Software Engineer, Open-source
As apart of our open-source team, you will help improve our commerce platform and framework tooling to benefit Medusa developers and merchants.
Medusa is the world’s most flexible commerce platform.
The first wave of digital commerce was about getting businesses online. The dominant platforms were built around standardization because simply having an online presence was enough to stand out. But we’ve entered a new era of digital commerce.
Competition is fiercer than ever, new unconventional business models are emerging, and AI is transforming the software industry. Standardization is no longer enough. To succeed, businesses need a platform that enables them to create differentiated purchasing experiences, optimize workflows for operational efficiency, and experiment to unlock new growth opportunities.
Digital commerce stagnates when companies cannot do things differently or do things better. Medusa’s mission is to expand digital commerce by enabling all commerce companies to bring their ideas to life for the benefit of the economy.
Join Medusa to build the digital commerce platform of the new generation.
About Medusa
Medusa had its first commit in 2020, raised the first round of capital in 2021, and became the largest open-source commerce project on GitHub in 2022. Today, Medusa counts a 10k developer community, has crossed +1M npm downloads, and has raised $9M in funding. Yet, we are only just getting started.
Our next big product leap is a managed services platform, Medusa Cloud, bringing an unprecedented developer experience and native customization capabilities to commerce companies on hosted infrastructure.
The role
As a Software Engineer working on our open-source platform, you play a critical role in building our most core products. You will build the tools and features powering the digital commerce applications of companies ranging from the world’s largest enterprises to fast-growing startups.
Examples of what you could work on
- Durable workflow engine to orchestrate actions across distributed systems
- Commerce modules serving as primitives to create bespoke commerce experiences
- Bundler to create highly optimized bundles for serverless environments
- Search engine to read, filter, and sort data living in distributed data stores
- Admin framework leveraging the latest technologies from React
Who you are
- You enjoy solving highly complex problems
- You have extensive backend engineering experience
- You want to accomplish the seemingly impossible
- You like to work hard
- You appreciate a good developer experience
- You are comfortable working with a high sense of urgency
Working at Medusa
We are a small team of 18 people, and we move fast.
You are expected to take ownership of your product areas and consistently deliver high-quality software.
What you get
- Highly passionate and talented co-workers
- Work with a high level of autonomy
- Incredibly complex problems to solve
- Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications
- Generous options package - in the best 10% among peers
- Autonomous work
- Health coverage in the US
- Opportunity to build a generational company
What we value
Hard work
We are tackling the problems that no one else in our space has dared to. At Medusa, you’ll work hard to solve some of the most complex challenges in engineering.
Great work
We build exceptional tools so other companies can build exceptional products. Everyone in our organization is passionate about our mission and eager to deliver their best work.
Collaborative work
We help our colleagues succeed. Give candid feedback. Tell them what they did right and what they can do better. Only this way can we improve.