Senior Staff Engineer: AI-Driven Distributed Systems

Bigcommerce; United States; Remote; USD 186,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce, the parent company of BigCommerce, seeks a Staff Software Engineer to shape architectural direction for a globally scaled open AI-driven commerce platform. You will guide distributed systems, mentor engineers, and drive AI integration across products.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering leaders across offices to ensure reliable, high-performance software that delivers customer value and maintains security and scalability.

Qualifications

• Ten years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Expert backend development across multiple server-side languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with observability tooling and production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and evolution of scalable, distributed systems.
• Drive multi-domain architectural discussions and roadmaps.
• Integrate AI technologies, including GenAI, into products and platforms.
• Mentor engineers and uphold engineering excellence and code quality.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineers across teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Commerce, the parent company of BigCommerce, seeks a Staff Software Engineer to shape architectural direction for a globally scaled open AI-driven commerce platform. You will guide distributed systems, mentor engineers, and drive AI integration across products.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering leaders across offices to ensure reliable, high-performance software that delivers customer value and maintains security and scalability.