Senior ERP Engineer

Role Description

Backcountry is looking for a senior engineer to own the architecture and development of our ecommerce fulfillment systems — the backbone of how orders move from purchase to doorstep. These systems integrate with enterprise-scale ERP platforms and require deep expertise in distributed architecture, cloud infrastructure, and modern engineering practices.

As Senior Software Engineer, Ecommerce Fulfillment , you will:

• Drive architecture design, hands-on development, testing, deployment, documentation, and production support for ecommerce fulfillment systems.
• Leverage AI toolsets to improve engineering delivery throughput, quality, and reliability.
• Share and evolve AI capabilities with other developers and teams, raising the bar for AI use across the organization.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable, user-focused features that elevate business value.
• Champion modern engineering practices including clean architecture, unit testing, automation, performance optimization, and observability.
• Drive key initiatives as a technical contributor, breaking down large projects into manageable delivery chunks and clearly communicating status, roadblocks, and dependencies.
• Influence architectural direction and propose improvements that enhance system performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Produce high-quality documentation including TRDs, diagrams, technical instructions, and onboarding materials.
• Improve reliability monitoring, alerting, and incident response for mission-critical systems.
• Identify opportunities to simplify legacy components, reduce technical debt, and deliver long-term efficiency gains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience with a strong ecommerce background.
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI toolsets for productivity and development acceleration.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale ERP systems such as NetSuite.
• Expertise with Java / Spring Boot.
• Expertise with JavaScript.
• Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and design patterns including pub/sub and event-driven architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one core backend language such as Java, Python, or C#.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and SQL.
• Hands-on skill with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AWS or GCP and cloud-first architecture.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability and the capacity to think creatively and strategically.

Requirements

• The people who do best here are builders. They take ownership, move fast, and want to see the direct impact of their work.
• Your work on fulfillment systems touches product, operations, and customer experience.
• You will partner with cross-functional leadership to solve problems that directly affect how Backcountry delivers to customers.
• Get hands-on with advanced AI tools.
• Drive complex agentic workflow and toolset development that brings real value to the engineering organization and to customers.
• Own architecture decisions, technical direction, and delivery for mission-critical fulfillment systems with full autonomy.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits (US): Paid time off policies, 401(k) match, medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies, and employee discounts across our portfolio of brands.
• Competitive Benefits (Costa Rica): Attractive benefits package including primarily remote work, private medical and life insurance, additional paid time off, monthly allowances and reimbursements, employee discounts, and opportunities for professional growth.

Interview Process

• Recruiter Screen: A 30-minute conversation with our recruiting team to align on the role, your background, and what you are looking for.
• Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper conversation focused on your architectural experience, approach to distributed systems, and how you leverage AI toolsets in engineering workflows.
• Technical Discussion: A technical conversation covering system design, fulfillment domain challenges, and problem-solving approach with members of the engineering team.
• In-Person Interview: We'd like to meet you at our office location. Details and logistics will be arranged with your recruiter.
• Reference Checks: Conducted in parallel with the final stages where possible.
• Offer: We move quickly for the right candidate.