WELCOME TO THE AGENTIC COMMERCE ERA

At Commerce, our mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem. As the parent company of BigCommerce , Feedonomics , and Makeswift , we connect the tools and systems that power growth, enabling businesses to unlock the full potential of their data, deliver seamless and personalized experiences across every channel, and adapt swiftly to an ever-changing market. Simply said, we help businesses confidently solve complex commerce challenges so they can build smarter, adapt faster, and grow on their own terms. If you want to be part of a team of bold builders, sharp thinkers, and technical trailblazers, working together to shape the future of commerce, this is the place for you.
Catalyst is Commerce’s next-generation storefront technology, built to deliver exceptional performance and flexibility for our merchants. Built on Next.js, we are bringing the latest in web development technology and best practices to our customers, enabling them to deliver amazing web experiences.
We’re looking for a backend Software Engineer II with Go expertise to help us build and evolve the Catalyst’s hosting infrastructure. You’ll be joining a small, highly collaborative team working across Next.js, developer tooling, and hosting infrastructure.

Who You Are:

• Have experience building backend services in Go
• Education: Preferred Minimum Bachelor’s degree in CS, EE, SW, CE, MIS; or equivalent experience or completed either a comprehensive software engineering boot camp.
• Understand the basics of distributed systems, HTTP infrastructure, and CI/CD workflows.
• Are familiar with cloud platforms or edge compute (e.g. Cloudflare Workers, Lambda, Vercel, etc.).
• Can design clear, composable APIs that are easy to maintain and evolve.
• Have strong debugging skills and experience monitoring and operating services in production.
• Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Proactively seek feedback, ask thoughtful questions, and reflect on team practices.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and build backend services that enable deploying scalable, secure, and performant storefront experiences.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Commerce and Makeswift teams to integrate hosting with developer and merchant tooling.
• Explore edge compute platforms and distributed systems patterns to deliver resilient, multi-tenant infrastructure.
• Write clear, maintainable, and well-tested Go code, with an emphasis on reliability and scalability.
• Participate in code reviews, team discussions, and documentation to ensure alignment and share knowledge.
• Support a range of use cases, from developer-driven workflows to fully managed, no-code deployments.

Bonus points for experience with:

• Cloudflare APIs and Workers for Platforms
• GitHub Actions or other CI/CD tooling
• Next.js or other modern web frameworks
• Developer experience tools or SDKs

LI-Hybrid

(Pay Transparency Range: $92,000 - $156,000)
The exact salary will be dependent on the successful candidate’s location, relevant knowledge, skills, and qualifications.

• Design and build backend services that enable deploying scalable, secure, and performant storefront experiences.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Commerce and Makeswift teams to integrate hosting with developer and merchant tooling.
• Explore edge compute platforms and distributed systems patterns to deliver resilient, multi-tenant infrastructure.
• Write clear, maintainable, and well-tested Go code, with an emphasis on reliability and scalability.
• Participate in code reviews, team discussions, and documentation to ensure alignment and share knowledge.
• Support a range of use cases, from developer-driven workflows to fully managed, no-code deployments