Back End Software Engineer, StockX
$120-145k
Streetwear marketplace
Job no longer available
Streetwear marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$120-145k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide access to the world's most coveted items in the smartest way possible.
Role
Who you are
- 2-5 years of relevant development experience
- Experience with distributed architecture. Proficiency in one or more back-end languages used by the team (NodeJS, GoLang) or equivalent experience in another language and a willingness to learn and get up to speed quickly
- Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills. Ability to say No
- Experience with data storage technologies, both relational and NoSQL
- Experience with event-based architecture and with related technologies like kafka, SNS, SQS etc
- Experience with cloud platforms - Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with working in an Agile environment
- Ability to work in a fast paced and constantly changing environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field preferred
What the job involves
- Collaborate with a team of low-ego, top-level engineers, to build the next-generation scalable, high-throughput platform for the rocketship that is StockX
- Own our solutions start to finish. You will be working on an engineer-driven team: we define our solutions, we break projects down into bite-sized chunks, we set milestones for ourselves, we document our services for our needs, we build our systems to our designs, we make sure they are tested, we make metrics that give us the insight we need, and yep we support our production operations
- Research and implement cutting edge technology that can be applied to handle massive scale
- Contribute to a healthy, collaborative culture where we continuously learn, continuously adapt, and improve together. You’ll bring your experience and lessons from past jobs - and get a chance to help define how our team operates
- Tackle the toughest technical challenges at StockX. You will work on high impact projects, with massive scale, and massive dollar values attached to them
- Contribute meaningfully to the success of StockX
Our take
StockX pairs buyers with sellers and verifies products through its live bid-and-ask structure, funding itself by charging a transaction fee on each sale. In return it verifies each item sold on the platform for authenticity and condition, setting it aside from competitors in this space such as TheRealReal.
The company is now hoping to further distinguish itself by working directly with brands to release products through the platform, with a vision to letting its customers set the price for goods in the same way investors do for shares in the stock exchange.
Despite issues including allegations of counterfeiting from Nike and a general slowdown in the resale goods market over 2022, StockX has continued its rapid growth, doubling the number of buyers on its network to 12 million. While a global economic slowdown has caused it to give up on plans for an IPO in the near term, StockX is nonetheless planning to expand its product line and expand internationally in the near future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$60m
SERIES E
Dec 2020
$275m
SERIES E
Total funding: $495m
Company benefits
- We promote the physical and emotional health of our team members and their families. We offer generous health benefits packages to keep our team members happy and healthy
- Rest and recharge when you need it the most: In addition to a full holiday schedule, we offer generous paid time off for our team members
- Be present with your new family member: Through our parental leave benefit, new parents receive paid time off
- Invest in your future. Many of our team members can take part in our pension or 401k programs
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Downtown Detroit, Detroit, MI
Leadership
Greg Schwartz
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked at Deutsche Bank before founding Upto, a calendar software startup where he acted as CEO prior to founding StockX
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