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# Software Engineer, Product (Remote)

- **Company:** Happy Returns
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $116,000.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Databases, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, System Software, Software Technical Review, Data Storage Technologies, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Integration Frameworks, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Docker, Web Api, Golang
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b883a83d6f04c03c

## About the Role

* 1-3 years of experience building backend APIs or services
 * Familiarity with databases and data storage technologies
 * The ability to efficiently ship clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
 * A strong interest in joining a highly collaborative environment and working daily with stakeholders across the organization
 * Curiosity, adaptability and a readiness to explore new technologies, and introduce tools that make the team more effective.
 * A self-starter mindset with the ability to learn independently and thrive in a fully remote work environment

Bonus points if you have

 * Expertise in multiple server-side languages such as Go or Python
 * Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
 * Experience with data processing frameworks, ETL/ELT pipelines, or streaming systems.
 * Exposure to performance optimization, distributed systems fundamentals, or event-driven architectures
 * Interest in e-commerce, logistics, developer experience, or building tooling for other engineers

## Description

As a Platform Software Engineer, you'll build and operate backend services and shared platform systems that power Happy Returns' products and internal workflows. You'll focus on designing and maintaining reliable APIs, data-access layers, and service integrations that improve system reliability, performance, and the developer experience across the company.

Your day to day

 * Take ownership of the successful implementation and delivery of new features and projects using a variety of languages and frameworks such as Golang, Python, and PostgreSQL
 * Build and maintain data pipelines and tooling powering analytics, operational workflows, and product capabilities
 * Actively participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews to ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of the Happy Returns system
 * Enforce clean code standards and excellent coding practices by conducting thoughtful code reviews and upholding a commitment to testing and maintainability
 * Learn from senior engineers, contribute to knowledge-sharing sessions, and continuously expand your technical and problem-solving skills as you grow into more complex projects
 * Partner with Product, Data, and other engineering teams to translate their needs into technical solutions
 * Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation workflows
 * Support the health and stability of our systems through thoughtful testing monitoring, and debugging