Senior Software Engineer, Platform

About the job:
Full-time
Tapcart is the ultimate mobile commerce platform fueling the fastest growing brands. We power mobile apps for over 50 million consumers worldwide, processing over $6 billion in mobile commerce revenue.

Almost all ecommerce traffic comes from a mobile device; we turn these users into high retention growth for some of the largest brands, including BÉIS, Princess Polly, gorjana, LSKD, BYLT Basics, and many more. Tapcart is trusted by thousands of brands to power their mobile experience by building mobile apps in hours (not months).

As a Senior Engineer on the Platform team at Tapcart you will contribute to our cloud applications by supporting the development, deployment, and release of SDKs, APIs, and innovative customer-facing products for our next-gen mobile app authoring platform. This role is perfect for an ambitious candidate interested in working on a wide variety of projects with a small team. You will have the opportunity to work on a cloud full-stack dev team, with an emphasis on developer tooling, maintaining and building backend services, and deploying and optimizing cloud architecture. We are looking for candidates with a proven track record designing, building, and launching production software focusing on resilience, performance, and extensibility in the ecommerce space.

The ideal candidate is passionate about the latest cutting-edge technologies, experienced with iterative development, a good communicator, and a strong creative collaborator. They are equally at home provisioning cloud infrastructure, instrumenting observability, and writing software to run as containerized services. Presented with a problem space this person can translate business and functional requirements into live production-ready stacks. This person will help shape the future of products at Tapcart.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Build and deploy new microservices in a cloud environment
Architect and review the design for cutting-edge services using the latest tools in close collaboration with our cloud technology partners
Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost and performance
Protect customer and shopper data with enterprise-grade security best-practices and global regulatory compliance
WHAT SKILLS YOU’LL NEED
5-7 years experience in software engineering
Expertise with technologies such as Node.js, Typescript, Docker, and Kubernetes
Expertise with cloud-based solutions such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CICD tools for provisioning cloud infrastructure and deploying applications
Experience with networking configuration in a cloud computing environment
Ability to architect software solutions and obtain buy-in from stakeholders
Proven experience defining API schemas and managing change over time
Experience in system architecture design, application development
Experience working with NoSQL and SQL databases
Nice-to-haves: Experience with React, React Native, Next.js, CSS and CSS preprocessors, and/or Mobile development
This position is not eligible for visa transfer or sponsorship.

This position is remote eligible in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, MI, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA

Tapcart Perks & Benefits

401(K) and stock options for all full-time employees
Affordable, high quality medical insurance coverage
Dental and vision insurance coverage paid 100% for employees
Life and disability insurance coverage
Flexible PTO and Sick Time
11 paid company holidays
One-time stipend for outfitting your home office, plus a recurring merchant shopping stipend