Staff Software Engineer, API & Collectibles Data

Collectors; Santa Ana (CA); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Collectors is a leading technology company serving collectors worldwide, offering grading, authentication, vaulting, and sale of collectibles. We seek a Staff Software Engineer to steer the API and Collectibles Data Team, shaping external APIs, spec data, and data pipelines powering PSA, Beckett, SGC, Card Ladder, and partner products.

You will own architecture decisions, API strategy, and quality standards, with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and AI-enabled tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years engineering experience with technical leadership of multi-engineer projects.
• Backend engineering expert in Java and Python; handles complex API surfaces and data consistency.
• Experience designing and operating REST APIs at scale with proper versioning and security.

Responsabilités

• Own architecture of API and data domain end to end across services and data stores.
• Define API strategy including design standards, auth, rate limiting, and developer portals.
• Build and evolve collectibles data platform with robust data models and pipelines.
• Set standards for testing, observability, performance, and incident response.
• Lead cross-functional execution across Product, Marketplace, Grading, Vault, Data, and platform teams.
• Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing and documentation.
• Lead AI-first approach to tooling, with guardrails for AI coding assistants.

Connaissances

Java

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Data Modeling

Distributed Systems

API Gateways

Observability

AI Tools

Outils

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Kong

DynamoDB

React

Kafka

AWS ECS/EKS

Terraform

Description du poste

Collectors is a leading technology company serving collectors worldwide, offering grading, authentication, vaulting, and sale of collectibles. We seek a Staff Software Engineer to steer the API and Collectibles Data Team, shaping external APIs, spec data, and data pipelines powering PSA, Beckett, SGC, Card Ladder, and partner products.

You will own architecture decisions, API strategy, and quality standards, with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and AI-enabled tooling.