Staff Engineer

Swiftly is the AI platform purpose-built for retail, serving retailers, wholesalers, and brands. Swiftly's AI agents unify data, automate workflows, and power the marketing that drives measurable business growth. Swiftly AI is built on the industry's largest proprietary retail dataset: live transactions, 9 million products, and the closed-loop campaign outcomes of 33,000 stores.

Trusted by leading retailers, wholesalers, and hundreds of iconic brands, Swiftly unifies data across the retail ecosystem to accelerate growth and power the connected, personalized experiences that drive lasting shopper loyalty.

Position Summary:
Swiftly is searching for a Staff Engineer with a strong desire to ship quality code quickly, focusing on building Swiftly’s platforms and integrating new retailer partners. Successful candidates will bring a strong backend software development background, and a track record of working on integration/onboarding projects in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• Architect, design, and implement backend services to support a rich ecosystem of APIs used by mobile and web clients
• Automate manual processes to streamline internal and external experiences and workflows
• Manage and collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture requirements
• Configure, build, test, and deploy integration software solutions
• Collaborate with solutions engineers and technical program managers to write technical design proposals and participate in and/or oversee code reviews
• Write scalable tests, release plans, and end-user documentation to support our fast-growing organization
• Resolve (diagnose, track, and manage) software integration issues
• Deliver technical improvements and bug fixes
• Work closely with the internal support team and business users to understand the business requirements and ideate new solutions
• Provide recommendations for standard methodologies pertaining to integration design and development
• Availability for on-call (about 10 days a month)
• Other related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or comparable industry experience
• 10+ years of industry experience designing, building, and maintaining backend services
• Proficiency and strong experience in Ruby on Rails platforms
• Proficiency with containerized services and git-based workflows
• Strong experience with technologies including:
• Ruby on Rails
• Docker & Kubernetes
• PostgreSQL
• AWS including Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• React (web JS), optionally also React-Native
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with Scrum, Agile, Kanban, or similar development methodologies
• Capable of balancing competing priorities based on a solid understanding of business needs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mix of startup and large software company experience
• Experience working with brick and mortar retail environments
• Experience with any of: Kotlin/Quarkus, Azure cloud, GitOps, ArgoCD