Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Storefront Services

BigCommerce Pty; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Storefront Services Team to build and maintain backend features powering BigCommerce storefronts. You will work with product managers to shape requirements and deliver scalable GraphQL APIs for headless storefronts and integrations.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in production backend services, experience with Scala or Kotlin, and strong knowledge of GraphQL, HTTP, and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production backend services.
• Experience with Scala or Kotlin.
• Familiar with GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Build features for storefront services powering BigCommerce storefronts.
• Extend GraphQL Storefront API queries and fields with backward compatibility.
• Collaborate with product managers and partner teams on design and delivery.
• Investigate production issues and improve performance and reliability.
• Review code from teammates and pair with senior engineers.

Skills

Backend services

Scala or Kotlin

GraphQL

HTTP

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Commerce is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Storefront Services Team to build and maintain backend features powering BigCommerce storefronts. You will work with product managers to shape requirements and deliver scalable GraphQL APIs for headless storefronts and integrations.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in production backend services, experience with Scala or Kotlin, and strong knowledge of GraphQL, HTTP, and distributed systems.