Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack

Collectors

$165K — $269K *
US-AnywhereRemote in California, US
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience in web applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS including serverless and event-driven architectures.
  • Proficient in using AI development tools to enhance engineering productivity.
  • Strong engineering fundamentals in OOP, design patterns, testing, and security.
  • Experience in at least one object-oriented programming language and comfort with others like Python, C#, or Java.
  • Familiarity with modern client-side frameworks like React or Next.js.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable cloud-based systems on AWS for collectibles platforms.
  • Develop APIs and backend services that enhance customer experiences across platforms.
  • Own the end-to-end technical architecture and feature delivery process.
  • Work on intricate grading and authentication workflows ensuring trust and accuracy.
  • Identify opportunities to improve existing systems' performance and reliability.
  • Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and explore innovative solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership through design and code reviews and mentor team members.

Benefits

  • Onsite collaboration expected for local candidates within 1-hour commuting distance.
  • Opportunity to influence and shape technical architecture and product direction.
  • Engagement in the evolving collectibles industry, fostering innovation.
Full Job Description

We’re looking for Full-StackStack 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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