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About the Role
As a Lead Software Engineer - Backend at Feedonomics, you will define the technical vision for your domain and engage with Staff Engineers to deliver projects aligned with the broader platform vision. You will work 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.
Responsibilities
- Define the technical vision to advance the domain and engage with Staff Engineers to deliver projects aligned to the platform vision.
- Design and implement high-quality solutions to the most complex and ambiguous problems in the domain, with focus on scalability and high availability.
- Own end-to-end technical project execution, including scoping, sequencing, forecasting ECDs, and driving delivery towards deadlines.
- Participate in RFCs and architectural discussions, evaluating and recommending tools, technologies, and processes that solve concrete business problems.
- Own and represent deep SME across complex and sophisticated areas, guiding design decisions and influencing technical direction.
- Proactively monitor the state of the team's services and recommend optimizations based on data.
- Advocate for practices and implement tooling to enable others, leveraging automation to enhance the robustness of the CI/CD pipeline, thereby streamlining efficient application development and deployment.
- Be a champion for Continuous Improvement in end-to-end infrastructure and systems, including conducting post-mortems to analyze and prevent repeat failures.
- Act as a dedicated mentor to multiple mentees, providing insightful feedback about teammates to help them excel.
- Drive team-level education and documentation practices to foster a culture of shared learning.
- Proactively identify and build important relationships with partner teams to ensure cross-functional alignment.
Requirements
- 7+ years of programming experience in backend languages
- Strong experience with PHP is required
- Experience with Python, GoLang, Java or a similar programming language is a bonus
- Extensive experience with MySQL or a similar technology
- Strong understanding of database schema design, caching and scalability
- Strong understanding of various communication protocols (TCP, gRPC, etc) and Distributed Systems
- Ability to perform time and memory complexity analysis
- Experience in Caching technologies (e.g. Redis or Memcached)
- DevOps experience is highly preferred
- Solid understanding of Linux operating systems
- Experience with modern CI/CD and containerization tools like Docker
- Experience with Cloud solutions (GCP highly preferred)
- Experience with Full-stack observability frameworks and tools (OTel highly preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Skills
- PHP
- Python
- GoLang
- Java
- MySQL
- Caching technologies
- Redis
- Memcached
- DevOps
- Linux
- CI/CD
- Docker
- GCP
- Full-stack observability frameworks
- OTel
Location
- Remote
- Austin metro area (Hybrid)
- Atlanta metro area (Hybrid)
Work Type
- Fully remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Lead
- 7+ years of programming experience
Education Level
- BS or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field
Salary/Compensations
- $182,000.00 – $259,000.00
Benefits
- Variable compensation (such as bonus or commission)
- Equity
- Benefits in accordance with local policies
About the Company
- Commerce's mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem.
- Commerce is 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.
- Our purpose is to help businesses confidently solve complex commerce challenges so they can build smarter, adapt faster, and grow on their own terms.
- We are looking for individuals who use AI intentionally to solve problems, accelerate outcomes, and expand what’s possible in their role.
- Join a team of bold builders, sharp thinkers, and technical trailblazers who shape the future of commerce.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.