Senior Software Engineer
Core
Building and operating the engineering systems that power Sotheby's auctions, private sales, and retail platforms, supporting inventory valuation, client interactions, and live event infrastructure.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Full Stack)
Builds
Auction platforms, client-facing products, identity/compliance infrastructure, and real-time sale systems
Domain
Luxury Art & Auctions / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, React/TypeScript, Scala, distributed systems design, microservices, PostgreSQL, AWS, containerization
Preferred skills
Event-driven architectures, streaming platforms, API design (GraphQL/gRPC/REST), auth/compliance systems, e-commerce/marketplace domain
Technologies
Go, React, TypeScript, Scala, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate distributed systems and microservices; maintain relational databases; manage cloud infrastructure and containerization; build client-facing products and internal tooling
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC