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Lead Software Engineer - Backend

Apex Systems
San Ramon, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/29/2026
Job#: 3032590

Job Description:

Your Team

The Ecommerce Engineering Team is responsible for providing a scalable, highly performant platform to power all Ecommerce experiences for US and International customers. Our Ecommerce experience reaches millions of customers through various channels with majority of interactions on Mobile web browsers primarily on Safari and Chrome. Our services powers our most loyal customers using our Native iOS App.

Your Impact

As Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for driving initiatives as Technical owner, alignment, architecture and execution of Ecommerce Technology’s unique problem space. As a Senior team member, you will take ownership and responsibility of the work done by other team members. All Software Engineers are expected to be hands-on and contribute code and be involved in architecture/design.

Responsibilities

  • Advisory to Ecommerce Technology leadership team on technical direction for initiatives
  • Responsible for repositories, codebase, CI/CD pipelines and governance to ensure high quality performant code is committed and deployed to production.
  • Develop performant features incorporating an evolutionary design and iterative development to balance quality and speed of delivery.
  • Drive Solutioning & Design in collaboration with Architects, Product Managers, Business stakeholders, Security, Infrastructure and external partners,
  • Perform code reviews, mentor senior and software engineers to elevate talent.
  • Deep dive into technical challenges related to scale, resiliency and operational efficiency.
  • Minimize production outages and severity issues with proactive collaboration and monitoring.

Required Skills

  • 10 years of web development experience, building, leading and architecting digital products & services, high volume, scalable and distributed systems.
  • Proficient with event driven architecture. Experience scaling high volume and low latency services with caching, CDNs, edge computing and serverless architectures.
  • Strong ecommerce development experience using Node.js, Typescript, GraphQL, Python, Distributed Cache and DynamoDB.
  • Good understanding of front-end technologies and its interaction with backend systems – ReactJS/Redux, HTML5. CSS3, Web Pixels
  • DevOps expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, logging, telemetry, monitoring, alerting and proven track record of troubleshooting production issues.
  • Ability to break complex things into small, simpler building blocks to ensure continuous delivery.
  • Attention to detail, curious to learn, competitive to collaborate and win and have fun taking on challenges.

Desired Skills

  • Experience with ecommerce platforms like BigCommerce, Commerce tools, Shopify
  • Integration experience with incorporating third party products/vendors
  • Experience with major cloud providers – AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Awareness of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side vs server-side performance considerations.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.

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