Staff Software Engineer – AI-Driven Distributed Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Collaborative workspaces available

Job summary

Commerce is a remote-first company delivering an AI-driven commerce ecosystem, including BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and Makeswift. We empower 60,000+ merchants with scalable, secure platforms and cross-team collaboration.

The Staff Software Engineer will influence architecture, mentor engineers, and drive high-impact technical solutions across global teams, while advancing AI integration and platform reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering delivering production systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven leadership in technical direction and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and evolution of scalable distributed systems across domains.
• Drive AI and GenAI initiatives into existing and future products.
• Mentor engineers and enforce coding standards for reliability and security.
• Collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Build tools and frameworks to accelerate safe, high-quality delivery.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Microservices

Leadership

Mentorship

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

GCP

Sentry

Kibana

Datadog

PostgreSQL

Job description

Commerce is a remote-first company delivering an AI-driven commerce ecosystem, including BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and Makeswift. We empower 60,000+ merchants with scalable, secure platforms and cross-team collaboration.

The Staff Software Engineer will influence architecture, mentor engineers, and drive high-impact technical solutions across global teams, while advancing AI integration and platform reliability.