Poshmark - Senior Software Engineer I - Distributed Systems

Description :

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job.

Heres a secret: there's no such thing as a "perfect" candidate.

Poshmark is looking for exceptional people who want to make a positive impact through their work and help create an organization where everyone can thrive.

So whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this role would make you excited to come to work every day.

Job Description :

Poshmark is a leading social marketplace for new and secondhand style for women, men, kids, pets, home, and more.

By combining the human connection of physical shopping with the scale, ease, and selection benefits of e-commerce, Poshmark makes buying and selling simple, social, and sustainable.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer I to join our Core Platform team and contribute to the continued scalability and innovation of our backend systems.

As a key technical contributor, you will play a critical role in building and optimizing the cloud-native infrastructure and services that power our high-traffic marketplace.

The Poshmark community creates a new listing every 2 seconds and generates millions of likes, comments, and shares every single day this is your opportunity to impact the core of that experience.

Responsibilities :

- Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable backend services and distributed systems.

- Help evolve our application and service delivery platform, leveraging cloud-native architectures, NoSQL solutions, queueing technologies, and search infrastructure.

- Architect and implement new product features using a data-driven, iterative approach with measurable impact.

- Drive performance tuning and system improvements to ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability of key components.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, DevOps, and QA to deliver high-quality software aligned with business goals.

- Actively participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring of junior engineers.

- Identify and lead refactoring and technical debt reduction efforts to improve developer velocity and system health.

6-Month Accomplishments :

- Ramp up quickly on Poshmarks codebase, cloud architecture, and development workflows.

- Take ownership of key components or services and contribute high-quality, well-tested code to production.

- Serve as a go-to technical resource within your immediate team.

- Drive cross-team collaboration to deliver features and improvements efficiently and effectively.

12+ Month Accomplishments :

- Lead the technical execution of complex initiatives with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.

- Influence architectural decisions and contribute to long-term platform and service strategy.

- Drive engineering excellence through best practices, tooling, and process improvements.

- Provide mentorship and technical leadership across the backend engineering team.

Requirements :

- 4+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, including designing and scaling distributed systems.

- Strong foundation in computer science, including data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.

- Proficiency with backend programming languages such as Ruby and/or Java.

- Experience working with technologies like MongoDB, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, and Redis.

- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation.

- Experience with scalability, performance optimization, and systems-level problem solving.

- Familiarity with microservices architecture and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) is a plus.

- Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field.

- Strong communication skills and a user-centric, quality-first mindset.