Collectors Staff Software Engineer

Our Collectors Experience team is enhancing an entirely virtual and digital Collectors ecosystem. We’re delivering a unified, end-to-end experience across all our brands, from grading submissions to marketplace serving millions of collectors and investors worldwide. You’ll lead and mentor our software engineering team and partner with product, design and cross-functional teams. We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineering Manager to lead the team behind PSA Set Registry, PSA’s flagship experience for collectors to organize, compete, and celebrate their PSA-graded collections. This is a highly visible, consumer-facing product at scale (hundreds of thousands of registered sets) with a deeply engaged user base of collectors who care about every card, ticket, and set they build on the platform. You’ll report to the Director of Software Engineering.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software products, from concept to production release. Build public facing web and mobile apps used daily by a passionate global collector community-direct user impact, tangible feedback, real customer problems.
• Partner with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to develop clear business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, including architecture decisions, code reviews, and release management.
• Lead and mentor teams of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• Promote best practices in engineering, including continuous learning, agile methodologies, and high standards for code quality and documentation.
• Troubleshoot complex issues in production applications and provide hands-on technical guidance when necessary.
• Champion company policies and contribute to building a positive, engaging culture.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and help shape long-term technical strategy., U.S. residents: for disclosures relating to personal information we collect during the employment application and recruitment process, please see our Privacy Notice for U.S. Applicants., Consumer Web * eCommerce * Machine Learning * Software * Sports * Analytics Manage marketplace business operations and day-to-day functions while delivering strategic transformation projects. Build scalable systems to replace manual processes, establish operational rigor across teams, oversee billing and fulfillment programs for key accounts, and use AI to automate workflows. The role requires strong organization, analytical problem-solving, project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Top Skills: AI, Collectors, Design, build, and operate backend services, APIs, data models, event-driven systems, serverless services, and frontend applications supporting grading operations. Own complex projects from concept through production, select appropriate architectures, troubleshoot issues, write technical documentation, mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Operations, and participate in on-call support. Work across .NET, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js, cloud infrastructure, databases, integrations, and observability tooling. Top Skills: .NetAgile/ScrumApache KafkaApi GatewayAWSC#Ci/CdCloudFormationCloudwatchCSSDatadogDockerDynamoDBEcsHTMLJavaScriptKubernetesPostgresPytestPythonRest ApisSQL ServerTerraformTypescriptUnittestVue Collectors

Senior Software Engineer

Yesterday In-Office or Remote Senior level Senior level Consumer Web * eCommerce * Machine Learning * Software * Sports * Analytics Build and operate backend services, APIs, data models, event-driven pipelines, internal applications, and integrations supporting high-volume grading operations. Develop end-to-end features with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue.js; troubleshoot data, service, integration, and UI issues; contribute to system design, testing, observability, documentation, and on-call support. Collaborate with Product, Technology, and Operations teams to create scalable systems and improve engineering practices. Top Skills: .NetAgileAmazon EcsApache KafkaApi GatewayAWSC#Ci/CdClaudeCloudFormationCloudwatchCSSDatadogDockerDynamoDBHTMLJavaScriptKubernetesPostgresPytestPythonRest ApisScrumServerless ComputingSQL ServerTerraformTypescriptUnittestVue

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• Experienced engineering manager or technical lead with a proven track record of delivering software projects and growing engineering teams
• 10+ years of experience architecting systems (service-oriented, event-driven, distributed systems, cloud) as well as hands-on development experience in modern api development and scalable architectures
• 5+ years of experience building solutions using AWS technologies such as: Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, API Gateway
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience using strongly typed languages (C#, Java, etc) is a plus
• Strong fundamentals working with databases and data modeling, both relational (e.g. PostgreSQL) & NoSQL (e.g. DynamoDB)
• Experience with IaC such as CDK/CloudFormation or TerraForm
• Demonstrated ownership and understanding of large, real-time high availability systems
• Deep technical background - comfortable guiding architecture discussions, code quality standards, and designing reliable, scalable systems
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to promote collaboration across engineering, product, and business teams
• Passion for mentoring and developing engineers, with a commitment to continuous learning and growth
• Nice to have: Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies and client-side frameworks, such as Vue.js, React, or Svelte

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Be an Early Applicant Remote Hiring Remotely in US Expert/Leader Remote Hiring Remotely in US Expert/Leader Lead and mentor the software engineering team responsible for PSA Set Registry, a large-scale consumer web and mobile product. Drive architecture, development, delivery, code quality, release management, production troubleshooting, and technical strategy. Partner with product, design, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions while promoting agile practices, collaboration, continuous learning, and an inclusive engineering culture. The summary above was generated by AI, 5 Hours Ago Remote or Hybrid 110K-180K Annually Senior level 110K-180K Annually

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the UK, and France.

As part of our interview process, we request that candidates have their cameras on during video interviews. This helps foster meaningful conversation and allows us to create an experience that closely resembles our standard working environment. Certain interview steps may take place by phone. For remote roles, and at our discretion, candidates may be asked to participate in an on-site interview as part of the final stages of the process.

We understand there may be occasional circumstances requiring accommodation and are happy to discuss them as needed. Your recruiter will be able to clarify expectations and answer any questions you have.

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. Our services span collectible coins, trading cards, Funko Pops!, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, SGC, WATA, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1,900 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Toronto, Guadalajara, Dallas, and Paris.

We’re transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication, grading, and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics - including pricing, scarcity reports, and historic sales data - accessible to every collector, old or new. Our engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization. We’re seeking engineers to utilize advanced technology in agile settings, with a focus on improving the customer experience for every collector.