Senior Platform Architect: AI & Distributed Systems

Commerce; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable distributed systems. You will influence architectural direction across domains and ensure the platform scales securely for thousands of merchants, while guiding AI and GenAI integration into current and future products.

This role emphasizes collaboration with product managers, designers, and engineering leaders worldwide, mentoring engineers, promoting engineering excellence, and delivering

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with leadership in architecture.
• Expertise in back-end development with multiple server-side languages.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and evolution of scalable distributed systems.
• Drive AI/GenAI integration into products.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Sentry

Kibana

Datadog

Job description

Commerce is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable distributed systems. You will influence architectural direction across domains and ensure the platform scales securely for thousands of merchants, while guiding AI and GenAI integration into current and future products.

This role emphasizes collaboration with product managers, designers, and engineering leaders worldwide, mentoring engineers, promoting engineering excellence, and delivering