Ecommerce Platform Lead Architect

Logoslabs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive Access

AI-First Skill Building

Accelerated Career Path

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Backcountry is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the evolution of our ecommerce platform. You will guide architecture, deliver high quality solutions, mentor engineering teams, and influence strategy across product areas.

This is a high impact leadership role in a fast paced environment, reporting to the Director of Engineering. You will partner with Product Design and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable features, champion modern practices, and drive reliability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development with ecommerce background.
• Expertise with Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and NodeJs.
• Strong front-end experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React.
• Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software delivery including architecture design, hands-on development, testing, deployment and production support.
• Mentor engineers across levels, review code, and guide technical decisions.
• Partner with Product Design and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable features.
• Champion modern engineering practices, including clean architecture, testing, and observability.
• Drive initiatives as a technical leader and guide teams from concept to delivery.
• Influence architectural direction to improve performance, scalability and reliability.
• Produce high-quality documentation and onboarding materials.
• Own reliability, monitoring, alerting, and incident response for mission-critical systems.

Skills

Java Spring

Spring Boot

NodeJs

Frontend HTML/CSS/JS

React

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Design patterns

SQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS/GCP

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Backcountry is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the evolution of our ecommerce platform. You will guide architecture, deliver high quality solutions, mentor engineering teams, and influence strategy across product areas.

This is a high impact leadership role in a fast paced environment, reporting to the Director of Engineering. You will partner with Product Design and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable features, champion modern practices, and drive reliability and