Software Engineer

Summary

Join SoStocked, a company simplifying inventory forecasting and profitability analysis for Amazon third-party sellers, as a backend-focused engineer. You will enhance and scale the platform, leveraging PHP/Laravel, and collaborate with product teams. Responsibilities include shaping the inventory intelligence forecasting engine, developing integrations with Amazon's SP API and AWD, advocating for clean code and robust architecture, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses 2+ years of backend software engineering experience with PHP/Laravel, experience with API design and design patterns, and a commitment to continuous improvement. The role offers opportunities to influence merchant decisions and contribute to a growing platform. SoStocked is part of SPS Commerce, offering a competitive salary, retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, comprehensive health benefits, flexible PTO, and other perks.

Requirements

• Proven Experience: 2+ years of professional back-end software engineering experience, any front-end experience is a big plus
• Technical Proficiency: 2+ years of experience developing applications with PHP/Laravel; Vue.js is a big plus
• System Architecture Excellence: Experience with PHP/Laravel, API design, and design patterns is a major plus; you’ll be asked about all of these throughout our interview process
• Ownership & Continuous Improvement: You treat every ticket as “your product”, driving it from an idea to production‑ready code - even when working solo and context is sparse
• Comfortable making informed decisions, you dig deep to understand problems, ask questions, and push through roadblocks without waiting for step‑by-step instructions
• You actively seek feedback, measure outcomes, and iterate, always looking for ways to raise the bar on code quality, performance, and team processes
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment where teams from various functions work together seamlessly to achieve common goals and creatively solve problems
• Adaptability: You thrive in dynamic environments, quickly adjusting to change while introducing structure when needed
• You're self-driven, proactive, and take ownership of your work, completing projects autonomously and maintaining flexibility and effectiveness

Responsibilities

• Shape the Next Generation of Inventory Intelligence: Drive the evolution of SoStocked’s core forecasting engine - pushing beyond “good enough” to deliver the industry’s most trusted predictions for Amazon sellers
• Your work will directly influence our merchants’ cash‑flow decisions, profitability, and growth trajectory
• Integration Development & Scalability: Design, build, test, and maintain the services that connect SoStocked to Amazon’s Selling Partner APIs, ensuring rock‑solid reliability and the capacity to scale with thousands of SKUs and millions of orders
• Quality Advocacy & Robust Architecture: Champion clean PHP/Laravel code and thoughtful architecture
• From dependency choices to deployment pipelines, you’ll make decisions that keep our platform fast, secure, and easy to extend as we add new forecasting algorithms and profit analytics
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with product managers, data analysts, and front‑end engineers to turn fuzzy business needs into crisp technical requirements - and then into features our sellers love
• Clear communication and shared ownership are at the heart of every project
• Drive Improvements: Contribute to team and company success by voicing and driving opportunities for improvements

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary along with a Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) that helps you save for the future that includes employer contributions
• Grow with us and take part in our employee stock purchase program (ESPP), allowing you to invest in your future alongside the company’s growth
• Comprehensive Health Benefits which includes access to medical, dental, and vision insurance plans starting on Day 1, ensuring you and your family are well taken care of
• Enjoy a flexible PTO policy allowing you to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance including one floating holiday that can be used anytime throughout the year
• Receive a company-provided laptop delivered to your door, ensuring you're equipped for success from Day 1
• Stay energized with complimentary snacks and drinks available in our Toronto Office
• Participate in quarterly or annually company-wide events, off-sites, and socials, fostering team spirit and camaraderie