Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GOAT Group is a leading platform for authentic sneakers, apparel, and accessories, and they are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join their Consumer team. This role focuses on backend architecture and end-to-end feature delivery, requiring proactive leadership in both backend and frontend execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead full stack architecture and system design, proactively proposing and driving new systems that support critical customer-facing features
- Take point on initiatives, owning the backend roadmap, driving technical decisions, and coordinating cross-functional delivery
- Own end-to-end execution across frontend and backend, from shaping the technical approach to delivering stable, performant, well-tested features
- Optimize existing systems for performance, reliability, and cost. You treat production health as a first-class priority, not an afterthought
- Serve as the team's technical anchor: set engineering standards, lead design reviews, unblock teammates
- Manage technical roadmap and problems of significantly larger scope, from formulating an efficient game plan to delivering stable, well-tested features on time
- Make technical recommendations that improve the codebase while minimizing risk; identify and fix (or ideally prevent) bugs and performance bottlenecks
- Coordinate and communicate seamlessly across engineering, product, and design teams
- Leverage AI coding tools (Claude, Codex, etc.) to accelerate development velocity for yourself and the team
Skills
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in backend / distributed systems and practical experience building or improving high-traffic, user-facing web applications
- Proven track record of leading a team to execute and ship features, you've been the tech lead others rely on
- Strong proficiency in Go, Python, Ruby, or similar backend languages/frameworks
- Strong frontend experience with React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, or similar modern web technologies
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling distributed systems that handle real-world traffic at scale
- Proficient with AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Codex, Copilot, etc.) and a believer in using them to multiply team output
- A T-shaped engineer / generalist mindset with deep expertise in at least one domain (e.g., API design, data pipelines, event-driven architectures, infrastructure)
- A proactive ownership mentality, you don't wait for permission to improve things; you identify problems, propose solutions, and execute
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity, handling conflict constructively, and building consensus across teams with competing priorities
- Experience with high-traffic consumer applications
- Familiarity with the technologies, tradeoffs, and design patterns emerging in modern web services and cloud-native architectures
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with high-scale commerce events
- Familiarity with ecommerce applications
Benefits
- 401K
- Paid time off
- Dental
- Medical
- Vision
- Disability
- Life insurance options
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