At Spoonflower (part of the Shutterfly family of brands) our mission is to empower your vision by helping you discover the perfect design for you and your print on wallpaper, fabric, or home decor. Spoonflower connects independent artists worldwide who create designs with consumers, makers, and interior designers looking for unique designs and products that are right for their projects.
Spoonflower (part of Shutterfly) is evolving its eCommerce platform into a modern, service-oriented architecture supporting a global, made-to-order retail environment. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer III to build and evolve backend platform capabilities that support product data, commerce integrations, and downstream consumer systems. This role is for a strong hands-on engineer who can independently execute complex technical projects, operate production systems, and partner with other teams to deliver scalable platform capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs primarily using Node.js and TypeScript.
- Develop and support applications running in AWS and Kubernetes-based environments.
- Build integrations between internal platform services and external systems including commerce, search, analytics, and other downstream consumers.
- Work with relational databases, DynamoDB, and event-driven architectures to support product data, catalog, and commerce capabilities.
- Execute complex technical projects involving distributed systems, data flows, and service integrations.
- Contribute to GraphQL and REST APIs that power internal and customer-facing experiences.
- Diagnose and resolve production issues across cloud infrastructure, applications, databases, and service-to-service integrations.
- Improve reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence of platform services.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions that support Spoonflower's evolving platform architecture.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions while mentoring other engineers through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
- Strong experience developing backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
- Experience designing, building, and supporting REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Experience working with relational databases, data modeling, and data integration patterns.
- Experience building and operating applications in AWS.
- Experience deploying and supporting applications in Kubernetes-based environments.
- Experience working with distributed systems, service integrations, and event-driven architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to independently execute complex technical projects from implementation through production support.
- Experience troubleshooting production issues across applications, databases, cloud infrastructure, and service integrations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases.
- Experience with Ruby, Python, or Rust.
- Experience building commerce, catalog, product information, or integration platforms.
- Experience integrating third-party SaaS platforms and vendor services.
- Experience with OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or modern search and retrieval technologies.
- Experience supporting high-scale customer-facing applications.
- Experience working in eCommerce, retail, marketplace, or similar digital commerce environments.
Why This Role
- Hands-on impact on foundational platform capabilities that power commerce, product information, and system integrations.
- Opportunity to work across AWS, Kubernetes, Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and distributed systems.
- Direct influence on platform modernization efforts as Spoonflower evolves its commerce and product data ecosystem.
- Ability to reduce system complexity and improve how information flows across commerce, search, analytics, and future channels.
Supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce is important to Shutterfly not only because it directly reflects our value of Embracing our Differences, but also because it’s the right thing to do for our business and for our people. We welcome all applicants and evaluate them based on their qualifications. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on our Career Site.
This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis until filled.
The compensation package for this role is based on multiple factors, such as job level, responsibilities, location, and candidate experience. The base pay ranges included below are specific to the locations listed, and may not be applicable to other locations.
California : [$117,750-166,000]
Connecticut and New York: [$117,750-152,000]
Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and Washington: [$117,750-140,750]
Nevada: [$110,500-152,000]
Maryland and New Jersey: [$127,250-152,000]
Hawaii : [$117,750-132,250]
This position may be eligible for a bonus incentive, health benefits, a 401K program, and other employee perks. More details about our company benefits can be found at https://shutterflyinc.com/benefits/.
This opportunity can be remote, but candidates must reside in a state in which Shutterfly is registered to do business. This includes all US states except District of Columbia, North Dakota, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wyoming.
#SFLYTechnology
10+ years software engineering experience; strong Node.js and TypeScript; REST and GraphQL APIs; relational databases; AWS; Kubernetes; distributed systems; production troubleshooting; strong communication.
Key Responsibilities
- building backend services
- designing APIs
- operating production systems
Skills & Tools
Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes, GraphQL, REST, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Ruby, Python, Rust
Job Details
- Category: Software Development
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — United States
- Salary: USD 117,750 – 166,000 / year
- Languages: English
Benefits
- Retirement plan
About Spoonflower
A print-on-demand eCommerce platform connecting independent artists with consumers, makers, and interior designers. — Industry: Retail and Wholesale