Senior Backend Engineer, Storefront Services (Hybrid)

Commerce; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a backend engineer to build and maintain the storefront service that powers BigCommerce storefronts. You will work with product managers to shape requirements and design solutions before building and releasing them.

You will extend GraphQL Storefront API queries, ensure backward compatibility for headless storefronts, and help evolve the service to support AI-driven shopping for shoppers. Collaboration with peers is essential, with strong code reviews and reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building backend services that run in production.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, SW, CE, MIS; or equivalent experience.
• Production experience with Scala or Kotlin preferred; other languages welcome to learn Scala.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features in the storefront service powering BigCommerce storefronts.
• Extend GraphQL Storefront API queries and fields with backward compatibility.
• Help evolve storefront service to support AI driven shopping for carts and checkout.
• Investigate and fix production issues, improving performance and reliability.
• Review code from teammates and other teams through design reviews and pairing with seniors.

Skills

Backend services

Scala or Kotlin

HTTP fundamentals

GraphQL APIs

CI/CD pipelines

AI coding assistants

APIs & integration

Testing automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/SW/CE/MIS

Tools

GraphQL

Redis

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Sentry

Job description

Commerce is seeking a backend engineer to build and maintain the storefront service that powers BigCommerce storefronts. You will work with product managers to shape requirements and design solutions before building and releasing them.

You will extend GraphQL Storefront API queries, ensure backward compatibility for headless storefronts, and help evolve the service to support AI-driven shopping for shoppers. Collaboration with peers is essential, with strong code reviews and reliable deployments.