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Jiffy.com

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 19 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
The Senior Software Engineer will design and deliver backend systems for a seamless shopping experience, mentor junior engineers, and ensure system performance.
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We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to play a central role in building and scaling the technology that powers our fast growing platform. You’ll design and deliver high-performance backend systems that manage everything from payments and subscriptions to fulfillment and order tracking — ensuring our customers enjoy a seamless, reliable shopping experience every time. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in collaborative environments, care deeply about code quality and system design, and enjoy solving complex problems at scale. You’ll have the autonomy to influence architecture decisions, mentor other developers, and help shape the future of Jiffy.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the architecture and scalability of Jiffy’s platform, ensuring low latency, high availability, and secure operations.
  • Build and enhance APIs and data pipelines connecting product, billing, and fulfillment systems for consistent cross-service communication.
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to deliver customer-facing features that improve conversion rates, retention, and checkout experience.
  • Ensure data integrity and reliability across distributed systems through resilient workflows and monitoring.
  • Partner with DevOps to automate deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure using modern DevOps tooling.
  • Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and technical documentation to uphold engineering quality standards.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize backend services to handle increasing traffic and scale efficiently.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and internal frameworks.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 5+ years of experience in backend or full-stack software development
  • Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or Node.js)
  • Experience building RESTful and event-driven microservices at scale
  • Solid understanding of cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases, message queues, and caching systems
  • Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in e-commerce
  • Familiarity with subscription management, billing orchestration, or checkout optimization
  • Knowledge of security best practices and compliance (e.g., PCI, SOC 2)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling (Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, API design, and asynchronous processing patterns

Why You Will Love Working At Jiffy

  • Opportunity to grow company market share through innovation in the rapidly evolving e-commerce, AI, and image processing space.
  • Thrive in a collaborative, high-growth environment where your ideas directly influence how Jiffy evolves as a leading e-commerce destination.
  • High visibility and influence in solving complex problems and delivering cutting edge solutions resulting in direct impact on Jiffy’s seamless customer experience.
  • Access to career development opportunities in a company that invests deeply in professional growth.

Location: Remote for the right candidate


Benefits

What We Offer

  • Compensation & Growth: Competitive salary, equity opportunities, and performance-based bonuses.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Full medical, dental, and vision coverage, with a portion of premiums paid by Jiffy.
  • Retirement Planning: 401(k)
  • Wellness Support: Annual wellness benefits to help you stay healthy and balanced.
  • Tools for Success: Choice of MacBook or PC laptop, plus equipment for your home office setup.
  • Perks & Extras: Annual credit of $200 to use on our website plus more team merch drops than you will know what to do with!
  • Professional Development: Annual stipend to support your learning and career growth.

EEO

Jiffy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Jiffy considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Jiffy is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

Top Skills

AWS
CloudFormation
Datadog
Docker
Go
Java
Kubernetes
Node.js
NoSQL
Opentelemetry
Prometheus
Python
Restful
SQL
Terraform

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