Senior Software Developer - Merchandising

at  SSENSE

Company Description
SSENSE is a global technology platform operating at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce. Headquartered in Montreal, it features a mix of established and emerging luxury brands across womenswear, menswear, kidswear, and Everything Else™. SSENSE has garnered critical acclaim as both an e-commerce engine and a producer of cultural content, generating an average of 100 million monthly page views, with approximately 80% of its audience between the ages of 18 to 40.
Job Description

ABOUT THE TEAM

SSENSE is looking for a Senior Developer to join our rapidly growing technology team in Merchandising Domain. The Senior Developer will take complex features of the product roadmap, break them down into their required technical components, and develop them independently.
They will own at least one component of the SSENSE technical stack and holds accountability for its SLAs. The ideal candidate will actively contribute to knowledge dissemination within the organization, participate in the recruiting and onboarding of new employees, and mentor Junior Developers on the team.
As part of the Merchandising Technology domain, the Senior Developer will contribute to the overall life cycle of the assortment in SSENSE’s catalogue. They will develop and maintain modern software products and services enabling efficient assortment creation, intelligent and data-driven procurement, and effective catalogue enrichment for improving customers’ and stakeholders’ user experience.

• Technical Expertise: Over 5 years of software development experience with proficiency in Typescript, NodeJS, and backend services development.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Experience with containers and orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes, and familiarity with Microservices architecture.
• Database and API Skills: Proficient with PostgreSQL at scale, confident in developing REST APIs, and knowledgeable in caching technologies (Fastly, Redis, Varnish).
• Testing and Development Practices: Skilled in writing various levels of tests (Unit, Contract, Integration, E2E), and experienced with Git for version control.
• Cloud and Architecture: Proficiency with cloud resources (AWS/Google Cloud/Azure) and understanding of event-driven architecture & pub/sub patterns.
• Nice to have: Familiarity with with Domain Driven Design is an advantage and with Stibo Systems.