Remote Senior Backend Architect, GraphQL & Shopify

Shutterfly; Fort Mill (SC); A distancia; USD 140.000 - 225.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bonus incentive

Health benefits

401K program

Other employee perks

Descripción de la vacante

Spoonflower, part of the Shutterfly family, is evolving its eCommerce platform and hiring a Senior Principal Software Engineer to shape backend systems powering our commerce experience.

You will lead GraphQL federation work, Shopify integrations, and the evolution of our backend services while partnering with frontend, product, and platform teams to enable scalable, reliable commerce workflows.

Formación

• 8+ years of backend or platform engineering experience.
• Experience building distributed systems and APIs at scale.
• Deep proficiency in GraphQL design and federated architectures.
• Experience with Shopify or similar eCommerce platforms.
• Strong experience with Node.js / TypeScript.
• Track record of diagnosing production failures at runtime or transport level.
• Ownership of systems in production and reliable performance.

Responsabilidades

• Own the design and evolution of core backend services and APIs supporting commerce workflows.
• Lead architecture and implementation of GraphQL services on Apollo Federation supergraph.
• Build and improve Shopify integrations as part of a cross-team effort.
• Reconcile Shopify inventory/SKU model with print-on-demand fulfillment.
• Define and improve service boundaries, data models, and integration points.
• Partner with frontend, product, and platform teams to simplify integration.
• Diagnose and resolve distributed-system and runtime failures under load.
• Own production systems, including observability and incident response.
• Act as a technical reference through design reviews and mentoring.
• Influence roadmap decisions with clear tradeoffs.

Conocimientos

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

GraphQL

Shopify

Node.js/TypeScript

Production ownership

Independent work

Communication

Descripción del empleo

Spoonflower, part of the Shutterfly family, is evolving its eCommerce platform and hiring a Senior Principal Software Engineer to shape backend systems powering our commerce experience.

You will lead GraphQL federation work, Shopify integrations, and the evolution of our backend services while partnering with frontend, product, and platform teams to enable scalable, reliable commerce workflows.