Who we are Recharge is the subscription platform for the world’s fastest-growing and most innovative brands. Shopify’s premier subscription solution, Recharge is on a mission to build the future of commerce around customer retention. Known for its relentless product innovation and focus on ease of use, Recharge helps merchants deliver seamless customer experiences that drive customer retention and revenue growth. The Recharge platform leverages data from over 100 million shoppers to help brands more successfully set up, manage, and grow their subscription businesses. Recharge is a hands-on partner to over 20,000 brands globally — including quip, Dr. Squatch, Blueland, Estrid, Oats Overnight, Bobbie, and more. Learn more at: getrecharge.com Role Overview The Foundations Services team at Recharge builds and operates many core systems & services that power our platform. We’re responsible for our event-driven implementations, integrations with partners such as Shopify, and the webhooks that connect Recharge to the broader ecosystem. Each week our system handles more than a billion events. You’ll enjoy working on this team if you’re passionate about distributed systems, solving challenges around scale and performance, and collaborating with skilled engineers who care deeply about reliability and quality. Our Tech Stack: Python, Flask, GCP, Kubernetes, Dapr, Redis, MySQL/NoSQL, Terraform, Docker, Splunk, Chronosphere, Sentry Who you are You’re an experienced engineer who values collaboration, craftsmanship, and getting things done. You bring strong technical skills, curiosity, and a practical mindset to your work. You thrive in distributed systems, enjoy problem-solving across the stack, and care about delivering value through iterative progress and teamwork. You’ll be a great fit if you: - Have 5+ years of backend experience with technologies such as Python, GCP (Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub), MySQL, and Redis, and are comfortable in distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native environments. - Communicate clearly across remote channels and contribute thoughtfully to discussions, planning, and reviews. - Approach challenges with initiative and accountability, balancing pragmatism with technical depth. - Balance pragmatism and high standards – you know when to move fast and when to dig deeper for quality, maintainability, and scale. - Collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and leadership to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions. - Contribute to a healthy team culture through kindness, respect, and openness to feedback and diverse perspectives. Execution: You focus on getting things done and delivering value quickly. You’re motivated by putting products in front of customers and stakeholders, favoring an iterative approach with regular, incremental releases over large, infrequent launches. You take ownership of shipping on a steady cadence, view feedback as essential to building the right solution, and adapt easily when priorities or direction change. Engineering excellence: You bring experience across multiple technical domains, including backend, infrastructure, and data – with frontend exposure as a bonus. You’re confident reviewing code, guiding design discussions, and diving into the details when needed to ensure high-quality, reliable products are delivered. You care about maintainability, performance, and building systems that scale effectively. Communication: You communicate clearly across channels – whether in person, over video, in chat, or through written documentation. You engage actively in technical discussions, share context openly, and help teammates reach clarity. As a senior engineer, you coach others, contribute to design conversations, and articulate technical decisions and tradeoffs effectively. Pragmatic: You work closely with leadership, product partners, and your team to navigate challenges and constraints. You understand that plans and markets change, and you adapt quickly while keeping progress steady. You focus on practical solutions that move the team and product forward, even when conditions shift. Kindness and respect: You believe in contributing to a healthy team culture built on mutual respect. You treat teammates, leaders, and stakeholders with consideration and integrity. You engage thoughtfully in discussions, value feedback, and welcome diverse perspectives as essential to building great products and teams. What you’ll do - Champion and embody our core values – accountability, collaboration, iteration, and attention to detail. - Perform thorough code reviews and provide constructive, actionable feedback. - Embrace rapid, iterative design, testing, and development to deliver value while continuously learning. - Demo your work regularly to teammates and peers. - Promote strong engineering habits, including sound development practices, security awareness, and thoughtful management of technical debt. - Advocate for improved standards, tooling, and processes across the team. - Partner with product and engineering management to shape roadmaps, plan timelines, and release features incrementally. - Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, helping assess the technical feasibility of new initiatives. - Contribute to a positive, supportive team culture grounded in shared ownership and accountability. - Collaborate across the Platform Services team and the wider engineering organization to deliver impactful, reliable systems. Experience / Education / Qualifications - Prior e-commerce experience preferred - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or other STEM-related field or equivalent work experience All that said, we know people have varied backgrounds. If you don't meet 100% of the requirements, but you know you can do the job, we believe in you! We'd love for you to apply anyway, and tell us why you'd be a great addition to the team. Compensation Recharge’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. Salary ranges are designed to be competitive and aligned with country specific practices, while individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, and experience. The compensation listed is not inclusive of any equity and benefits that might exist in your total compensation package. - Hiring range in the US $148,000 USD - $185,000 USD - Hiring range in Canada $140,000 CAD - $175,000 CAD Application window anticipated to close: 5/1/2026. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please submit an application as soon as possible. Benefits at a Glance - Medical, dental and vision plans - Retirement plan with employer contribution - Flexible Time Off - Paid Parental Leave - Monthly Remote Life and Merchant stipends Recharge | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Recharge Payments is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to EEO being the law, it is a policy that is fully consistent with our principles. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age. Recharge Payments prohibits any form of workplace harassment. Transparency in Coverage This link leads to the Anthem Blue Cross machine-readable files that are made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and includes network negotiated rates for all items and services; allowed amounts for OON items, services and prescription drugs; and negotiated rates and historical prices for network prescription drugs (delayed). EIN 80-6245138. This link leads to the Kaiser machine-readable files. #LI-Remote