Senior Software Engineer, Back-End Java (Remote)

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and France.

We’re transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication, grading, and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics — including pricing, scarcity reports, and historic sales data — accessible to every collector, old or new. Our engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization. We're seeking engineers to utilize advanced technology in agile settings, with a focus on improving the customer experience for every collector.

Click here to learn more about our Mexico Engineering Team Expansion.

We’re looking for Senior Back-End Software Engineers to build robust & scalable backend applications that power delightful experiences for our collectors. You will be on the forefront of powering our digital transformation and have a wide impact. You will help evolve legacy applications and elevate our backend architecture to provide a platform upon which we can build innovative and value-added services for both external and internal customers.

What You’ll Do:

• Participate across the entire software development lifecycle, taking features from concept to production release

• Communicate with Product and other stakeholders to develop business requirements

• Collaboratively create solutions with other teams

• Troubleshoot software issues and debug a large codebase

• Develop and execute unit and integration tests

• Contribute to technical documentation to increase maintainability of software assets

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience building backend software, with exposure to microservices, event-driven architectures, and REST APIs, or Java EE.

• 3+ years experience with the Java tech stack (Spring boot, Micronaut, Quarkus) and are also not afraid to take on other new technologies

• Experience with relational as well as NoSQL databases such as MSSQL, Postgresql, DynamoDB

• Hands-on experience on web services (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).

• 3+ years of experience with AWS cloud services such as Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, MSK, OpenSearch, S3, SNS, SQS as well as infrastructure tools (ex:- Terraform, Docker)

• Experience with messaging platforms like Kafka, enabling real-time communication and event-driven architectures.

• Experience with AI-powered developer tools such as Augment, GitHub Copilot and Claude (Anthropic) to improve productivity and code quality

• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming , algorithms, data structures, design patterns and best practices.

• Possess strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to visualize and document processes.

• Exposure to Test Automation tools and practices (data contract validation, performance testing, karate, etc).

• Understanding of how to create modular and extensible APIs

• Proficient at using appropriate security, documentation, and/or monitoring best practices

• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies

What we Offer 

These are some of our main culture and benefit offerings. There’s more to explore—please ask your recruiter for full details.

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive supplemental medical coverage with family eligibility, plus life and long-term disability insurance.

• Financial Security: Competitive savings fund, food vouchers, employee referral program, and a 30-day Christmas bonus.

• Time Off & Holidays: 15 days of paid vacation with a 100% vacation premium, along with company holidays.

• Flexible Work: 100% remote with an equipment and home-office allowance to support how you work best.

• Career Growth: Learning and development stipend, innovation committees, and hackathons to keep you growing and challenged.

• Culture & Connection: A collaborative, fun working environment with meaningful local and global all-hands events that truly bring teams together.

• Foundational Impact: The opportunity to start our Tech and Product operations in Mexico, making a real impact on its launch and success, while working closely with our U.S based team to bring products to the Collectibles market at scale.

• Technical Challenge: The opportunity to develop highly scalable distributed systems using the latest technologies and engineering practices in a High Tech Engineering organization. Learn more about tech at Collectors on our tech blog and dedicate MX Engineering microsite.

Candidates must be authorized to work in Mexico.

​Additional Resources from our technology team: 

• https://blog.collectors.com/

• https://sites.google.com/collectors.com/collectorsmexoffice/collectors-mexico-learn-more

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