Bigcommerce

Senior Software Engineer

Austin, TX · Senior

No sponsorship$116k-$195kDetected 8 days ago

TypeScriptJavaGoKotlinScalaReactDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewSQLRedisAWSGCPCloud PlatformsKafkaRabbitMQOAuth

About the role

This role is not narrowly frontend, backend, or data engineering.
The right person can work across services, APIs, event flows, product experience, production debugging, and cross-team delivery.
They should be comfortable taking an unclear business or customer problem, breaking it down, making trade-offs clear, and shipping a reliable solution.

Design and build reliable services, APIs, and product-facing workflows.
Own production behavior, including monitoring, alerting, logging, debugging, and runbooks.
Work with product, design, infrastructure, support, and other engineering teams.
Improve quality through tests, code review, observability, and simpler designs.
Use data and production evidence to validate decisions.

You have 5+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend skills in Java, Scala, Kotlin, Go, or a similar language
You have experience owning ambiguous technical work and can solve problems across multiple layers of a system, from backend services to product-facing frontend workflows when needed
You're a strong production debugger who stays calm and clear during incidents, and you can explain trade-offs to both engineers and non-engineers
You have a bias toward simple, reliable solutions that other engineers can operate without you in the room

(Pay Transparency Range: $115,566.00- $195,443.00)
Compensation Transparency
Details will be shared during the hiring process.
Inclusion and Belonging
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The national base salary range for this role is posted above in this job post.
Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications and geographic location.
We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams.
Where applicable, this role may also be eligible for variable compensation (such as bonus or commission), equity, and benefits in accordance with local policies.
We are committed to equitable and transparent pay practices that align to market data, internal equity, and individual contribution.

We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams.
Where applicable, this role may also be eligible for variable compensation (such as bonus or commission), equity, and benefits in accordance with local policies.
We are committed to equitable and transparent pay practices that align to market data, internal equity, and individual contribution.

At Commerce, 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 committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates.

We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow and thrive.

This listing is sourced directly from Bigcommerce's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.