Senior Staff Software Engineer: AI-Driven Systems

Commerce.com US; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to guide architecture across domains and scale our distributed systems for 60,000+ merchants worldwide. You will lead design, drive AI integration, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product managers and design teams across global offices.

You’ll shape long-term roadmaps, push for secure, reliable platforms, and champion high-quality, testable code in a fast-evolving AI-enabled commerce ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering delivering production systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience with server-side languages (e.g., PHP, Go, Scala, Java, Python, Ruby).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or similar) and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems.
• Drive architectural discussions across multiple domains and participate in cross-domain architectural working groups.
• Contribute to the definition and execution of the long-term technical roadmap; ensure decisions align with performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Drive initiatives to integrate AI technologies, including machine learning models and GenAI solutions, into existing and future products.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering leaders to translate requirements into technical solutions and mentor engineers.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Code reviews

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering or related field

Job description

Commerce is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to guide architecture across domains and scale our distributed systems for 60,000+ merchants worldwide. You will lead design, drive AI integration, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product managers and design teams across global offices.

You’ll shape long-term roadmaps, push for secure, reliable platforms, and champion high-quality, testable code in a fast-evolving AI-enabled commerce ecosystem.