Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Optomi, in partnership with one of our most exciting clients in the photography and digital commerce space are expanding a small, senior-level engineering team. This role supports a high-traffic e-commerce platform handling both standard and bulk ordering workflows, with a strong focus on building new product features and modernizing existing systems in production.

This is a hands-on engineering role with real ownership, close collaboration with product and engineering leadership, and direct impact on a platform used at scale.

CANDIDATES MUST BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE RALEIGH-DURHAM AREA AND BE AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE U.S. WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP (W2 ONLY).

What You’ll Be Working On

• Build and enhance customer-facing desktop and e-commerce ordering experiences
• Design and maintain integrations between internal workflow systems and external ordering platforms
• Contribute to the modernization of legacy components while developing new features
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Technical Leads to execute an active roadmap
• Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability across distributed services

Technical Environment

• JavaScript, TypeScript
• Node.js (Express) with microservices architecture
• React and Next.js
• AWS cloud infrastructure
• Redis and SQS for data and messaging

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience building production systems with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Hands-on background with Node.js and modern frontend frameworks
• Experience working in high-volume, distributed, or service-oriented environments
• Comfort working across both new feature development and system modernization
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work closely with product and engineering stakeholders