Senior Software Engineer - Shape a D2C Platform

Emergent Staffing; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Emergent Staffing seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve customer-facing features powering a direct-to-consumer digital platform. You will partner with Product, UX, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software in a fast-moving environment.

The role requires independent work, strong technical judgment, and a balance of rapid execution with long-term scalability. You will mentor engineers, contribute to architecture, and help shape the platform's reliability,

Qualifications

• Professional software development experience building customer-facing software systems.
• Strong fundamentals with production-quality code.
• Experience designing, building, maintaining web services and APIs.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with APIs, webhooks, or event-driven integration.
• Ability to work independently and evaluate trade-offs.
• Strong communication in technical discussions and reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deliver customer-facing features and components.
• Evaluate approaches balancing customer needs, performance, and maintainability.
• Develop and operate reliable web services and distributed systems.
• Integrate third-party services and SaaS via APIs and webhooks.
• Maintain high engineering standards through testing and reviews.
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Collaborate with Product and UX to translate needs into solutions.
• Mentor engineers and share technical guidance.

Skills

Software development

Web services

APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Code reviews

Technical communication

Independent worker

Job description

Emergent Staffing seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve customer-facing features powering a direct-to-consumer digital platform. You will partner with Product, UX, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software in a fast-moving environment.

The role requires independent work, strong technical judgment, and a balance of rapid execution with long-term scalability. You will mentor engineers, contribute to architecture, and help shape the platform's reliability,