Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Fermat Commerce
FERMÀT enables eCommerce brands to transform clicks into conversions with highly-personalized , 1:1 dynamic shopping experiences.
We've raised $30M+ to date and are backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Greylock, QED, and other top angels and commerce investors. Located in SF, Austin, NYC, and Bangalore, we're looking to expand our 70+ person team to build the future of eCommerce! After announcing our $17M Series A, FERMÀT is one of the fastest growing companies at this stage in the US.
FERMÀT is the leading AI-native funnel management platform built for e-commerce marketers. We empower brands to create and manage delightful customer experiences across multiple channels in minutes. Our platform helps businesses transform their digital presence through intelligent, data-driven funnel creation that strengthens customer acquisition and drives measurable results. With FERMÀT, e-commerce teams can rapidly built, test and iterate on their customer journey while maintaining brand consistency across every touchpoint.
About the Role:
As a Senior Software Engineer on our Platform team, you'll have a profound impact on FERMÀT's growth trajectory by designing and building the foundational infrastructure that powers our entire commerce ecosystem. You'll play a pivotal role in transforming our platform architecture to support our rapid scaling, owning the core platform that powers our entire product, serving our external users (agencies, brand partners and self-serve customers) while enabling teams across the organization to build and ship features with greater speed and confidence. At this exciting inflection point, you'll help scale our backend platform to support an order of magnitude increase in brands, usage and products.
Your work will directly impact every engineering team at FERMÀT as they interact with and leverage the platform you build. You'll strike the perfect balance between shipping new capabilities quickly and establishing sustainable infrastructure that can handle our ambitious growth plans. This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical direction of our platform while creating intuitive, self-serve functionality that allows our customers to scale their experimental operations with minimal friction.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement scalable backend services powering our AI-driven personalization engine
Lead critical infrastructure projects including payment processing system overhauls and API modernization
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure platform reliability
Architect robust solutions for cart functionality, checkout flows, and offer management
Develop and maintain integration points with ecommerce providers like Shopify
Participate in the migration to modern fullstack JS frameworks to improve development efficiency
Collaborate with product teams to transform manual processes into self-serve capabilities
Work closely with internal stakeholders and customer-facing teams to ship critical features
Requirements:
Experienced with Go, Python, or other modern backend languages
Proficient with distributed systems design and scaling microservices
Strong understanding of API design principles and best practices
Familiar with data warehouses and other storage systems(Relational databases, key-value stores, cloud buckets etc)
Experienced with cloud infrastructure (preferably Google Cloud)
Able to discuss and debate strategic engineering / product decisions
Excited about learning and adopting new technologies
Energized by startup momentum and takes ownership in transforming complex challenges into elegant solutions
Nice to haves:
Experience with GraphQL API design
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Previous work in eCommerce or adtech domains
Experience with subscription-based payment models
Tech stack:
Golang
Typescript
React
Nextjs
Postgres
Google cloud
Benefits
Competitive salary + equity package
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents.
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Retirement benefits:
US: 401(k) plan with 4% matching
India: Provident Fund with 12% matching
4 months of paid parental leave
Unlimited PTO policy (with minimum 5 days PTO / quarter!)
WFH stipend
Monthly wellness stipend