Remote Scala Software Engineer

Job Overview

BigCommerce is seeking a talented Scala Software Engineer to join our Catalog team. As a key member of this growing team, you will focus on developing new features and enhancing the performance and reliability of existing Catalog domain services. Our technology stack includes Scala, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Redis, and gRPC, with some components in Go and PHP. This role offers a dynamic, collaborative environment where you can expand your skills and take ideas from inception to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build highly-available, high-performance, redundant, and scalable distributed systems in a polyglot environment.
• Utilize performance optimization techniques to ensure the responsiveness of the platform.
• Develop new features with a focus on testability, extensibility, and maintainability.
• Work closely with stakeholders to improve the architecture while building and scaling back-end services.
• Maintain and improve our backend Scala services.
• Write code that is high-performance, maintainable, clear, and concise.
• Ensure the quality of code from development to production.
• Collaborate with teams located across the globe.

Qualifications

• Professional experience as a Scala Software Engineer.
• Experience in supporting production environments and performance monitoring is a plus.
• Knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming techniques.
• Strong desire to learn new languages, frameworks, best practices, and design patterns.
• Experience monitoring and operating microservices.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and ticketing systems such as JIRA.

Benefits

• Work for an international and fast-growing product company.
• Engage with modern technologies, cloud-based and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Be responsible for evolving and maintaining vital components of every eCommerce platform: Catalog and Inventory Management services and related APIs.
• Learn from senior professionals and share knowledge, expertise, and good practices with the team.
• We provide internal and external learning courses with certification possibilities and private medical insurance.
• Restricted Stock Units.
• Work remotely from Poland.

Hiring Process

• Recruiter Phone Screen
• Technical Interview (including coding)
• Hiring Manager Interview

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At BigCommerce, we believe that celebrating the unique histories, perspectives, and abilities of every employee makes a difference for our company, our customers, and our community. We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow, and thrive.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need an accommodation in order to interview at BigCommerce, please let us know during any of your interactions with our recruiting team.