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Carewell

Staff Software Engineer, Commerce Platform

Remote

Are you a data-driven problem solver who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others while contributing to a successful business? Join Carewell and be a part of a team that creates impactful solutions for caregivers and their unique challenges. We're looking for hardworking individuals committed to raising the bar and striving for impact, scalability, and simplicity. Build your career with Carewell, a category-defining business dedicated to making caregiving easier.

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The importance of hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Commerce Platform

As our Staff Software Engineer, Commerce Platform, you'll be at the forefront of building smooth and efficient shopping experiences for our caregiver community. You'll start off as a team of one, but eventually build a dedicated team in managing and evolving our core Orders Platform services, including the cart service, autoship service, fraud service, and checkout service. This is a critical leadership role where you'll drive technical decisions, inspire your team, and directly impact the success of our high-scale ecommerce platform.

What you’ll do:

  • Lead the building, maintenance, and optimization of the cart, autoship, fraud, and checkout services.
  • Define the technical vision and roadmap for the Orders Platform, ensuring alignment with business goals, technical best practices, and high-scale ecommerce demands.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to understand and translate requirements into efficient, scalable, and secure solutions.
  • Design, develop, and deploy robust microservices leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Typescript, React, Feathers, and modern toolchains.
  • Oversee the entire software development lifecycle for assigned services, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Foster a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment within your team, promoting code reviews, continuous improvement, and technical growth.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in e-commerce, microservices, cloud platforms, and web development, with a focus on high-scale solutions.
  • Proactively identify and resolve technical challenges and bottlenecks within the Orders Platform.
  • Contribute to the overall platform architecture and infrastructure decisions, considering high-scalability requirements.
  • Mentor and coach junior engineers, helping them hone their skills and expertise in high-scale e-commerce environments.

KPIs: 

  • On-time delivery of high quality software
  • Happy, engaged, and enthusiastic team members
  • 99.9% Uptime on critical systems

What you’ll need:

  • 10+ years of experience as a software engineer with a proven track record of leading and mentoring teams, particularly in high-scale e-commerce contexts.
  • 7+ years of experience as a lead engineer or team lead, demonstrating successful leadership skills and the ability to motivate and empower others.
  • 3+ years of experience specifically in high-scale e-commerce development and architecture, understanding the unique challenges and best practices in this domain.
  • In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Kubernetes, and relevant services for high-scale deployments.
  • Expertise in Typescript and modern Javascript frameworks like React.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools like GitHub Actions.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms like DataDog.
  • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to prioritize effectively, manage multiple projects concurrently, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Passion for building high-quality software and a desire to learn and adapt to new technologies, with a focus on high-scale solutions.

What we offer:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Short-term Disability and Life Insurance (100% employer-sponsored)
  • Supplemental Life Insurance (employee-sponsored)
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 100% Remote
  • Generous paid time off and 6 paid holidays 
  • Employee discount

 

About Carewell

Carewell is a category-defining business that is dedicated to providing the most trusted and reputable retail source for caregiving products. Our vast selection of expert-vetted products includes incontinence supplies, wound care, nutrition, mobility aids, and more, all available at the best prices with fast, reliable shipping. We are proud to have been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the US, ranked on the Inc. 5000, and named one of the most customer-centric companies in the world by Forbes in 2022. At Carewell, we understand the importance of caregiving, and we strive to provide the highest quality products to help caregivers provide the best care possible for their loved ones.

As the number of older adults in the US grows, the need for caregiving solutions will only increase. By joining Carewell, you will have the opportunity to work in a space that is constantly evolving, with new challenges and opportunities for growth. We are committed to being architects of our own success, always striving to improve our teams, partnerships, and solutions to ensure impact, scalability, and simplicity. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded individuals, using customer insights, data, research, and feedback to make decisions and create the most effective solutions. If you are ready to join a team of dedicated individuals who are committed to making a difference in the world, Carewell is the place for you.

Learn more about us in the Carewell Newsroom.

Carewell's mission is centered around creating a better world for care. We believe having diverse and inclusive teams is an integral part of carrying out that mission. Our increasingly diverse world is faced with complex care challenges that can best be solved through a diverse and inclusive workforce, community of partners, and stakeholders. Carewell is committed to equal opportunity, and we welcome and encourage all walks of life to come learn, grow, collaborate, and create a better world for care with us.

Job ID: 5085487004
Employment Type: Other