Senior Principal Software Engineer
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JobgetherDigital Commerce
Based in United StatesFull-TimeSenior
SalaryCalifornia: $159,750 - $225,500; Connecticut and New York: $159,750 - $206,250; Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and Washington: $159,750 - $191,000; Nevada: $150,000 - $206,250; Maryland and New Jersey: $172,500 - $206,250; Hawaii: $150,000 - $179,500
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSGraphQLNode.jsTypeScriptDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in backend engineering, platform engineering, or related software development roles.
- Strong experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems and APIs at scale.
- Deep expertise in GraphQL design and implementation, including federated and supergraph architectures.
- Strong proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Experience working with eCommerce platforms, integrations, or large-scale transactional systems.
- Proven ability to diagnose complex production issues at the runtime, transport, or infrastructure level.
- Demonstrated ownership of production systems, including reliability, performance optimization, and operational excellence.
- Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and deliver high-impact technical solutions.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain architectural decisions and technical tradeoffs.
- Hands-on experience with Apollo Federation supergraph architectures (preferred).
- Experience with headless commerce architectures and third-party commerce integrations (plus).
- Familiarity with AWS event-driven messaging services such as SNS/SQS (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Own the design, evolution, and scalability of backend services and APIs supporting commerce workflows.
- Lead the architecture and implementation of GraphQL services using federated and supergraph-based approaches.
- Build and improve integrations with major commerce platforms, including APIs, webhooks, and order lifecycle processes.
- Design service boundaries, data models, and system integrations to improve platform scalability and maintainability.
- Solve complex technical challenges involving distributed systems, runtime behavior, transport performance, and connection management.
- Own production systems by ensuring performance, observability, availability, and effective incident response practices.
- Partner with engineering, product, frontend, and platform teams to simplify development workflows and improve system integration.
- Influence technical strategy and roadmap decisions by providing clear architectural recommendations.
- Act as a technical mentor through design reviews, best practices, and standards development.
- Drive ambiguous, high-impact engineering initiatives from concept through successful delivery.
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