Senior Principal Backend Engineer - GraphQL Shopify Remote

Shutterfly; Durham (NC); A distancia; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bonus incentive

Health benefits

401K program

Descripción de la vacante

Spoonflower (part of the Shutterfly family) is evolving its ecommerce platform toward a modern, service‑oriented architecture for a global, made‑to‑order retail environment. We are hiring a Senior Principal Software Engineer to drive the design and evolution of core backend systems powering our commerce experience.

You will own backend services, lead GraphQL federation work, and coordinate Shopify integrations within a cross‑functional team to scale our platform and improve reliability across

Formación

• 8+ years in backend or platform engineering.
• Experience building distributed systems and APIs at scale.
• Deep proficiency in GraphQL design and federation.
• Experience with Shopify or similar ecommerce platforms.
• Strong Node.js/TypeScript experience.

Responsabilidades

• Own backend services and APIs powering commerce workflows.
• Lead architecture and implementation of GraphQL services on Apollo Federation.
• Build and improve Shopify integrations (Storefront Admin APIs, webhooks, orders).
• Reconcile Shopify inventory/SKU with made-to-order fulfillment.
• Define data models, service boundaries, and integration points.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and platform teams for simpler integration.
• Diagnose distributed-system and runtime failures, including federation transport.
• Own production systems: operability, observability, incident response.
• Provide design reviews, mentoring, and engineering standards.
• Influence roadmap with clear tradeoffs and business impact.

Conocimientos

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

GraphQL design

Shopify / ecommerce

Node.js / TypeScript

Production fault diagnosis

Observability / incident response

Independent ownership

Communication on tradeoffs

Herramientas

Apollo Federation

Shopify integrations

Kubernetes

Terraform

OpenSearch

Next.js

React

Descripción del empleo

Spoonflower (part of the Shutterfly family) is evolving its ecommerce platform toward a modern, service‑oriented architecture for a global, made‑to‑order retail environment. We are hiring a Senior Principal Software Engineer to drive the design and evolution of core backend systems powering our commerce experience.

You will own backend services, lead GraphQL federation work, and coordinate Shopify integrations within a cross‑functional team to scale our platform and improve reliability across