Staff Engineer
Spreetail Inc.
IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 8–10 years of professional software engineering experience required.
- Remote‑first role with required work‑from‑home setup.
- Must provide own dual monitors and meet specific desktop/laptop specifications.
- Strong backend (Python) and frontend (React) expertise required.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Opportunity to design and launch a brand‑new scalable ecommerce platform.
Role overview
The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for architecting and building a brand‑new, scalable platform that enables business‑critical ecommerce capabilities. This role requires deep full‑stack expertise and prior experience in e‑commerce SaaS environments, and involves designing foundational architecture, defining technical standards, and delivering a production‑grade platform that supports long‑term growth, extensibility, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Designs and launches a scalable, production-ready platform from zero to one.
- Establishes foundational architecture that supports rapid feature expansion and multi‑tenant growth.
- Balances speed of delivery with long‑term maintainability.
- Implements secure, reliable, observable systems aligned with SaaS best practices.
- Creates extensible APIs and UI layers that enable internal and external consumers.
- Drives engineering standards across testing, CI/CD, code quality, and documentation.
- Anticipates ecommerce‑specific challenges.
- Acts as a technical leader and mentor while remaining hands‑on.
Requirements
- 8‑10 years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in platform services, with deep expertise in data platform engineering, backend systems, and front‑end application development.
- Proven experience building or significantly contributing to e‑commerce SaaS platforms.
- Experience working in high‑growth, scaling environments.
- Strong backend development experience (Python).
- Strong frontend development experience (React).
- Experience designing RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and system design.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
- Knowledge of secure software design principles.
- Remote position; candidate must have an available work‑from‑home setup.
- Desktop/Laptop system requirements: 4th generation or higher Intel i3 or equivalent processor; at least 4 GB RAM; Windows 10+ or macOS operating system.
- Must provide own dual monitors.
- Strong and stable internet connection (DSL, cable or fiber wired, 10 Mbps plan or higher).
- PC headset.
- High‑definition external or integrated webcam with at least 720p resolution.
Additional details
- Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs. Learn how we are building one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies in history: www.spreetail.com.
- Join a high‑performing technology organization that values innovation, ownership, and collaboration. You’ll work with talented engineers who care deeply about building scalable systems and driving real business impact.
- Please be aware of scammers. Spreetail will only contact you through Lever or the domain. Spreetail will never ask candidates for money during the recruitment process. Emails from @spreetailjobs.com are fraudulent.
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