Senior Software Engineer

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Amla Commerce is a global software company that has grown out of the belief that ecommerce software should enable sustainable growth. Amla has two products, Artifi Labs and Znode. Artifi Labs is an ecommerce product customization platform that allows shoppers to personalize, customize and configure products. Znode is an enterprise, B2B ecommerce platform with a rich set of built-in features to easily manage content, site search, product information, and multi-store functionality.

At Amla, we are building something special. Awesome ecommerce software and a great place to be yourself. Don’t be surprised if you smell beer on Friday afternoons. We put passion into our work but enjoy cracking jokes along the way. Our teams tackle complex challenges and work together to create innovative solutions, and we celebrate every little victory along the way. If you’re ready to tackle opportunities that will help grow your career while joining a team that’s more like a family, Amla is waiting for you.

JOB SUMMARY

Amla Commerce is looking for an energetic, self-motivated Senior Software Engineer to join its Product Management team. If you’re technically inclined, naturally curious, self-motivated and love all things digital, keep reading. 

The Senior Software Engineer position requires a skilled professional focused on the development of software from design to release and ongoing support. The ideal candidate should have an understanding of the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC): requirement gathering, analysis, testing and implementation of third-party platforms or software. Duties include working closely with the product development team, customer onboarding and success teams, and occasionally sales and account management teams.

The ideal candidate would be a full-stack developer with knowledge of coding in various languages, including Asp.Net C#, Asp.Net MVC and React development. Position duties include designing new applications, configuring existing systems, connecting to third-party business systems and offering technical guidance to team members. The primary objective of the position is to foster collaboration with internal teams, contributing to the design, development, and maintenance of the ecommerce platform.

• Develop a firm understanding of the key features of the ecommerce platform
• Understand how the platform is commonly implemented in different ways for existing and new customers. 
• Identify gaps in the platform and outline opportunities
• Participate in product development activities and write required application design and analysis documents.
• Writing application architecture specifications and assisting with the build of walk-through prototypes.
• Utilize understanding of the full software life cycle and strong knowledge in Design Methodology – UML.
• Perform coding to written technical specifications.
• Investigate, analyze and document reported defects as needed.
• Create, document, and implement unit test plans, scripts, and test harnesses.
• Assist in the support and growth of development platform(s).
• Support product development activities. Must understand the Amla quality process and apply the same while executing tasks.
• Interacting with technical writers to document, verify and validate product features and functionality.
• Interacting with test/quality assurance engineers to define test plans, identify and reproduce defects and provide fixes.
• Mentor and guide team, coach team members based on their developmental needs.
• Research standard extensions/solutions for common business applications.
• Perform usability testing and assessment for products, as well as ad hoc usability evaluations of varying levels of complexity.