Senior Software Engineer - Appmericans team
- Company
- Back Market
- Location
- New York, NY
- Work type
- Full Time
- Posted
- 2026-09-04
Job description
What will be your next missions?
Own frontend features from discovery through production, including technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, monitoring, and iteration.
Design and implement responsive, accessible, and reliable web experiences using JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue 3, and Nuxt 3.
Build server-side-rendered experiences and consider browser behavior, network performance, caching, hydration, and resilience.
Develop reusable interfaces with component libraries and established design patterns.
Improve web performance, accessibility, internationalization, and overall frontend quality.
Translate customer insights into product experiences that make refurbished technology easier to discover, compare, and purchase.
Support experimentation through feature flags, instrumentation, controlled rollouts, and data-informed iteration.
Partner with backend engineers to define clear API contracts and integrate services built with Python and Go.
Contribute targeted backend changes when needed to deliver complete, end-to-end features.
Use product analytics and observability data to understand customer behavior, identify issues, and guide improvements.
Write and maintain unit, integration, end-to-end, visual regression, and accessibility tests as appropriate.
Deliver high-quality, non-disruptive releases and take ownership of quality and customer experience improvements.
Participate in incident response and an on-call rotation as appropriate for the role.
Write clear, maintainable code and provide thoughtful code reviews that improve quality across the team.
Share knowledge through documentation and technical discussions.
Take ownership of technical projects, manage dependencies, and balance product impact with delivery timelines.
Our technical environment
Backend stack: Python - FastAPI , SQLAlchemy, Celery, Golang, Django (being phased out)
Frontend stack: VueJS, Typescript, Nuxt, Revolve ( our design system)
Data: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, BigQuery
Infrastructure: GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Datadog, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Github
As a Senior Engineer: Produce, Innovate & Share
Facilitates meaningful discussions around complex issues.
Suggests or makes improvements for existing designs and architecture for quarter-bounded projects or mission-critical areas in their squad.
Explores technologies with sizable potential impact for the team.
Is able to contribute actively to high impact chaos mitigation.
Identifies and advocate for prioritization of tasks that can optimize delivery
Required Skills and Experience
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong experience building production frontend applications.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
Professional experience with a modern frontend framework such as Vue, React, or a similar technology. Experience with Vue 3 and Nuxt 3 is strongly preferred, but transferable experience is welcome.
Strong understanding of frontend architecture, component design, state management, routing, API integration, and browser fundamentals.
Experience building responsive and accessible user interfaces with HTML and CSS.
Good understanding of server-side rendering, frontend performance, caching, and web application behavior.
Experience delivering production features with attention to accessibility, SEO, internationalization, privacy, and legal requirements.
Experience working with component libraries, design systems, or reusable frontend patterns.
Experience writing and maintaining frontend tests, including unit, integration, end-to-end, visual regression, or accessibility tests.
Solid understanding of APIs and microservices, with the ability to collaborate effectively with backend engineers and reason about service boundaries.
Working knowledge of at least one backend language, preferably Python or Go, and the ability to make or review backend changes when needed.
Experience with production releases, CI/CD, feature flags, monitoring, and incident management.
Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to product, design, engineering, and business stakeholders.