Software Engineer

About the Team

At GOAT Group, the Engineering team is an integral part of our dynamic company. By joining the team, your skills will be front and center, working alongside other passionate individuals to solve problems and build software. From launching compelling new consumer experiences, tackling global logistics challenges to scaling infrastructure to facilitate our rapid growth – technology is essential to driving our vision forward. The work you do will change the way the world shops, while also empowering entrepreneurs, including individual sellers, brands and boutiques.We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to help design and implement new features across multiple backend applications. As a senior presence and a core individual contributor on a small team, you will play a key role in both enhancing a Ruby on Rails backend at the heart of the business and building out a new, more scalable service-driven architecture.

Language requirement: Fluent in Mandarin and English
Location: Shanghai, China

In this role, you will:

• Design and develop backend systems using Ruby and/or Golang programming languages to enable functionality for customers in our web and mobile applications and apply computer science knowledge to ensure performance, scalability and system correctness (e.g. selecting products to wish list or writing comments).
• Deploy applications and microservices in a cloud environment (i.e., Amazon Web Services (“AWS”)) that are secure and scalable, including working asynchronous data stream builds on top of AWS specific technologies (e.g., SQS, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Analyze business requirements to develop and modify existing transactional systems to support new business processes and manage business related data.
• Manage projects and problems of significantly larger scopes.
• Formulate an efficient game plan for delivering a stable, well-tested feature in a timely manner.
• Make technical recommendations that improve the codebase while minimizing risks.
• Identify, fix, and prevent technical bugs and performance bottlenecks.
• Coordinate and communicate seamlessly across other technical and product teams.
• Be a helpful and supportive presence on the team, contributing to code reviews and other team processes.

We are looking for:

• BS degree preferred
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering with Ruby on Rails  (Python, Go, PHP, or Java is ok too)
• Experience with e-Commerce/Web Applications
• Familiar and comfortable with the technologies, the tradeoffs, and the design patterns emerging in web services
• A quick learner, a self-starter, able to work autonomously, and you’re willing (and able) to handle the pressures of an increasing level of responsibility

GOAT is the global platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future. Since its founding in 2015, GOAT has become the leading and most trusted sneaker marketplace in the world. Through its unique positioning between the primary and resale markets, the company offers styles across various time periods on its digital platforms and in its retail locations, while delivering products to over 30 million members across 170 countries.The company is backed by strategic investor Foot Locker, Inc. as well as some of the leading names in venture capital including D1 Capital Partners, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners, Upfront Ventures, Webb Investment Network and Y Combinator.We encourage you to apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement. We look for people who are passionate about what we do, not just those who check off all the boxes.