Technology
The Technology department at Italic builds and maintains two core products for our customers and merchants: Consumer is our customer experience and storefront; we are constantly thinking through discoverability, storytelling, modularity, and site performance across thousands of SKUs. Portal is our proprietary software that Italic Merchants and internal stakeholders use to develop and launch new products.
Italic is seeking a full-stack Software Engineer to join our Consumer team. The ideal candidate is passionate about architecting systems, taking products from concept to finish, and crafting the perfect e-commerce experience for customers.
This is a critical role that is paramount to the growth of our business and requires that you think creatively on complex technical challenges such as scaling an application to millions of users, optimizing daily content delivery for terabytes of assets, building a headless commerce stack.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to build the next iteration of Italic's consumer storefront
- Ship experiments and measure improvements to storefront usability and conversions
- Build the critical infrastructure that enables Italic to develop robust customer profiles and a firm understanding of our customer journey
- Maintain a scalable CI/CD process that allows us to deploy new features rapidly
- Architect the APIs, services, and systems that allows us to effectively scale to millions of users around the world
- Lead engineering discussions and mentor others on engineering best practices
Requirements
- 6+ years work experience with front-end // back-end web development or related engineering roles at a fast-growing consumer compnany
- Expertise in ReactJS, NodeJS, Go, Postgres, JavaScript/Typescript, CSS3, HTML5
- A love for analytics and openness to testing for continuous improvement
- Comfortable working with RESTful APIs, Amazon Web Services, and Docker containers; GraphQL experience a plus
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to support decisions made in your code
- Proficiency in SQL and understanding of relational database schemas preferred
- Experience working on SCRUM teams using agile methodologies preferred
- Operates autonomously when faced with ambiguity and obstacles, in a fast-paced and resource restrained environment
Benefits
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Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits, with comprehensive coverage and employer paid premiums
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Flexible Work Policy: we believe our team is happiest and most productive when they control their own working environment with flexible work hours, since everyone works best at different times.
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Distributed Work Policy: team members are able to work from a remote office as well as at multiple office and workspaces that offer enjoyable environments for working, collaborating and socializing.
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Unlimited PTO: we trust our team to both get the work done, and enjoy their lives!
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Paid Parental Leave - generous, extended policy in order to help achieve work life balance
- 401k Plan
- Monthly food and beverage stipend
About Italic
Luxury without labels
Founded in 2018, Italic connects consumers with top manufacturers around the world (“C2M"). Consumers purchase quality goods directly from the same manufacturers as top brands at 50-80% lower prices, while manufacturers use our infrastructure and global distribution to earn higher yields on existing production.
Our culture is built on high performance, high integrity, and high conviction.
We care deeply about surrounding ourselves with ambitious, exceptional individuals and value teamwork over ostentation, fulfillment over balance, and autonomy over compliance.
Our Values
Service Culture
Dare to be bold
Fear averages
Team, teammate, self
Play the long game
We do not evaluate race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status in our recruiting process. We don't care about where you went to college or what fancy names are on your resume; we're looking for good people who work hard and enjoy the ride.
