Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Salsify, a leading commerce infrastructure company, and become a Software Engineer. Contribute to the development and improvement of our Product Experience Management (PXM) platform used by major global brands. You will build and ship production-grade software, collaborate with product managers and designers, and share your expertise within the team. This role requires 3+ years of commercial software development experience and proficiency in server-side languages, particularly Ruby. Salsify offers a competitive salary, equity in the form of stock options, and a comprehensive Total Rewards plan including health & medical benefits and PTO.

Requirements

• 3+ years of commercial software development experience
• A command of one or more server-side languages (most of our back-end was built with Ruby)
• Experience building consumer-facing applications in a SaaS or product-based company, specializing in back-end development
• Experience with contemporary frameworks, build tools, and testing tools
• A drive to build scalable and performant applications
• An interest in exchanging ideas around building robust, secure, maintainable software
• Comfort providing and receiving feedback on implementation ideas
• Experience working as part of a distributed team

Responsibilities

• Build and ship production-grade software using technologies such as Ruby, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, and Kubernetes
• Develop and launch new features that drive customer business value, engagement, and satisfaction
• Work closely with product managers and UX designers to implement innovative solutions
• Share expertise through tech talks and engineering affinity groups
• Contribute to the success of a fast-growing company

Preferred Qualifications

Experience or interest in building data analytics products and/or working with data

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Health & medical benefits
• PTO