Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions accelerate growth across all major digital marketplaces for the world's leading brands. We give clients access to near real-time performance measurement and improve sales, share, and profit. With teams across the Americas, Europe and APAC, we offer a career with real impact, endless growth opportunities and the support you need to be the best you can be.
The Opportunity
In this role, you will support our Perpetua product, which focuses on the seller and SMB market segment within the Flywheel portfolio. Perpetua provides growth optimization and reporting technology for the world’s smartest eCommerce businesses. Through the platform, brands and sellers create goals based on strategy and rely on Perpetua’s best-in-class, always-on optimization to execute tactically.
As a Senior Software Engineer - Backend with Perpetua you will be contributing to web applications written in Django Python and ReactJS / Typescript to bring a great Perpetua experience to our users. Amazon Ads is a $40B business today and every retailer on the planet is replicating the Amazon playbook, we’ve already transformed the way businesses approach e-commerce and online advertising and we’re ready to continue growing.
What You'll Do:
- You will build end-to-end features in our core platform across marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, and Instacart.
- You will help us build deeper workflows into retail media platforms from across the globe.
- You will contribute to system design and architecture across our back-end microservices primarily deployed on GCP. From how we ingest and process terabytes of data every day to how data flows through our systems to power our platform.
- You will work closely with a team of 4-5 engineers, a product manager, and a designer to deliver a smooth experience to our customers.
- You will support the wider engineering organization by identifying areas of improvement, proposing RFCs, seeking feedback early and often, iterating over your ideas, and co-creating something better than you could have done by yourself.
Who You Are:
- 5+ Years of software engineering experience in web-based technologies at a product company.
- Proficient in backend development, with strong experience in a backend language, preferably Java.
- Experienced in frontend development using JavaScript and modern frameworks, ideally React.
- Skilled in designing, deploying, and managing distributed systems, with experience in cloud platforms such as GCP and/or AWS.
- Full-stack development experience across different technologies and frameworks, preferably with Spring Boot.
- Ability to create clear technical designs and provide well-reasoned explanations for your ideas.
- Write clean, secure, and scalable code that adheres to best practices and industry standards.
- Passionate about product and feature development, with a strong drive to improve user experience.
- Highly self-motivated and able to work independently, with excellent time and task management skills.
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and data structures.
- Emphasis on UI/UX design with a strong focus on customer experience and usability.
- Solid understanding of security fundamentals.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with proficiency in English.
- Experience with both NoSQL and relational databases.
- Proficient in test-driven development (TDD) and agile engineering practices, including continuous integration.
- Comfortable working in an Agile environment and collaborating as part of a distributed team.
- Practical experience with distributed version control systems, particularly Git, in a team setting.
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We are proud to offer all Flywheelers a competitive rewards package and unparalleled career growth opportunities and a supportive, fun and engaging culture.
- We have office hubs across the globe where team members can go to feel productive, inspired, and connected to others - team members go into Hub Offices 3x a week
- Flexible vacation time
- Great learning and development opportunities
- Benefits that help you live your best life
- Parental leave and benefits
- Volunteering opportunities
- If you’re looking to connect with teammates on a topic of inclusion and identity, chances are there’s an ERG for that.
- So you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check
- Learn more about us here: Life at Flywheel
The Interview Process:
Every role starts the same, an introductory call with someone from our Talent Acquisition team. We will be looking for company and values-fit as well as your professional experience; there may be some technical role-specific questions during this call.
Every role is different after the initial call, but you can expect to meet several people from the team 1:1 and there might be further skill assessments in the form of a Take Home Assignment/Case Study Presentation or Pair Programming/Live Coding exercise depending on the role. In your initial call, we will walk you through exactly what to expect the process to be.
Inclusive Workforce
Flywheel Commerce Network’s goal is to create a culture where all individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable in bringing their authentic selves to work. We want all people to feel included and empowered to contribute fully to our vision and goals. Flywheel Commerce Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. All applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
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