Base Salary
$168k - $252k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead development of complex backend features and services such as payment processing and inventory management
- Design and implement scalable backend architectures, microservices, and event-driven systems
- Drive backend coding standards, performance budgets, testing strategies, and technical best practices
- Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews and technical presentations
- Collaborate with product and frontend teams on technical requirements and feature feasibility
- Optimize backend performance and scalability through database optimization, caching, and load balancing
- Contribute to backend platform strategy, technology evaluation, roadmap decisions, and technical debt reduction
- Lead technical discussions and architectural reviews for major features and system changes
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- At least 8 years of backend development experience
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users
- Experience with microservices architecture and service mesh
- Experience optimizing performance at scale, including database optimization and caching strategies
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform for backend builds and deployments
- Expert knowledge of Go and PHP ecosystems
- Strong backend performance optimization, architecture, and system design skills
- Excellent knowledge of Agentic AI tools and workflows
- Strong mentoring and technical leadership abilities
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with work from home and Palo Alto office attendance 2-3 days per week
- Flexible time off
- Insurance plans and new parent benefits
- Mind and body wellness apps
- Access to tools, technologies, and learning opportunities
Tech Stack
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About Mercari
Mercari is a C2C marketplace app allowing anyone with a smartphone to easily sell items they no longer need, providing a new and unique user experience. In the past, buying and selling secondhand items has commonly been done at physical shops. However, this came with issues: the travel time required to go to these shops, the limited selection of items these shops carry, the unclear prices for both the buyer and seller alike due to the involvement of dealers, and more. Online auction websites for buying and selling secondhand items came with their own problems, including difficult listing procedures and long bidding times. On Mercari, anyone can use their smartphone to easily buy and sell items. We also provide easy and inexpensive shipping options thanks to our partnerships with delivery companies and convenience stores. As our service is catered to individuals on both the buying and selling sides, anyone can experience the fun of easily selling unneeded items for money and the excitement of finding unique secondhand items to buy. With the technological capabilities and extensive user and information bases built through Mercari, we launched the Merpay mobile payment service in 2019, the B2C marketplace Mercari Shops in October 2021, and the cryptoasset exchange service Mercoin in March 2023. We strive to continuously enhance the user experience and expand our businesses.