Senior Software Engineer - Global-e
About this role
Open Positions Senior Software Engineer Engineering United States, Hoboken, NJ Global-e (Nasdaq: GLBE) is the world’s leading platform for global direct-to-consumer e-commerce, enabling brands and retailers to seamlessly sell worldwide, delivering localized experiences across markets. Trusted by some of the world’s most recognized brands including Adidas, Alo Yoga, Logitech, Hugo Boss, Marc Jacobs, and Victoria’s Secret, we operate on a massive global scale through dynamic teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC. Our technology-based end-to-end solution combines advanced localization capabilities, streamlined global operations and extensive big-data analytics, covering everything merchants need to scale worldwide. We’re a fast-moving, highly collaborative company where innovation, creativity, ownership, and impact are part of everyday work. ABOUT THE ROLE: As a Senior Software Engineer at Global-e, you will design and deliver the core services behind our global logistics platform. You will drive innovation within our API‑first microservice architecture built on Scala, Kubernetes, and AWS. Working with cross‑functional teams you will design and implement robust distributed systems that handle millions of transactions. Your contributions will fuel our growth, shape global logistics capabilities for merchants worldwide, and elevate the technical bar for the entire organization. Our Logistics team is critical to Global-e’s success. We integrate with multiple global carriers, manage taxation and compliance, and offer real-time tracking for customers everywhere. By combining deep industry experience with cutting-edge technology, we deliver best-in-class e-commerce solutions. If you’re driven to build software that makes a real-world impact on a massive scale, we’d love to hear from you. This role reports to the Engineering Manager for the team and is based out of our Hoboken, NJ office or our Dublin, Ireland office. You Will: Manage delivery of new features for the organization Share technical architecture with other members of the technology organization Promote technical design and coding standards that raise the technical bar of the team and product Propose and develop features, tooling, and infrastructure to scale the product Bring a rigorous approach to delivering quality software / verification of works as intended Focus on stability, metrics, and moving fast with confidence while iterating work with a modern cloud-based microservice architecture really learn how to deliver quality software efficiently with Global-e’s unique software development lifecycle Write code mostly in Scala. There is no need-to-know Scala in advance, just a desire to learn Requirements You Are: Curious and enthusiastic for tackling tough problems and deliver Always learning and hungry for new knowledge and skill sharing A great verbal and written communicator – you’ll be part of a team and will be collaborating with stakeholders across the business A deep problem solver – the ability to analyse a business or technical problem and select the most appropriate solutions A multi-tasker with the ability to manage unplanned work without impacting committed, high priority deliverables A strong believer that great teams are necessary to create world class products. Willing to invest the time to build strong relationships and help others on the team grow You Have: 6+ years of experience building highly scalable consumer-facing applications E-commerce experience Experience with Agile, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment Strong database experience, especially around scaling applications Compensation: 165k-175k + Equity Our people play the key role in our success, and we are always looking for more driven, talented, and ambitious individuals to join our growing international family. Global-e is an equal opportunity employer. Our team is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and welcome applications from people of all walks of life.
What this role is, and what else it is called
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About hiring at Global E
Global E has 4 other live technology roles on its careers page, across IT Support & Service Desk, Software Engineering and DevOps, Platform & SRE. Of those, 0% are advertised as fully remote and 20% as hybrid. Elsewhere in its adverts Global E asks for Jira, SQL, Python, Terraform and Jenkins. See all Global E roles, salaries and stack.
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