Staff Full-stack Engineer - Shopping (Remote-eligible)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Financial wellness programs

Inclusive workplace culture

Professional development opportunities

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer - Shopping (Remote-eligible) to help shape technical direction for a high-scale digital platform in the Finance & Insurance space.

The role emphasizes modernizing core systems, defining standards, guiding platform implementation, and mentoring engineers to raise overall technical quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience with enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• Proficiency in cloud computing, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong background in data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and promote a bold technical vision.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions.
• Ensure quality in technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an expert on system performance and scalability.
• Mentor and coach engineers to enhance technical skills.
• Drive modernization of systems into microservices.
• Collaborate on long-term platform strategy and API standards.

Skills

7+ years of software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Design patterns

Data architecture

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer - Shopping (Remote-eligible) to join the team of a leader in the Finance & Insurance space.

This role will shape technical direction for a high-scale digital platform, turning complex business needs into practical engineering solutions that improve performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability. The engineer will partner closely with architecture and engineering teams to modernize core systems, define standards, and guide implementation across the stack. This is an opportunity to influence platform strategy, API consistency, and system scalability while mentoring other engineers and raising overall technical quality.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $244,700 – $279,200 annually

Responsibilities

• Articulate and promote a bold technical vision
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions
• Ensure quality in technical design and implementation
• Serve as an expert on system performance and scalability
• Mentor and coach engineers to enhance technical skills
• Drive modernization of systems into microservices
• Collaborate on long-term platform strategy and API standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
• Experience with enterprise architecture and design patterns
• Proficiency in cloud computing, including AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong background in data architecture

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Financial wellness programs
• Inclusive workplace culture
• Opportunities for professional development
• Performance-based incentives

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.