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CSC Generation

Lead Software Engineer, E-Commerce Platform

CSC Generation
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hybrid senior full-time San Jose

First indexed 24 Oct 2026

Description

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our team, responsible for owning a service area end-to-end, setting technical direction, writing production code daily, and raising the bar for the developers around you.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will serve as the technical owner for a core area of our retail service cloud, designing approaches, contributing code, and mentoring engineers while driving the roadmap from legacy replacement through new feature delivery.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as technical owner for your area or service within the retail service cloud, setting architecture direction and maintaining quality standards
  • Design, build, and ship features , reading and writing code daily alongside the team
  • Identify and resolve technical challenges across the stack, from profiling and refactoring to scaling the platform
  • Replace legacy code and services with modern, maintainable solutions and optimize the overall stack
  • Build frameworks and reusable patterns for upcoming projects across the portfolio
  • Plan and communicate product roadmaps, triage sprint tickets, and push back on requests when technical tradeoffs demand it
  • Mentor junior engineers through code review, pairing, and hands-on problem solving
  • Help build the team by driving developer productivity and contributing to hiring decisions

Requirements:

  • Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Node.js
  • Proficiency / production experience with API Gateway, AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB
  • Comfortable with IAM and CloudWatch for debugging + least-privilege design
  • Experience with Python and Django or comparable server-side frameworks
  • Track record of owning a product or service area technically , architecture decisions, code quality, and delivery outcomes
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and elevate other engineers while remaining a significant individual contributor
  • Experience replacing or modernizing legacy systems in a production environment
  • Comfort triaging competing priorities, planning sprints, and communicating technical details to non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong opinions on code quality and engineering best practices, held loosely enough to find the best solution collaboratively

Benefits:

  • Paid time off policies
  • 401(k) match
  • Medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies
  • Employee discounts across our portfolio of brands
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://jobs.lever.co/cscgeneration-2/7ed8d1ea-dd8a-4ee9-a7cc-b9ed78713c6e