Senior or Staff Full Stack Engineer with Search Experience - remote

Who We Are:

StackCommerce is the leading commerce + content platform. For consumers, we help them discover and purchase products directly on the news and content sites they visit daily. For merchants, we provide unmatched exposure through shoppable articles and product features on the world’s largest media outlets. For publishers, we power white-labeled e-commerce shops with on-site checkout for over 1,000 publishers including Yahoo!, CNN, Hearst, Mashable, NY Post, TMZ, MarketWatch, and many more.

The Role:

The Senior Engineer will apply their years of technical experience developing web applications towards building scalable ecommerce platform solutions with special responsibility for our search platform.

What You’ll Do:

• Configure and maintain Elasticsearch and related search technologies
• Contribute toward our ongoing roadmap for Search and Discovery
• Develop software solutions in Ruby on Rails
• Maintain a standard for modular and test-driven code
• Take on large projects with a high level autonomy
• Contribute to important architectural decisions
• Adhere to and advocate for technology standards and best practices

What You’ll Need:

• 4+ years of experience with Elasticsearch
• 6+ years experience with server side scripting and frameworks (Ruby/Rails strongly preferred)
• 6+ years of experience in HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Experience developing with Javascript frameworks (React/Next.js preferred)
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design
• Experience in using relational databases: MySQL, Postgres etc
• Experience building RESTful JSON APIs
• Experience with test-driven development
• Understanding of best practices and willingness to discuss the choices you make with your fellow engineers and teammates
• Love of code and complex problem solving
• Readiness to jump into a fast-paced, high-growth, resource-lean environment

Big Pluses:

• Experience developing for large-scale ecommerce (integrated shopping cart, PayPal API, Stripe etc.)
• Node.js experience
• Experience configuring and maintaining AWS Infrastructure

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelors in CS or significantly broad engineering experience
• 6+ years of relevant software engineering experience
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment and adapt to changing priorities
• Experience implementing feature-sized code changes without guidance.
• Experience implementing large components and/or significant rearchitecting a system alongside a team.
• Experience writing unit tests, integration tests, etc. and working as part of a technical team.
• Experience acting as a technical lead on some projects.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with cross-functional groups.
• Ability to describe technical projects at the right level of detail to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A track record of being a trusted advisor and partner both inside and outside of an engineering team.

What to Expect:

• Intro Call: You’ll hop on a quick call with the hiring manager so we can get to know you better — and you can learn a little more about the role.
• Interviews with our Remote Team: You’ll meet a few team members. This is your chance to ask questions and see who this role interacts with on a daily basis.
• Code Challenge: We send over a quick exercise that challenges you to solve a problem and come up with a creative solution. Get a feel for what you’ll be doing on a daily basis!
• Final Video Call: This is a great opportunity to get to know our CPO, COO, or CEO over video.
• Offer: We send over an offer and you (hopefully) accept! Welcome to Stack!

Benefits + Perks:

As a company, we have a lot to offer for the right candidate:

• Competitive Compensation Package: Equity, 401(k) &Health Insurance
• Dream Setup: MacBook + 27” Thunderbolt display with any bells and whistles you need
• Super Flex Time: Run errands as needed, just get your stuff done
• Unlimited Vacation: Take time to unwind
• Learning Budget: Dollars towards eLearning courses, eBooks, and more
• WFH Office: Home office stipend and internet dollars to set you up for success
• Events: Weekly happy hours, company trips, team bonding budgets, quarterly company “Hack Days,” monthly birthday celebrations, and team culture events (even while remote!)

Stack Highlights:

By the numbers…

• We’ve paid our publisher and merchant partners $150+ million and counting!
• We’ve been a profitable business from day 1.
• We work with 1k+ media publishers including Mashable, TMZ, CNN, NY Post, &others.
• We’ve been a ‘BuiltinLA Best Place to Work in LA’ for 2 years straight.
• We’re currently a fully-remote team with 110 teammates. Are you next?

StackCommerce is an equal-opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration. If you’re passionate about your work, we’d love to hear from you!