Software Development Engineer II - Catalogue & Integrations Platform

Editorialist melds personal styling, editorial content, and shopping into one seamless digital experience powered by proprietary technology and e-commerce tools. Editorialist.com, our media property, delivers sophisticated content and commerce to aspirational and affluent consumers. Our stories connect readers with bespoke product and service solutions for fashion, accessories, beauty, and wellness needs. The cornerstone of our tech platform—the Editorialist app—blends content, digital services, and e-commerce for our elite clientele, individuals with an average net worth in excess of $550 million. Our co-founder and CEO Rafael Ortiz previously co-founded NexTag, the largest comparison shopping site for products and services, and was responsible for marketing and business development until its sale for $1.2 billion.

Job synopsis: Join in the Catalogue & Integrations Platform Team to build a high-scale, reliable backend that forms the backbone of our e-commerce platform. This critical team integrates directly with retailers' systems, enabling seamless catalogue ingestion, order placement, and real-time order tracking. You will be designing and implementing robust, distributed integration systems that manage diverse external APIs, large data flows, and near real-time updates.

Key Responsibilities:
• Platform Development: Design, develop, and own scalable backend services and integration frameworks using Java and Spring Boot.

• Integration & Connectors: Build and maintain high-reliability connectors for retailer systems (APIs, feeds, webhooks) to handle catalogue synchronisation, order placement, and tracking.

• Data Pipelining: Develop high-performance data ingestion and processing pipelines for large-scale catalog data.

• System Reliability: Implement and own systems for robust error handling, retries, idempotency, rate limiting, and monitoring across all external integrations.

• Real-Time Systems: Work on near-real-time systems for critical data, such as inventory, pricing, and order status updates.

• Operational Excellence: Ensure high availability, scalability, and observability in production to drive continuous improvement, enabling faster retailer onboarding and reduced operational overhead.

Required Skills & Experience :
• Core Backend: 1+ year of professional backend development experience with strong hands-on coding skills in Java and Spring Boot.

• Architecture: Proficiency in microservice architecture and a strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (fault tolerance, retries, idempotency).

• Integrations: Proven experience building or working with external integrations (APIs, webhooks, third-party systems).

• Messaging: Experience with message queues (Kafka / SQS) and asynchronous processing patterns.

• Data: Solid understanding of relational databases and data modelling.

• Cloud & Tools: Familiarity with AWS services, cloud-native development, and tools for monitoring, logging, and debugging production systems.

Good to Have :
• Experience with ETL / data pipelines or large-scale catalogue systems.

• Exposure to the e-commerce domain (catalogue, orders, inventory).

• Experience with batch/stream processing tools (e.g., Spark).

• Understanding of API authentication mechanisms (OAuth, API keys).

We’re looking for a problem-solver who is excited about building scalable integration platforms, solving real-world data challenges, and working on high-impact systems.

What you will get:

• A fast-paced, tech-savvy startup environment where your code has real-world, measurable impact.

• End-to-end ownership of features and systems - your decisions will shape user experience and architecture.

• Close collaboration with experienced engineers, designers, and product thinkers.

• Room to grow into system-level decision making, architecture, and scale challenges.

• Best in class Compensation and Benefits.