Staff Engineer

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.  

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. The engineer will design foundational architecture, define technical standards, and deliver a production-grade platform that supports long-term growth, extensibility, and operational excellence. This is a highly autonomous role with significant influence over system design, technical direction, and engineering best practices.     Why Spreetail   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. Together, we’ll make Spreetail better.                    

How you will achieve success:

• 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.

What experiences will help you in this role:

• 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.

This is a remote position and requires candidates to have an available work-from-home setup Desktop/Laptop system requirements: - 4th generation or higher, at least Intel i3 or equivalent processor; - at least 4GB RAM; - Windows 10 and above or MAC OSX operating system  - You are required to provide your own dual monitorsA strong and stable internet connection (A DSL, cable or fiber wired internet service with 10 Mbps plan or higher for primary connection)PC HeadsetA high-definition (HD) external or integrated webcam with at least 720p resolution.
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