Senior Software Engineer I

About the team 

GOAT is more than just sneakers—we are building the world’s most comprehensive Catalog of collectible items, from apparel and artwork to media and beyond. Some items are for sale, while others exist simply to be documented, but together, they form a one-of-a-kind archive. Catalog grows larger each day, and our team’s job is to accelerate that growth – helping GOAT to accumulate more knowledge, as well as enabling interesting new things to be done with that knowledge.

As a Software Engineer on the Product Catalog team, you’ll help shape this vision by building and maintaining internal tools for ingesting, processing, and displaying products. Our catalog pulls from diverse sources, but today, growing it requires significant manual effort. Your work will make these processes scalable, empowering our team with better tools and automation to scale efficiently. 

 

In this role, you will:
As a member of the Product Catalog team, you will work with a tech stack that includes Golang, Ruby on Rails, DynamoDB, and gRPC. You’ll extend and refine existing services while also designing and building new ones to support our evolving needs. Immediate contributions will likely involve search functionality, client APIs, and generally optimizing how products are fed through our system. Given our team’s small size, you will also have the opportunity to do some full-stack development in Node and React

 

Collaboration is key—you’ll work closely with other backend engineers to solve complex problems and integrate with teams that rely on the Catalog, ensuring they have the data and tools they need. Along the way, you’ll learn from and contribute to a team of excellent GOAT engineers who are passionate about building scalable and intelligent systems.

We are looking for

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering (preferably Golang or Ruby)
• Experience, comfort, and interest in building internal tools
• Experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and non-relational (dynamoDB) data stores
• Familiarity with, or desire to learn, GRPC and protobufs for defining service interfaces
• Experience with both monoliths and service-oriented architectures
• Some experience in full-stack development, particularly NodeJS and React
• Experience collaborating with non-technical stakeholders to bring clarity to complex business problems
• A self-starter with a high attention to detail and strong communication skills
• An interest in taking on more scope and responsibility over time
• BS degree preferred

 

Bonus

• Engineering experience at a public e-commerce or marketplace company
• Engineering experience at a successful IPO-stage startup

The hiring range for this position is below, plus benefits (401K, paid time off, dental, medical, vision, disability, life insurance options). To determine starting pay within the hiring range, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, role/level, a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity. You may reach out to a recruiter for additional information.

Hiring Range:$155,200—$194,000 USD

GOAT Group represents the leading platforms for authentic sneakers, apparel and accessories. Operating four distinct brands–GOAT, Flight Club, Grailed and alias–GOAT Group has a global community of more than 60 million members across 170 countries.

GOAT is the global platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future. Since its founding in 2015, GOAT has become one of the leading and most trusted sneaker platforms in the world, and has expanded to offer apparel and accessories from select emerging, contemporary and iconic brands. Through its unique positioning between the primary and resale markets, the company offers styles across various time periods on its digital platforms and in its retail locations, while delivering products to over 60 million members across 170 countries.

Established in New York City over 15 years ago, Flight Club revolutionized sneaker retail as the original consignment store for rare shoes. Carrying the rarest exclusives and collectible sneakers, Flight Club has evolved from a one-stop sneaker destination, to a cultural hub for sneaker enthusiasts and novices alike. With three brick-and-mortar locations in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami, Flight Club remains the premier source for authentic, rare sneakers.<