Lead Software Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Req - RFT
• Salary: Not specified

Minted seeks a passionate engineer to lead our technical and operational initiatives within the Ordering Services team. This role is pivotal in shaping the next-generation of our Orders Platform, supporting key business functionalities such as cart, checkout, A/B Testing, transactions, and fraud detection. As a technical leader, you will drive innovation, mentor team members, and ensure seamless collaboration with engineering, product, and leadership teams to achieve strategic objectives.

At Minted Engineering, we marry design with technology to deliver unique products that are beautiful and co-created by our artist community and our customers. Our engineers take on multiple roles and challenges not defined by titles, and we have a strong culture of mentorship and promoting from within, as well as project roadmaps that enable us to cross-train and learn from one another. We are a metrics-driven organization committed to ensuring every project delivers measurable impact. We prioritize balancing the development of new features with scaling our platform, all while remaining agile in a rapidly evolving environment.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years of professional experience as a software developer
• Education: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Programming Skills: Strong hands-on programming skills in more than one language with a strong preference for Python
• Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas to engineers and senior leadership alike.
• System Design: Extensive experience designing, building, and migrating complex distributed software systems
• Problem Solving: The ability to understand business problems and synthesize types that accurately model them
• Desire to Ship: The desire to ship is greater than the desire to polish
• Expertise (Plus): Expertise in cart systems, payment gateways, and fraud detection mechanisms

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical planning and execution of all projects for the Order Capture team.
• Work closely with other lead engineers to drive the strategic technical planning with a 12-18 month future view.
• Identify tooling for development, testing, and deployments that improve the development experience and drive their implementation.
• Oversee development processes, including system architecture, code quality, and deployment pipelines.
• Solve complex engineering challenges, integrating systems for cart management, payment processing, and fraud prevention.
• Enhance system performance through iterative improvements, leveraging data-driven insights.

Application Instructions

• Not specified in the provided text. (Please refer to Minted's career website for application instructions).