Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Happy Returns, a UPS Company, is transforming the online shopping return process into a seamless experience. The Platform Software Engineer will build and operate backend services and shared platform systems, focusing on designing reliable APIs and improving system performance.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the successful implementation and delivery of new features and projects using a variety of languages and frameworks such as Golang, Python, and PostgreSQL
- Build and maintain data pipelines and tooling powering analytics, operational workflows, and product capabilities
- Actively participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews to ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of the Happy Returns system
- Enforce clean code coding standards and excellent coding practices by conducting thoughtful code reviews and upholding a commitment to testing and maintainability
- Learn from senior engineers, contribute to knowledge-sharing sessions, and continuously expand your technical and problem-solving skills as you grow into more complex projects
- Partner with Product, Data, and other engineering teams to translate their needs into technical solutions
- Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation workflows
- Support the health and stability of our systems through thoughtful testing monitoring, and debugging
Skills
- 1-3 years of experience building backend APIs or services
- Experience developing in Go, Python, or another backend language
- Familiarity with databases and data storage technologies
- The ability to efficiently ship clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- A strong interest in joining a highly collaborative environment and working daily with stakeholders across the organization
- Curiosity, adaptability and a readiness to explore new technologies, and introduce tools that make the team more effective
- A self-starter mindset with the ability to learn independently and thrive in a fully remote work environment
- Expertise in multiple server-side languages such as Go or Python
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
- Experience with data processing frameworks, ETL/ELT pipelines, or streaming systems
- Exposure to performance optimization, distributed systems fundamentals, or event-driven architectures
- Interest in e-commerce, logistics, developer experience, or building tooling for other engineers
Company Overview
We take returns personally. And forward-thinking brands like Everlane, SHEIN, and REVOLVE choose Happy Returns. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.happyreturns.com.