Senior Engineer - Foundations (REMOTE)

The Senior Engineer is a high-impact technical role responsible for designing, building, and maintaining complex systems while fostering a culture of engineering excellence. Across all levels, you are expected to shift from pure execution to empowerment, co-creating quality standards and providing technical guidance that enables squads to be self-sufficient and decoupled. You serve as a bridge between high-level architectural vision and the practical delivery of product needs.LocationWhile we are remote we are only hiring within the following areas: OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, ILCompensation - $120,000 - 127,500 yearlyWhat You’ll AccomplishReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Technical Delivery & Quality: Design and implement robust, scalable software solutions while maintaining 100% adherence to sanctioned CI/CD templates and meeting defined SLAs. Participates in and leads response to on-call incidents.Golden Path Adoption: Actively drive the use of standardized tools and technologies to reduce development friction and improve "Time to First Commit". Contributes to the evolution of the Golden path and Engineering standards.Process Improvement: Establish faster feedback loops and drive systematic improvements to development practices to reduce "Blocked Time" per ticket.Strategic Alignment: Ensure all technical work aligns with the long-term Architectural Vision and product outcomes rather than just output. Adapts to priority shifts and changing Product direction. Strong focus on measurable value creation via Engineering efforts.Mentorship & Leadership: Provide technical guidance to junior engineers, championing best practices through "Lightning Talks" and detailed documentation.What You’ll ContributeRequired Skills & Abilities:Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in modern software architecture, including microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native systems.Product Thinking: Ability to treat internal platforms and tools as products where fellow engineers are the customers.Communication: Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.Agile Proficiency: Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum/Kanban with a focus on delivering MVPs over large-scale waterfall projects.Influence: Ability to build consensus across teams and drive change without direct authority.Education & Experience:Required5+ years of software engineering or operations experience.2+ years of experience in a senior role.Building, operating, troubleshooting and optimizing production systems under load.Delivered software using Python and JavaScript with frameworks.Interface with relational databases using SQL.Using Git and conducting code reviews within a sprint SDLC.Familiarity with Build systems, DevOps and CI/CD procedures.Familiarity with cloud services.Thorough understanding of HTTP APIs.Possess advanced knowledge in your specialization to be able to guide and mentor team members.Experience designing and leading a software project from requirements to delivery with no guidance.Experience independently researching and leading technical discussions with peers.Thoroughly understands the business vision, mission, and strategy and how their code supports and affects business outcomes.Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from key stakeholders and decision makers.Working knowledge of taking a large complex project, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing those tasks as required.Shows initiative and seeks evidence in data to support ideas.PreferredUse of containerization and orchestration technologies, Docker and Kubernetes.Node.js, FastAPI, React, GraphQL, Kafka, Flask, Redis, MemcachedAWS, DataDog, Cloudflare Workers, WP EngineMicroservices, distributed/edge systems and event driven architectures.ADA / WCAG ComplianceWhat We ProvideCompetitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program401(k) with employer match100% company-paid medical and dental insurance benefits for you and your dependents4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure18 weeks paid leave for birth moms8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoptionMonthly wellness allowanceAnnual professional and personal development allowanceWork from home office set-up and expense allowances Flexible work location opportunities Employer matching toward charitable contributionsAbout DiscogsDiscogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to serve the music fan in everyone. We are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large impact. High value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to who we are and how we work. We value the experiences and skills each team member contributes to helping us serve our music community.Discogs’ mission is to serve the music fan in everyone. We represent a diverse and inclusive community, and we are committed to serving our community with innovative and creative solutions. We know that innovation happens best when varying perspectives are embraced and integrated. Our global team reflects our global community.Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Applicants needing accommodation to apply should contact us at 503-597-6340Discogs does not promote job openings through text messaging. If you receive a text message claiming to offer a position at our company, please disregard it as fraudulent. For a list of our actively open positions and to apply, please visit the official Careers page on our website: https://www.discogs.com/about/careersIf you apply for this role, you will be required to upload a resume, cover letter, and fill out a few questions regarding your application. Once submitted, our hiring team will review your application and contact you if you are selected for an interview. Whether you are successful or not, we will store your application and data in our system for a maximum period of one year from the application date in case another role becomes available that you are suitable for. If you have any questions or concerns about us storing this data and/or the period of time, please contact us at legal@discogsinc.com and we will respond to you within 30 days.