Senior Software Engineer, Back-end (Shared Services)

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 Shared Services team is responsible for building modern cloud based applications, integrations (APIs and asynchronous), AI/ML based services, and scalable architectures that power software solutions across the organization. As a member of this team, your day-to-day work will be focused on building new capabilities for all other engineering teams, along with modernizing existing application architectures.

We’re looking for back-end software engineers to build robust & scalable backend applications that power delightful experiences for our collectors. You will be on the forefront of powering our digital transformation and have a wide impact. You will help evolve legacy applications and elevate our backend architecture to provide a platform upon which we can build innovative and value-added services for both external and internal customers.

What You’ll Do:

• Participate across the entire software development lifecycle, taking features from concept to production release
• Solve complex problems and provide elegant solutions while adhering to coding and architectural standards
• Troubleshoot software issues and debug a large codebase
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests
• Contribute to technical documentation to increase maintainability of software assets

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience building backend software, with exposure to microservices, event-driven architectures, and REST APIs.
  
• 3+ years experience/strong proficiency with Java (preferred) or other languages such as C#, Python, Ruby, or Scala.
  
• Strong fundamentals working with databases - relational & NoSQL.
  
• Exposure to building applications in the cloud (we use AWS)
  
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
  
• Possess strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to visualize and document processes
  
• Knowledgeable about algorithms, data structures and best practices
  
• Understanding of how to create modular and extensible APIs
  
• 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