Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
commonsku is revolutionizing the promotional products industry with its SaaS platform, empowering branded merch distributors to manage projects, build quotes, place orders, and collaborate seamlessly. As a remote-first, community-driven team, commonsku values innovation, collaboration, and work-life balance. This Senior Software Engineer role is on the Connected Supplier team, focusing on building out Connected+ Supplier integrations, streamlining the purchase order to invoice flow, and iterating on features that support supplier partnerships. The role involves close collaboration with Product, Design, and Engineering teams, contributing to a high-trust environment, and shaping the future of the industry.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, ideally within a SaaS or product-driven environment.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, system design, relational databases, and API development.
- Hands-on proficiency with React, PHP, Python, or modern programming frameworks, alongside experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Experience with agile workflows, version control, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools like Datadog.
- Proven track record of independently delivering complex features and collaborating effectively across teams with a balance of technical quality and practical tradeoffs.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring peers and fostering an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture.
- Comfort working independently and asynchronously, while also prioritizing collaboration and connection with people.
- Experience (or excitement for) working with AI.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with the promotional products industry, supply chain workflows, or e-commerce integrations.
Responsibilities
- Independently scope, plan, and implement well-defined features and components within the Connected Supplier domain.
- Contribute to system design discussions with a focus on performance, maintainability, and scalability considerations.
- Break down work into clear milestones and modules, collaborating with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to align on timelines and deliverables.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code while modeling high-quality software development practices for the team.
- Own engineering outcomes for domain projects and co-own larger cross-functional initiatives in partnership with Product, Design, and Engineering.
- Identify technical risks early in the development lifecycle and propose practical mitigation strategies.
- Proactively spot inefficiencies in systems or processes and implement solutions to improve how the team builds and maintains software.
- Translate business goals and customer feedback into thoughtful technical implementation details.
- Communicate proactively about status, risks, and blockers across teams and stakeholders.
- Support and mentor fellow engineers through constructive feedback, pairing, and collaborative guidance.
- Contribute to shared team responsibilities, including code reviews, documentation, technical debt management, and on-call rotations.
Benefits
- Health and dental benefits, including a $1,000 healthcare spending account
- RRSP/TFSA contributions up to $3,000 a year (no employee contribution required!)
- Company-wide closure between December 25th and January 1st
- Twice-yearly company wide summits (we call it HQ and you’ll love it)
- Remote-first culture (with plenty of excellent in-person experiences sprinkled in)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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