URBN Senior Software Engineer

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

20d

About The Position

URBN is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive service development, API architecture, and distributed systems integration. This role requires deep expertise in Python, API development, and event-driven architectures, particularly using Kafka. The ideal candidate will take ownership of core services, guide best practices, and play a key role in shaping the team’s technical direction while remaining hands-on in development. This is a high-impact role that requires balancing ongoing feature development with long-term platform improvements. We value engineers who can write clean, maintainable code, think critically about design choices, and help raise the bar for software quality.

Requirements

Effective communicator with strong problem-solving skills, able to collaborate across teams on complex systems.
Expertise in Python, with experience designing and maintaining production systems.
Strong background in building APIs and integrating with service-oriented architectures.
Experience with event-driven systems, particularly Kafka, and understanding of stream processing concepts.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and scaling cloud-based services, with exposure to platforms like Google Cloud.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Interest in prompt engineering and emerging GenAI applications in software development.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable services and APIs.
Architect and optimize event-driven systems, leveraging Kafka and asynchronous processing.
Improve system performance, troubleshoot issues, and enhance reliability through thoughtful design and code quality.