Senior Software Engineer 1, Picksy Services
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Senior Software Engineer 1, Picksy ServicesJob Description
Picksy is our next-generation product discovery platform connecting shoppers with the things they love across thousands of retail partners. Users save, organize, and share products they're excited about — and our platform turns those signals into a deeply personalized shopping experience. This team owns the foundational product data, services, applications, and integrations that power the Picksy experience.
Hybrid 3x per week
In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.
About The Position | Major goals and objectives and location requirements
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As a Senior Software Engineer on Picksy Services, you'll take ownership of solution design and implementation for scalable, highly available services, while mentoring other engineers and helping shape the team's technical direction. You'll work closely with product owners, designers, and fellow engineers to translate requirements into prototypes and world-class features, and you'll be a go-to voice on architecture decisions and best practices across the team.
You will:
Partner with engineers across data, web, and mobile experiences to build and evolve the foundational services powering Picksy.
Design and implement new services, APIs, and operational monitoring functions.
Own production services end-to-end — investigating issues, resolving bottlenecks, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve reliability and reduce cost.
Lead code reviews and mentor other engineers, setting the bar for code quality and advocating for best practices across the team.
Drive the identification and prioritization of technical debt.
Provide thorough, readable documentation for the services you own.
Partner with engineers across the org to establish and align on shared best practices.
Bring strong technical judgment to ambiguous problems, and deliver high-quality, complex services under tight timelines.
About The Positions Contributions:
Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results
50%
Feature implementation: Work closely with stakeholders, product owners, and tech leadership to plan and create new services, features, and enhancements.
15%
Architecture: Lead technical design of new and expanding systems; drive identification and prioritization of technical debt; proactively identify opportunities to improve reliability and reduce cost.
15%
Maintenance: Own production services end-to-end; investigate, troubleshoot, and implement fixes for bugs and operational issues.
10%
Review, Mentorship & Testing: Lead code reviews and mentor other engineers, setting the bar for code quality; work closely with quality-assurance engineers to facilitate feature testing and contribute to automated test coverage.
10%
Requirements Analysis: Consume non-technical user stories, providing feedback when necessary, translating into technical documentation, and/or using as a basis for implementation.
The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements
Education:
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or relevant industry experience.
Experience:
6+ years of relevant professional technology experience.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:
You have practical knowledge of modern development techniques and trends, and you are eager to continue learning. You have:
Demonstrated deep understanding of REST, service architecture, monitoring, and the tenets of horizontal scalability.
Experience developing complex and highly available services running in a production environment with SLAs.
Extensive knowledge of object-oriented and functional software design patterns, including those commonly used within la
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