Backend Software Engineer, GOAT

$111.4-139.2k

PHP

Python

Java

Ruby

Spring

Symfony

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Golang

Junior and Mid level

Remote from US

Marketplace for authentic streetwear

Job no longer available

Marketplace for authentic streetwear

501-1000 employees

B2CMarketplaceFashionConsumer GoodseCommerce

Job no longer available

$111.4-139.2k

PHP

Python

Java

Ruby

Spring

Symfony

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Golang

Junior and Mid level

Remote from US

501-1000 employees

B2CMarketplaceFashionConsumer GoodseCommerce

Company mission

To bring the world’s greatest products together from the past, present and future, while providing a premier end-to-end customer experience with a point of view on culture and style.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field preferred
1+ years of internship experience developing in Ruby, PHP, Java, Python, or Go
Internship experience with common web application patterns and frameworks (Rails, Symfony, Spring, etc.)
Experience developing features in an agile, product-driven workflow -- QA, Analytics, Product, Frontend and Mobile engineers
Familiarity and comfortability with the technologies, the tradeoffs, and the design patterns emerging in web services
A quick learner, a self-starter, ability to work independently, and be willing (and able) to handle the pressures of an increasing level of responsibility

What the job involves

As both a technical leader and a core individual contributor, you will play a key role in enhancing a monolithic Ruby on Rails or GoLang microservices app at the heart of the business and in building out a new, more scalable service-driven architecture
Learn, adopt, and demonstrate GOAT’s development practices and philosophies
Implement discrete changes and features, often within a single application or codebase
Write code that is correct, readable, and consistent with existing patterns
Ensure that your contributions are maintainable, stable, well-tested, and on-time
Support in troubleshooting issues and bugs, particularly related to changes you have made
Communicate clearly with other engineers and product managers
Be a helpful and supportive presence on the team

Our take

GOAT is a resale marketplace built around one core promise: if you buy it there, it's real. Best known for sneakers, the company helped pioneer the "ship-to-verify" model, where sellers send items to GOAT first for authentication before they ever reach the buyer. In a market driven by hype and scarcity, that extra step has become a major trust signal, especially for high-value, hard-to-find pieces.

Alongside human authenticators, the company has invested heavily into machine learning - reportedly using tools like NVIDIA's deep learning tech - to improve speed and accuracy at scale. At the same time it hasn't stayed confined to sneakers. By acquiring Flight Club and Grailed, GOAT has expanded into physical retail and broader streetwear, giving it multiple ways to reach buyers and sellers.

Now GOAT sits in a competitive space alongside platforms like StockX, but its positioning feels slightly different. Think less transactional exchange, more curated marketplace with a strong brand identity. As resale continues to grow globally, GOAT's challenge will be maintaining that trust and curation as scale.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

46% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Trustpilot (3.9)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jun 2021

$195m

SERIES F

Sep 2020

$100m

SERIES E

Total funding: $492.8m

Company HQ

Jefferson Park, Los Angeles, CA

Leadership

Eddy Lu

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Eddy graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science. Prior to co-founding GOAT in 2010, he was the owner of Bear Papas, an Equity Researcher at Lehman Brothers, and a Consultant at Deloitte.

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