Staff Software Engineer: AI-Driven Cloud & Backend

Collectors; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Collectors is hiring for Full-Stack Staff Software Engineers to help shape the future of the collectibles industry. Build scalable cloud-based systems on AWS in a backend-forward role, delivering APIs and services that power buying, selling, authentication, and grading.

You will own end-to-end delivery, mentor teammates, and apply modern AI tools to accelerate velocity while improving reliability and security across platforms used by collectors worldwide.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building web applications, APIs, and distributed systems at scale.
• Experience at product-driven, tech-forward companies building service-oriented or microservice-based systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience, including serverless and event-driven architectures.
• Proficient with modern AI tooling to accelerate delivery and innovation.
• Strong fundamentals in OOP, design patterns, testing, security, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable cloud-based systems on AWS powering core collectibles platforms.
• Develop APIs and backend services enabling seamless web and mobile journeys for buying, selling, authentication, and grading.
• Own technical architecture and end-to-end delivery with staff-level influence across teams.
• Work on intricate grading and authentication workflows ensuring trust and accuracy at scale.
• Improve existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and engineering velocity.
• Provide technical leadership through design and code reviews and mentorship.

Skills

Software engineering

AWS (serverless)

API design

Distributed systems

Languages (Java, Python, C#)

React/Next.js

AI tooling (Claude, Codex)

Tools

React

Next.js

Python

Java

C#

Job description

Collectors is hiring for Full-Stack Staff Software Engineers to help shape the future of the collectibles industry. Build scalable cloud-based systems on AWS in a backend-forward role, delivering APIs and services that power buying, selling, authentication, and grading.

You will own end-to-end delivery, mentor teammates, and apply modern AI tools to accelerate velocity while improving reliability and security across platforms used by collectors worldwide.