Software Engineer II

Summary

Athos Commerce provides tools that help ecommerce and digital marketing teams improve product discovery, merchandising, and sales across digital channels. The Software Engineer II will build and maintain backend features for search and merchandising products, own Go microservices, collaborate across engineering and product teams, and ensure reliable, high-performance services.

Responsibilities

• Independently own and deliver end-to-end features across search and merchandising backends from requirements through deployment
• Take technical ownership of specific backend services and Go microservices
• Collaborate proactively with Product Managers, Designers, and QA to refine user stories and evaluate technical feasibility
• Produce clean, idiomatic Go code and conduct thorough peer code reviews
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing production software while maintaining system performance SLAs
• Assist in onboarding junior engineers and contribute to continuous process improvements
• Partner with DevOps on infrastructure-related activities, cloud systems, and CI/CD deployment pipelines

Skills

• Self-directed problem solver capable of taking independent ownership of end-to-end backend features
• Proactive collaborator who communicates effectively with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and DevOps teams
• Quality-focused developer dedicated to producing clean, idiomatic code and providing constructive peer code reviews
• Reliable engineer with strong analytical skills for troubleshooting production issues and maintaining performance SLAs
• Growth-minded team player committed to continuous improvement and assisting in onboarding junior engineers
• 1–4 years of professional backend software engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience
• Strong experience building and maintaining distributed, cloud-based, high-availability, and high-traffic systems
• Demonstrated ability writing production-grade Golang services
• Familiarity with modern data and deployment tools including Elasticsearch, Milvus, ScyllaDB, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Argo
• Prior e-commerce search and merchandising domain experience preferred
• Proficiency with AI tools, specifically GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Gemini, is considered ideal but optional

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Self-directed problem solver capable of taking independent ownership of end-to-end backend features
• Proactive collaborator who communicates effectively with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and DevOps teams
• Quality-focused developer dedicated to producing clean, idiomatic code and providing constructive peer code reviews
• Reliable engineer with strong analytical skills for troubleshooting production issues and maintaining performance SLAs
• Growth-minded team player committed to continuous improvement and assisting in onboarding junior engineers
• 1–4 years of professional backend software engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience
• Strong experience building and maintaining distributed, cloud-based, high-availability, and high-traffic systems
• Demonstrated ability writing production-grade Golang services
• Familiarity with modern data and deployment tools including Elasticsearch, Milvus, ScyllaDB, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Argo

Nice to Haves

• Prior e-commerce search and merchandising domain experience preferred
• Proficiency with AI tools, specifically GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Gemini, is considered ideal but optional

Benefits

• Open PTO
• Company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
• Medical and dependent care FSA
• Company-paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Company-paid Life and AD&D
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, accident, legal services, and pet insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible work environment. Office, hybrid, or remote.