URBN Software Engineer

URBN; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

URBN is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute across the full software development lifecycle for its ecommerce platforms including Anthropologie.com and UrbanOutfitters.com. You will design and implement microservices, build new features, and work with designers, architects, and product partners to deliver high quality, scalable solutions.

The role requires 3–5 years of software development experience, strong REST and data modeling skills, and proficiency in Python/Golang.

Qualifications

• Proficient in OO principles and modern design patterns.
• 3-5 years of software development experience in web services.
• Experience with JSON, REST, HTML, AJAX, CSS in browser contexts.
• Self-starter and eager to own features end-to-end.
• Proficient in Python and Golang with RESTful APIs.
• Strong data modeling and asynchronous messaging skills.
• Experience with AI coding agents in professional codebases.
• Excellent communication across teams and with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop microservices and event-driven systems.
• Develop new features and improve existing ecommerce applications.
• Plan, design, and build complex software solutions from requirements.
• Create functional designs with architects, engineers, and business partners.
• Leverage AI coding agents during planning and coding, ensuring quality.
• Respond to production issues and maintain system reliability.
• Collaborate across teams and share knowledge with peers.

Skills

OO principles & design patterns

3-5 years software development

RESTful services

Asynchronous messaging

Data modeling

AI coding agent experience

Communication & cross-team

Tools

Python

Golang

JSON

REST APIs

Django

Tornado/Flask

React

Vue.js

NoSQL DB

PostgreSQL / Cloud SQL

ElasticSearch

Solr

Job description

Role Summary

URBN is seeking a Software Engineer who will be an integral part of each phase of the software development lifecycle includingdesign, development, deployment and maintenance. The primary focus will be on enhancing our Ecommerceplatforms supporting the online shopping experience for our brands including Anthropologie.com,UrbanOutfitters.com, FreePeople.com, and ShopTerrain.com, developing customer facingapplications, and the ability to work with or in existing store brands.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and development of microservices and event driven systems
• Develop new product features and advance the design of existing code for the Ecommerce applications
• Help determine the requirements, then plan, design, and develop complex and business critical softwaresolutions
• Develop functional designs while interacting with enterprise architects, developers, business partners aswell as end users
• Leverage AI coding agents across planning, implementation, and review, and take accountability for the correctness and quality of the resulting code
• React to possible production issues
• Enjoys working in a collaborative team setting

Role Qualifications

Qualifications

• Understanding of OO principles and design patterns
• At least 3-5 years of software development experience
• Experience with related browser technologies including JSON, REST, HTML, AJAX, CSS
• Self-starter, ready to learn new concepts and technologies. Willing to take on responsibility for newfeatures and develop them from inception to completion
• Proficient in Python/Golang
• Strong understanding of RESTful services design
• Strong understanding of asynchronous message processing technologies
• Strong data modeling skills
• Hands-on experience with an AI coding agent in a professional codebase (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)
• Strong communications skills - able to discuss complex technical problems with developers, QA andBSAs
• Enjoys working across teams and sharing knowledge with other engineers

Job Skills

• Familiarity with search solutions like Elastic Search, Solr
• Demonstrated expertise with Unit Testing frameworks and mocking libraries
• Familiar with Django or other ORM frameworks
• Experience with Tornado/Flask or other web server technologies
• Experience with Vue.js or React or similar web frameworks
• Experience with any NoSQL DB
• Experience with RDBMS preferably postgres/cloud sql
• Experience authoring agent files and reusable skills, and connecting agents to real systems via CLI tools or MCP
• Exposure to data science and Machine learning technologies
• Understanding of cloud hosting platforms and infrastructure

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The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.