URBN Software Engineer

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

URBN is seeking a Software Engineer who will be an integral part of each phase of the software development lifecycle including design, development, deployment and maintenance. The primary focus will be on enhancing our Ecommerce platforms supporting the online shopping experience for our brands including Anthropologie.com, UrbanOutfitters.com, FreePeople.com, and ShopTerrain.com, developing customer facing applications, and the ability to work with or in existing store brands.

Requirements

Understanding of OO principles and design patterns
At least 3-5 years of software development experience
Experience with related browser technologies including JSON, REST, HTML, AJAX, CSS
Self-starter, ready to learn new concepts and technologies.
Willing to take on responsibility for new features and develop them from inception to completion
Proficient in Python/Golang
Strong understanding of RESTful services design
Strong understanding of asynchronous message processing technologies
Strong data modeling skills
Hands-on experience with an AI coding agent in a professional codebase (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)
Strong communications skills - able to discuss complex technical problems with developers, QA and BSAs
Enjoys working across teams and sharing knowledge with other engineers

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with search solutions like Elastic Search, Solr
Demonstrated expertise with Unit Testing frameworks and mocking libraries
Familiar with Django or other ORM frameworks
Experience with Tornado/Flask or other web server technologies
Experience with Vue.js or React or similar web frameworks
Experience with any NoSQL DB
Experience with RDBMS preferably postgres/cloud sql
Experience authoring agent files and reusable skills, and connecting agents to real systems via CLI tools or MCP
Exposure to data science and Machine learning technologies
Understanding of cloud hosting platforms and infrastructure

Responsibilities

Design and development of microservices and event driven systems
Develop new product features and advance the design of existing code for the Ecommerce applications
Help determine the requirements, then plan, design, and develop complex and business critical software solutions
Develop functional designs while interacting with enterprise architects, developers, business partners as well as end users
Leverage AI coding agents across planning, implementation, and review, and take accountability for the correctness and quality of the resulting code
React to possible production issues
Enjoys working in a collaborative team setting