Staff Engineer, Commerce Platform
Core
Architecting and building the trusted commerce backbone for Rover, managing the end-to-end transaction lifecycle, checkout, payouts, and financial accuracy for a global pet care marketplace.
Role type
Staff Engineer, Commerce Platform
Builds
Secure checkout and payout experiences, order lifecycle systems, tax calculation/reporting pipelines, and reconciliation tools for a multi-marketplace platform.
Domain
Consumer marketplace, fintech, payments, and regulatory compliance.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
System design and architecture, cross-functional initiative leadership, complex multi-system problem solving, AI and agentic coding tools, large-scale high-traffic platform experience, mentoring engineers.
Preferred skills
Commerce, payments, or finance-critical domain experience.
Technologies
Python, Django, Relational Databases, React, React Native, Stripe, PayPal.
Responsibilities
Define technical direction for the transaction lifecycle, solve unscoped cross-team challenges (tax, new providers, fee changes), translate accounting/regulatory requirements into system design, conduct design and code reviews to raise engineering standards, mentor engineers and shape technical interviewing.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence and mentorship.
