Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack

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 the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team. Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder. Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and France. We’re looking for Full-Stack Stack Staff Software Engineers to help shape the future of the collectibles industry through scalable platforms, highly intricate grading architecture, and engaging customer experiences that power a connected ecosystem for collectors around the world. These are backend-leaning roles focus on building robust services, improving scalability and performance, and delivering innovative features and tooling that make collecting more seamless, trusted, and engaging. You’ll help drive the digital transformation of a rapidly evolving industry, contributing to both new innovation and the continued evolution of platforms that sit at the center of how collectors buy, sell, authenticate, grade, and engage with the things they love. We believe there is significant value in onsite partnership and team collaboration, and candidates within 1-hour commuting distance of the office may be expected to work onsite most of the time. Additional details will be discussed during the recruiting process.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and build scalable cloud-based systems on AWS that power core collectibles platforms and experiences
• Develop APIs and backend services that enable seamless web and mobile customer journeys across buying, selling, authentication, and grading
• Own technical architecture and delivery of end-to-end features, from design through deployment, with staff-level influence across teams
• Work on highly intricate grading and authentication workflows that ensure trust, accuracy, and consistency at scale
• Improve and evolve existing systems, identifying opportunities to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability
• Leverage modern AI tools and techniques to accelerate development, improve engineering velocity, and explore new ways of building
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and mentorship, raising engineering quality across teams

Who You Are:

• 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
• Use modern AI tools (e.g. Claude Cowork, Codex) as a crucial part of your development workflow to accelerate delivery, improve engineering velocity, and explore new approaches to building that drive team-wide productivity and innovation
• Strong fundamentals in engineering (OOP, design patterns, testing, security, observability), with deep proficiency in at least one object-oriented language and ability and willingness to work across languages such as Python, C#, or Java
• Familiarity with modern client-side frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js) and delivering consumer-facing digital experiences
• Proven experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional product teams embedded with Product, Design, TPM, and Business partners, shaping requirements, tradeoffs, and execution end-to-end

The salary range for this position is $165,848 - $269,259. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, experience, and skill set. This role may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation, please ask your recruiter for details.

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We believe that a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills will better service the diverse community of collectors we support.

If you require an accommodation to apply or interview with us due to a disability or special need, please email [e-mail].

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Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team. Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder. Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and France.