend framework such as Flask, Django, or FastAPI.
• Proficiency with python testing best practices and test frameworks such as pytest or unittest.
• Experience with AWS technologies such as: Lambda, SQS, API Gateway
• Experience in working with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB
• Experience collaborating with Engineering and Product teams to turn complex business requirements into clean and extensible APIs
• Exposure to building applications in the AWS cloud, and experience with containerization, orchestration, infrastructure (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)
• Nice to have: experience with IaC (TerraForm)
• Possess strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to visualize and document processes
• Proficient at using appropriate security, documentation, and/or monitoring best practices
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies

What we Offer 

• The opportunity to be a part of our inaugural Guadalajara, Mexico office, and to make a real impact on the launch and success of this team 
• A dynamic and collaborative international engineering team
• An organization dedicated to supporting the passionate Collectors community 
• A Competitive Salary and benefits 

Location:

• https://blog.collectors.com/ 
• https://www.collectors.com/engineering 
• https://sites.google.com/collectors.com/engineeringcollectors-mex/collectors-mexico-learn-more

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