Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Feedonomics)

Employment Type: Full-time Location Type: Remote

Position Overview

BigCommerce, through its brand Feedonomics, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join its fully remote Engineering team. This role involves working within a collaborative, cross-functional team to deliver and scale core infrastructure components and services that power Feedonomics' robust, high-performance, data-intensive SaaS platform. Feedonomics is a leading product feed management platform that helps brands, retailers, and agencies list and optimize products across global e-commerce channels.

Responsibilities

• 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 the robustness of the CI/CD pipeline and streamline application development and deployment.
• Drive technology design and articulate architecture solution options to product owners and Engineering leadership.
• Conduct post-mortems to analyze and prevent repeat failures.
• Champion 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 by following industry trends, applying best practices, and contributing to their continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 5+ years of programming experience in backend languages.
• BS or higher degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience with PHP (Strongly preferred), Python, GoLang, Java, or a similar programming language.
• 2+ years of 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.

Company Information

BigCommerce's mission is to help merchants sell more at every stage of growth, from small startups to mid-market businesses and large enterprises. We focus on being the best e-commerce platform so our customers can focus on growing their businesses. We are equally passionate about growing our employees' careers and providing them with an incredible experience as we rapidly expand across the globe. BigCommerce is disrupting the e-commerce industry as the SaaS leader for fast-growing, mid-market businesses, enabling customers to build intuitive and engaging stores. Feedonomics, as a BigCommerce brand, has earned a strong reputation since 2014 for its full-service model, people-first culture, and powerful technology, all rooted in a commitment to excellence.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at BigCommerce

Our employees make the difference. At BigCommerce, 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.