Mercari

E-Commerce

Sr.SoftwareEngineer,Backend

$168–252k Palo Alto, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Sr. Software Engineer, Backend at Mercari. Skills: Go, PHP, Distributed systems, Microservices architecture. Lead development of complex backend features. Develop complex backend services”

Industry & Context.

E Commerce
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex performance problems; Solve architectural challenges

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 8 years of experience in backend development, Experience with large-scale distributed systems, Experience with microservices architecture, Experience with performance optimization, Experience with modern backend build tools, Expert knowledge of Go, Expert knowledge of PHP ecosystems, Deep understanding of backend performance optimization techniques, Architectural and system design skills, Excellent knowledge of Agentic AI tools, Excellent mentoring abilities, Excellent technical leadership abilities

Nice to Have

Equivalent experience to Bachelor's degree, Service mesh experience, Docker experience, Kubernetes experience, Terraform experience

What You'll Do.

Lead development of complex backend features

Develop complex backend services

Design scalable backend architectures

Implement scalable backend patterns

Drive technical decisions

Drive best practices for backend development

Mentor other engineers

Guide other engineers

Give technical presentations

Optimize backend performance

Optimize backend scalability

Contribute to backend platform technology

Contribute to strategic roadmap decisions

Lead technical discussions

Lead architectural reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with product teams; Collaborate with frontend teams; Cross-functional teams

Full Job Description

Mercari is Your Marketplace. We make it super easy to sell (or buy) almost anything. We all have things we don’t use, never used or simply outgrew. But that stuff still has value. Mercari gives you the power to simply sell it, ship it, and earn some cash for it. Fashion to toys. Sporting goods to electronics. All the brands you know and love. Our mission is simple: to make selling easier than buying. And with 50M+ downloads in the U. S. and almost 500k new listings every day, we're just getting started. Our Engineers are developing complex software systems that scale to millions of users, all with production quality deployment, monitoring, and reliability. You will be designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and improving our mission-critical backend systems. You bring an insatiable desire to build safe and secure systems that have a direct impact on users. You love to solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges. And you take great pride in mentoring and collaborating in an open, respectful, flexible, and empathic manner. The Sr Software Engineer, Backend plays a key role in building and optimizing our marketplace platform's backend services. This role involves developing scalable, high-performance microservices, collaborating closely with product and frontend teams, and implementing best practices for modern backend development. This role requires deep expertise in Go, PHP, distributed systems, and microservices architecture. What you’ll be doing: Lead the development of complex backend features and services, such as payment processing and inventory management systems Design and implement scalable backend architectures and patterns, including microservices and event-driven systems Drive technical decisions and best practices for backend development, including coding standards, performance budgets, and testing strategies Mentor and guide other engineers in backend development practices through code reviews and technical presentatio

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