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Salary: USD 124,800 - 183,400 / annual
GOAT Group is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join the Consumer team, with a strong emphasis on backend architecture and end-to-end feature delivery. This is a high-impact individual contributor role where you will own both backend and frontend architecture and execution across consumer-facing features.
You will lead full stack architecture and system design, proactively proposing and driving new systems that support critical customer-facing features. You'll take point on major initiatives, owning the backend roadmap, driving technical decisions, and coordinating cross-functional delivery. Your responsibilities include end-to-end execution from shaping the technical approach to delivering stable, performant, well-tested features.
You will optimize existing systems for performance, reliability, and cost, treating production health as a first-class priority. As the team's technical anchor, you'll set engineering standards, lead design reviews, and unblock teammates. You'll manage technical roadmaps and problems of significantly larger scope, from formulating efficient game plans to delivering stable features on time.
You'll make technical recommendations that improve the codebase while minimizing risk, identify and fix performance bottlenecks, and coordinate seamlessly across engineering, product, and design teams. The role emphasizes leveraging AI coding tools (Claude, Codex, etc.) to accelerate development velocity.
Required: 7+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in backend/distributed systems and practical experience building high-traffic, user-facing web applications. You should have a proven track record of leading technical initiatives and shipping features. Strong proficiency in Go, Python, Ruby, or similar backend languages, plus strong frontend experience with React, TypeScript, Next.js, or similar modern web technologies. Hands-on experience designing and scaling distributed systems at real-world traffic scale. Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools. T-shaped engineer mindset with deep expertise in at least one domain. Proactive ownership mentality and comfort navigating ambiguity. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have: Experience with high-scale commerce events and ecommerce applications.