Senior Software Engineer Back End (Remote)

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible coins, trading cards, Funko Pops!, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, WATA, Card Ladder, and the Long Beach Expo collectibles trade show. Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1,700 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City, Seattle, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

We’re transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication, grading, and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics — including pricing, scarcity reports, and historic sales data — accessible to every collector, old or new. Our engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization. We’re seeking engineers to utilize advanced technology in agile settings, with a focus on improving the customer experience for every collector.

Our Collectors Experience team is enhancing an entirely virtual and digital Collectors ecosystem. We’re delivering a unified, end-to-end experience across all our brands, from grading submissions to marketplace serving millions of collectors and investors worldwide.

We are looking for back-end software engineers, to join agile teams where you’ll design and build compelling and exciting solutions for our Collectors digital experience focused on supporting users in pursuing their passions in collection. Using a modern cloud based architecture, these solutions will need to scale to meet the needs of all collectors across our brands.

What You’ll Do

• Implement and deliver effective, user-focused, and content-driven digital experiences in collaboration with Design and Product partners
• Deliver complete features, including design, architecture, implementation, testability and deployment
• Support modernization efforts towards building new cloud-based solutions
• Design and contribute to APIs that can support user experiences on web and mobile applications
• Collaborate with and mentor engineers while also conducting code reviews to ensure consistent design patterns are being applied

Who You Are

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building web applications, APIs, scalable and distributed systems
• Fluency in Python and also not afraid to take on other new technologies.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud technologies such as: Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, RDS, DynamoDB, as well as infrastructure tools (e.g. Terraform, Docker)
• Experience with Service Oriented and Microservice architectures
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Proficient at using appropriate security, testing, documentation, and/or monitoring best practices
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies

What We Offer

• The opportunity to be a part of our inaugural Guadalajara, Mexico office, and to make a real impact on the launch and success of this team
• A dynamic and collaborative international engineering team
• An organization dedicated to supporting the passionate Collectors community
• A Competitive Salary and benefits

Location: Employees will be expected to work several days at our Guadalajara office location, which will be in Midtown Guadalajara.

Explore other available openings at collectors.com/careers.

Additional Resources From Our Technology Team

• https://blog.collectors.com/
• https://www.collectors.com/engineering

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Explore other available openings at collectors.com/careers.