Senior Backend Engineer, Tecovas
$120-150k
+ Bonus Program
Online cowboy boots retailer
Be an early applicant
Online cowboy boots retailer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-150k
+ Bonus Program
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the most beloved heritage western brand in the world by creating unparalleled products, experiences, and joy for everyone who crosses our path.
Role
Who you are
- This role is required to be based in Austin, TX
- Candidates must either be currently located in or willing to relocate to Austin, TX
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 2 years in e-commerce, preferably in a D2C environment either as a client or an e-commerce congruent software or software solution provider
- Previous experience as a sr level engineer
- Significant production level experience with Python codebases and general working knowledge of various python web frameworks and toolkits like Django, Flask, Pydantic, FastAPI, etc
- Experience building solutions around integrations with e-commerce and ERP systems with preferred experience in integrating with Shopify and Netsuite
- Proven experience designing, building, and operating enterprise-scale master data management pipelines
- Strong subject matter expertise building, designing, and integrating with REST and GraphQL APIs with ample experience in integrating with 3rd party API’s in general
- GCP product subject matter expertise, specifically environment set up and configuration with Cloud functions, Cloud Containers, GKE, and Datastore (comparable ISP experience is ok)
- Deep understanding of containers and managing production level container deployments
- Experience with working in production level Kubernetes deployments
- Experience building production grade CI/CD, build, and test pipelines using tools like GH workflow, Circle CI, Gitlab pipelines, bitbucket, etc
- General experience working in or managing javascript and/or typescript codebases
- Experience operating in any of the various work management tool suites like Atlassian, Gitlab, GH Projects, Asana, Monday, etc
- Strong cross functional communication skills
- You are an experienced software engineer/architect with several years of experience in building solutions in the e-commerce, retail, and/or D2C space as backend engineer
- You are a self managed professional that yearns for vision casting and collaboration vs instruction from leadership
- You thrive working with small, autonomous teams that focus on value add vs process overhead
- You are passionate about code quality through test driven development
- You are passionate about event driven architectures, modular enterprise solution architecture, and domain driven design
- You enjoy working as cross functional resource and collaborating directly with business partners and stakeholders
What the job involves
- Tecovas is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to scale Tecovas business operations to the next level, reporting directly to the Manager of Backend Engineering
- The Sr Backend Engineer is an experienced engineer who will be responsible for building, deploying, testing, and operating the systems that power Tecovas’ operational infrastructure
- In this role, you will implement and improve processes that ensure scalability, security, and performance, while streamlining critical workflows across the business
- You’ll work closely with teams across Tecovas to ensure data moves accurately and efficiently between systems, reducing manual effort and enabling the organization to operate faster and smarter
- As a key cross-functional partner, you’ll have broad exposure to Tecovas’ teams and platforms and play a meaningful role in driving company-wide impact
- Design, build, test, deliver, and support highly scalable solutions across the entire solution stack
- Providing code reviews, engage in pair programming exercise, and providing feedback on solution design
- Provide suggestions and enhancements to future and current code bases, test pipelines, and deployment pipelines based on your deep experience and subject matter expertise
- Work directly with business partners and stakeholders to provide guidance and provide scalable solutions to complex issues
Our take
Cowboy boots are timeless - an icon of American fashion that has endured through the ages. But Tecovas aims to bring them into the 21st Century with an online retail model that doesn’t skimp on quality.
Its boots are traditionally made at a veteran boot factory in Léon, Mexico, with over 200 steps in the process, but Tecovas’ straight-to-consumer model allows the company to bypass middle-party retailers and knock nearly $100 off the average price points of their boots.
It’s the first company to offer this sort of model for this product, and has upended a billion-dollar industry in doing so. Its initial success has helped it to open 13 physical stores in Texas, the state with the biggest market for cowboy boots. But over 70% of Tecovas’s sales come from other states, allowing the company to essentially create new markets where other brands that only operated in brick-and-mortar stores are unable to compete.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2022
$56m
SERIES C
Feb 2020
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $105.4m
Company benefits
- We offer insurance plans that pay 99% of your health premium coverage and 100% of your dental & vision insurance coverage for your family/dependents
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO policy
- Corporate wellness program
- Generous employee discounts!
Company HQ
Bouldin Creek, Austin, TX
Leadership
Paul Hedrick
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Former Trader Assistant at Belvedere and Business Analyst at McKinsey.
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