Senior Staff Engineer

Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs. Learn how we are building one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies in history: www.spreetail.com.   ROLE OVERVIEW   The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for architecting and building a brand-new, scalable platform that enables business-critical ecommerce capabilities. This role requires deep full-stack expertise and prior experience in e-commerce SaaS environments. The engineer will design foundational architecture, define technical standards, and deliver a production-grade platform that supports long-term growth, extensibility, and operational excellence. This is a highly autonomous role with significant influence over system design, technical direction, and engineering best practices.     Why Spreetail   Join a high-performing technology organization that values innovation, ownership, and collaboration. You’ll work with talented engineers who care deeply about building scalable systems and driving real business impact. Together, we’ll make Spreetail better. How you will achieve success: A scalable, multi-tenant 3PL platform capable of onboarding external clients with distinct catalogs, inventory, and fulfillment rules Reliable core systems for inventory management, order routing, and warehouse operations across client accounts Fast, low-friction onboarding for new 3PL clients through configurable, reusable platform components Accurate, real-time inventory and order visibility for both internal ops teams and external clients Reliable, observable, self-healing fulfillment pipelines with clear SLAs clients can be sold against Reduced manual intervention in exception handling (mis-ships, short-ships, returns, billing disputes) through AI-driven automation Clear architectural direction as the 3PL platform scales from first clients to broad external adaptation. What experiences will help you in this role: • 6–8+ years of experience building and shipping production backend systems • Experience informally or formally leading the technical direction of a team or workstream (design reviews, mentorship, setting standards) • Experience with ecommerce order management, inventory, warehouse, or logistics systems is a strong plus • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, still-being-defined 0-to-1 environment Technical Skills • Strong fundamentals in backend engineering: APIs, data modeling, databases, and distributed systems • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and cloud-native service design • Familiarity with event-driven architectures (queues, streams, async processing) • Strong testing, debugging, and production-support practices Technical Leadership • Ability to set technical direction and make sound judgment calls without direct authority • Strong code review and mentorship instincts • Comfort representing a workstream in broader architecture discussions Domain & AI Exposure (Nice to Have) • Exposure to EDI standards or 3PL/WMS integration patterns • Experience integrating ML model outputs (forecasts, predictions, anomaly scores) into application logic • Interest in growing domain expertise in e-commerce logistics and fulfillment Collaboration & Communication • Ability to influence and align engineers without formal authority over them • Clear written and verbal communication, especially in async, distributed team settings • Comfort balancing hands-on technical work with guiding others This is a remote position and requires candidates to have an available work-from-home setup Desktop/Laptop system requirements: - 4th generation or higher, at least Intel i3 or equivalent processor; - at least 4GB RAM; - Windows 10 and above or MAC OSX operating system  - You are required to provide your own dual monitors A strong and stable internet connection (A DSL, cable or fiber wired internet service with 10 Mbps plan or higher for primary connection) PC Headset A high-definition (HD) external or integrated webcam with at least 720p resolution. Please be aware of scammers. Spreetail will only contact you through Lever or the spreetail.com domain. Spreetail will never ask candidates for money during the recruitment process. Please reach out to [email protected] directly if you have any concerns. Emails from @spreetailjobs.com are fraudulent. #LI-Remote