Senior Software Engineer – Storefront Services

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain features for the service that supports every BigCommerce storefront.

• Collaborate with product managers and partner teams to define requirements and design solutions prior to development and deployment.

• Enhance and expand GraphQL Storefront API queries and fields while ensuring backward compatibility.

• Advance the storefront service to facilitate AI-driven shopping experiences, such as agent browsing, cart construction, and checkout processes.

• Diagnose and resolve production issues.

• Optimize service performance and reliability.

• Conduct code reviews for teammates and other engineering teams involved with the storefront service.

• Develop design capabilities through participation in design reviews and collaboration with senior engineers.

• Oversee engineering changes from inception to production with a sense of ownership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in developing backend services that are deployed in production environments.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent experience is preferred.

• Preferred production experience with Scala or Kotlin.

• Backend engineering skills in other languages such as Java or Go, with a willingness to learn Scala.

• Proven experience collaborating with product managers or stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs for production delivery.

• Solid understanding of HTTP fundamentals, including caching headers, cookies and sessions, and timeouts.

• Familiarity with GraphQL APIs.

• Knowledge of service-to-service communication and caching technologies, such as gRPC and Redis.

• Experience troubleshooting production issues using metrics, traces, and logs, such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Sentry.

• Familiarity with feature flags and progressive rollouts.

• Experience writing automated tests and engaging with CI/CD pipelines.

• Regular use of AI coding assistants, such as Claude Code or Cursor, with thorough review of AI-generated code.

• Interest in how AI agents interact with APIs, including MCP and tool invocation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Optional collaborative workspaces located in Austin, Atlanta, and London.

• Variable compensation options, such as bonuses or commissions, where applicable.

• Equity options, where applicable.

• Benefits in line with local policies.

• Commitment to an inclusive and accessible hiring process.

• Secure processing of government ID and biometric verification in compliance with applicable privacy regulations.