Senior AI-Driven Ecommerce Backend Engineer

Socket.dev; Barrington (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Match

Paid PTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Gym Reimbursement

Job summary

Edmund Optics seeks a Senior Ecommerce Backend Engineer: AI‑Native to design, build, and extend backend services powering a modular ecommerce platform. You will integrate personalization, semantic search, DAM, PIM, and ERP, using AI-assisted workflows while ensuring security and reliability.

The role requires hands‑on backend expertise, strong API skills, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams, with onsite work in Barrington, NJ.

Qualifications

• Hands-on backend engineering for production web apps, services, APIs, and integrations.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and AI coding agents.
• Ability to review and improve AI-generated code for security, performance, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and extend backend services and APIs.
• Integrate personalization, semantic/LMM-based search, DAM, PIM, and ERP systems.
• Collaborate with frontend, data, and enterprise-application teams.
• Develop scalable, secure, well-documented APIs and services.

Skills

Backend development

AI-assisted coding

APIs design

Systems integration

SQL databases

CI/CD practices

Testing & debugging

Team collaboration

Security & reliability

Communication to stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS or related

7+ years professional backend/API experience

Tools

SAP/HANA

CI/CD pipelines

Logging/Monitoring

Version control

Job description

Edmund Optics seeks a Senior Ecommerce Backend Engineer: AI‑Native to design, build, and extend backend services powering a modular ecommerce platform. You will integrate personalization, semantic search, DAM, PIM, and ERP, using AI-assisted workflows while ensuring security and reliability.

The role requires hands‑on backend expertise, strong API skills, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams, with onsite work in Barrington, NJ.