Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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. We believe in harnessing AI responsibly to unlock new possibilities, and we’re looking for individuals who use it intentionally to solve problems, accelerate outcomes, and expand what’s possible in their role. Our purpose is to 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 who shape the future of commerce, this is the place for you.

As a Commerce brand, Feedonomics is a leading product feed management platform that helps brands, retailers, and agencies list and optimize products across top ecommerce channels worldwide. Feedonomics manages everything from onboarding to ongoing feed optimization, enabling our clients to scale faster with less effort. Feedonomics has earned a strong reputation for a full-service model and powerful technology—all rooted in a commitment to excellence.

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join the fully remote Engineering team at Feedonomics. 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.
 

• 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.

• 5+ years of programming experience in backend languages

• 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.

• BS or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field

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(Pay Transparency Range: $135,960 - $203,940)

The national base salary range for this role is posted above in this job post.

Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications and geographic location. We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams.

Where applicable, this role may also be eligible for variable compensation (such as bonus or commission), equity, and benefits in accordance with local policies. Details will be shared during the hiring process. We are committed to equitable and transparent pay practices that align to market data, internal equity, and individual contribution.

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 are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about the Commerce team, culture and benefits at https://www.commerce.com/careers/

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