Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack (JavaScript/TypeScript)

<p>Rithum™ is the world’s most trusted commerce network, accelerating how brands, suppliers, and retailers work together to deliver seamless e-commerce experiences. We provide an unmatched platform for brands and retailers, enabling them to accelerate growth, optimise operations across channels, scale product offerings and enhance margins.</p> <p>Today, more than 40,000 companies trust Rithum to grow their business across hundreds of channels, representing over $50 billion in annual GMV. Using our commerce, marketing, and delivery solutions, our customers create optimised consumer shopping journeys from beginning to end.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Overview </strong></p> <p>The Engineering Team employs some of the top engineering talent who are constantly working to improve processes, quality and techniques, with the goal of producing the highest quality software solutions in the industry. The lines between traditional QA and software engineering are blurred here, with quality being considered at all stages of development.</p> <p>Our team is comprised of very talented and highly motivated individuals, who pride themselves on working smarter, not harder. We’re empowered to make local decisions, reducing the overhead of getting things done. We aim for operational excellence, having a DevOps culture and a “you build it, you run it” mentality. We favor a Lean approach to our product development, following agile workflows such as Scrum and Kanban depending on the directive of the team. We welcome new technologies and are constantly self-evaluating our tech stack to make sure we are providing software of the highest quality. Continuous Delivery is important to us, and we are constantly looking to improve our automated testing and continuous integration.</p> <p>As a Senior Software Engineer for our Retailers business function, you are responsible for writing efficient, well-structured, and maintainable code, setting an example for other engineers as a subject matter expert, mentoring and guiding less experienced engineers.  You work closely with our lead designers and architects to drive our product forward and to ensure the scalability, maintainability and performance of our product suite.  </p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide guidance on system architecture decisions, making sure the technical direction aligns with business goals.</li> <li>Conduct thorough code reviews, ensuring best practices are followed, identifying potential issues, and mentoring junior developers in improving their coding skills.</li> <li>Provide technical guidance, share knowledge, and help junior and mid-level engineers grow in their roles by reviewing their work and offering constructive feedback.</li> <li>Work closely with other teams to ensure seamless delivery of software projects and alignment across departments.</li> <li>Be able to break down large, complex tasks into smaller, manageable components and distribute them among team members.</li> <li>Play a key role in agile processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and prioritization of tasks.</li> <li>Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including product managers, designers, and clients, to clarify requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.</li> <li>Handle complex technical challenges, debugging, and resolving issues that may be beyond the scope of junior engineers.</li> <li>Participate in on-call rotation to support the “you build it you own it” mantra</li> <li>Understanding and utilization of software development tools including version control, building processes, debuggers, and test frameworks for: <ul> <li>Primary technologies (may include): <ul> <li>Java, JavaScript, JavaServer Pages, Typescript,</li> <li>Angular, React.js,</li> <li>Python, Node.js</li> </ul> </li> <li>Secondary technologies <ul> <li>AWS services (OpenSearch, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, RDS, ECS, and others)</li> <li>SOAP/REST web service APIs</li> <li>Redis, NoSQL</li> <li>Microsoft SQL Server</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Qualifications  </strong></p> <p>Minimum Qualifications  </p> <ul> <li>3+ years' experience developing in Angular, Typescript, JavaScript, Node.js, and AWS Technologies.</li> <li>Strong verbal and written English communication skills</li> <li>Experience developing web applications, working with databases, and consuming APIs</li> <li>Understanding of relevant software development tools including version control, build processes and test frameworks</li> <li>Ability to work independently with limited supervision</li> </ul> <p>Preferred Qualifications </p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a closely related field</li> <li>Experience with cloud computing infrastructures such as AWS or Azure</li> <li>Use of source code repositories such as Azure DevOps and Git</li> <li>Experience working with NoSQL databases</li> <li>Experience with performance tuning and op