Principal Software Engineer
SamCart is one of the fastest growing e-commerce platforms because it’s built for the most popular type of new business: direct-to-consumer. Online shopping has changed and today’s eCommerce runs on selling products, not brands. SamCart is the only eCommerce software platform built for creators, by creators, who want to build a profitable digital business and experience personal freedom and growth.
We are looking for an innovative, dedicated, and experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our growing Software Engineering team. Our Principal Software Engineer will drive design, implementation, testing, and release of our e-commerce product. Using modern tools and methodologies, the Principal Software Engineer will leverage deep technical knowledge of object-oriented design to ensure simplicity, changeability, and longevity in our codebases. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a dynamic team of product managers, designers, SDETs and SREs to deliver sophisticated e-commerce systems and Internet scale.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Lead engineering teams in feature development, testing, and deployment across the full application stack.
- Provide technical and architectural direction, balancing short-term delivery and long-term functional and technical goals.
- Mentor and pair effectively with other engineers to deliver high-quality code.
- Author technical documentation for workflows and processes. Qualifications:
- At least 7+ years of professional software development experience leveraging web application frameworks
- Expert knowledge of multiple object-oriented programming languages like PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java and Ruby
- High proficiency with object-oriented design and architecture
- Evangelist of TDD, testing frameworks, and continuous integration
- Experience developing and deploying software in a containerized environment
Qualifications
- At least 7+ years of professional software development experience leveraging web application frameworks
- Expert knowledge of multiple object-oriented programming languages like PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java and Ruby
- High proficiency with object-oriented design and architecture
- Evangelist of TDD, testing frameworks, and continuous integration
- Experience developing and deploying software in a containerized environment
Benefits
This is what you’ll love about SamCart
Our co-founders always say “Their success is our success” and we believe that about our people too! We want everyone to love their job at least 80% of the time and when you are successful, the whole team is successful.
- Diversity adds value to everything we do - We hire from and for a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to allow the team to bring their own unique ways of thinking and working to each project
- We have unlimited PTO with an encouraged 14-day minimum to empower our team members to maintain a healthy balance in their day-to-day lives.
- Yay, we have 401K!
- Health Insurance premiums are covered 100% by SamCart for you +1, be it a significant other or child.
- Supportive Parental leave policies for all parents
- Career growth and development are essential here at SamCart and we want all team members to build sustainable, future-proof and adaptable careers.
- Self-Care is important, which is why we offer a monthly wellness credit.
Our Core Values
Be Transparent - We communicate openly, thrive on feedback, and check our egos at the door.
Be Human - We operate with compassion and always assume positive intent.
Be an Owner - We are all owners of the business. We take pride in our work and know that the success of our customers and the business contributes to our individual success.
Be Creative and Commit - We collaborate, create resourceful solutions, and work as a team to get it done.
Be You - We are stronger together because of the unique qualities we each bring to the team.