Backend Engineer II, Storefront Services (Hybrid)

BigCommerce Pty.; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

BigCommerce is hiring a Software Engineer II to join the Storefront Services Team in a hybrid Atlanta setting. You will build and maintain backend features that power every BigCommerce storefront, working with product managers and partner teams.

You will extend GraphQL Storefront API queries, evolve the service for AI-driven shopping, and diagnose production issues to improve performance and reliability. Collaboration and code reviews with senior engineers are expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building backend services in production.
• Experience with GraphQL APIs and storefront services.
• Collaboration with product managers to translate requirements into design.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and debugging production issues.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features powering every BigCommerce storefront.
• Extend GraphQL Storefront API queries and fields while maintaining backward compatibility.
• Help evolve storefront service to support AI-driven shopping experiences.
• Investigate and fix production issues; improve performance and reliability.
• Review code and pair with senior engineers to grow design skills.

Skills

Scala/Kotlin

Backend services

HTTP fundamentals

GraphQL

CI/CD

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Sentry

Redis

Job description

BigCommerce is hiring a Software Engineer II to join the Storefront Services Team in a hybrid Atlanta setting. You will build and maintain backend features that power every BigCommerce storefront, working with product managers and partner teams.

You will extend GraphQL Storefront API queries, evolve the service for AI-driven shopping, and diagnose production issues to improve performance and reliability. Collaboration and code reviews with senior engineers are expected.