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title: 'Staff Engineer at Spreetail'
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# Staff Engineer at Spreetail

- **Company:** Spreetail
- **Location:** India
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-02-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/spreetail/46a54604-4dc8-4ba5-83eb-9217caa15e5b

## Job description

Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs. Learn how we are building one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies in history: www.spreetail.com.

## ROLE OVERVIEW

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for architecting and building a brand-new, scalable platform that enables business-critical ecommerce capabilities. This role requires deep full-stack expertise and prior experience in e-commerce SaaS environments. The engineer will design foundational architecture, define technical standards, and deliver a production-grade platform that supports long-term growth, extensibility, and operational excellence. This is a highly autonomous role with significant influence over system design, technical direction, and engineering best practices.

## Why Spreetail

Join a high-performing technology organization that values innovation, ownership, and collaboration. You’ll work with talented engineers who care deeply about building scalable systems and driving real business impact. Together, we’ll make Spreetail better.

How you will achieve success:

- Designs and launches a scalable, production-ready platform from zero to one.
- Establishes foundational architecture that supports rapid feature expansion and multi-tenant growth.
- Balances speed of delivery with long-term maintainability.
- Implements secure, reliable, observable systems aligned with SaaS best practices.
- Creates extensible APIs and UI layers that enable internal and external consumers.
- Drives engineering standards across testing, CI/CD, code quality, and documentation.
- Anticipates ecommerce-specific challenges
- Acts as a technical leader and mentor while remaining hands-on.

What experiences will help you in this role:

- 8-10 years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in platform services. with deep expertise in data platform engineering, backend systems, and front-end application development.
- Proven experience building or significantly contributing to e-commerce SaaS platforms.
- Experience working in high-growth, scaling environments.
- Strong backend development experience (Python).
- Strong frontend development experience (React)
- Experience designing RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and system design.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Knowledge of secure software design principles.

This is a remote position and requires candidates to have an available work-from-home setup Desktop/Laptop system requirements:

- 4th generation or higher, at least Intel i3 or equivalent processor;
- at least 4GB RAM;
- Windows 10 and above or MAC OSX operating system
- You are required to provide your own dual monitors A strong and stable internet connection (A DSL, cable or fiber wired internet service with 10 Mbps plan or higher for primary connection) PC Headset A high-definition (HD) external or integrated webcam with at least 720p resolution.

Please be aware of scammers. Spreetail will only contact you through Lever or the spreetail.com domain. Spreetail will never ask candidates for money during the recruitment process. Please reach out to careers@spreetail.com directly if you have any concerns. Emails from @spreetailjobs.com are fraudulent.

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## About Spreetail

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spreetail is an ecommerce accelerator that buys inventory from brands, lists and sells their products across major online marketplaces, and handles fulfillment, advertising, and pricing at scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Private Equity-backed; last round: Series Unknown / PE Round of $208M led by McCarthy Capital in February 2023)
- **Headquarters**: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Not publicly named; company started on credit card debt and a dream

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Ecommerce / Retail / Supply Chain & Logistics
- **Target customers**: B2B – brand partners (manufacturers of durable goods) seeking to grow online sales without managing marketplace operations themselves
- **Mission statement**: “Be the most brand-centric company in the world.”

## Products & Services
- **Ecommerce Acceleration (Full-Service)**: Spreetail purchases inventory directly from brands, stocks it across 12 global fulfillment centers, lists products on 20+ marketplaces (Amazon, Walmart, Target, eBay, etc.), manages advertising and pricing, and fulfills orders with next-day speed. Includes in-house customer service (20/7, 365 days) and returns handling.
- **Smart Shelf (Technology Platform)**: Proprietary software that gives brand partners full transparency into delivery speed, pricing, listing optimization, and incrementality – helping drive data-informed decisions.
- **Advertising Services**: Full-funnel marketplace advertising campaign management (launch, optimize, share insights) with no management fees.
- **Fulfillment Network**: 12 fulfillment centers (7 in the US, 5 in Europe) providing next-day shipping coverage to ~85% of the US population and across the UK, Germany, France, and Italy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Annual Revenue**: ~$1B (source: LinkedIn)
  - **Total Funding**: $208M (Private Equity round, Feb 2023 led by McCarthy Capital)
  - **Employees**: 1,550 total (Built In) / 557 on LinkedIn (+15.6% YoY) – *note conflicting headcount data; likely 1,550 includes all global roles*
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: McCarthy Capital (lead investor); brand partners include world-class manufacturers of durable goods; channel partners include Amazon, Walmart, Target, eBay
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Expanded from a Midwest startup to a Top 5 Seller on Amazon, Walmart, and Target
  - 12 fulfillment centers across US, UK, and Europe (5 in Europe)
  - 97%+ in-stock rate, 99.8% same-day shipping, 1.5-day average click-to-deliver
  - 25% average profit increase for brand partners in the EU
  - Workforce distributed across 19 countries (US, Philippines, UK, India, Pakistan, etc.)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Focus on durable goods (big-and-bulky)**: A category most fulfillment networks handle poorly – Spreetail built its entire model around it.
- **End-to-end ownership**: Buys inventory outright, so brand partners offload risk; handles everything from listing to fulfillment to customer service.
- **Proprietary technology (Smart Shelf)**: Provides real-time visibility and data-driven optimization for partners.
- **Scale and speed**: 12 global fulfillment centers, next-day coverage to 85% of the US, 97%+ in-stock rates.
- **In-house customer service**: 20/7 support, not outsourced.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue global expansion (already in UK, Germany, France, Italy)
- Deepen technology platform (Smart Shelf) to drive partner growth
- Maintain high in-stock rates and fast delivery as core differentiators
- Grow brand partnerships across durable goods categories

## Why Work Here
- **Work Your Way policy**: Flexible remote/hybrid work – US corporate roles can work remotely, in-office, or hybrid. Software & Tech team is 100% remote. Office-based employees have the option to work from home Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays; typical on-site time is 2 days per week.
- **Benefits**:
  - Health insurance: 100% of full monthly premium paid for employees, 50% for dependents
  - Paid time off: Untracked PTO for salaried employees; 20 PTO days per year for hourly
  - Parental leave: Paid maternity and secondary caregiver leave
  - 401k match
  - Leadership development programs and training
- **Culture**: “Intense results and meaningful relationships” – described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies. Emphasis on inclusivity and world-class candidate experience.
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly growing company (1,550+ employees) with roles in technology, merchandising, marketing, supply chain, and fulfillment center operations.

## Sources
1. [spreetail.com - About Us](https://www.spreetail.com/about/about-us)
2. [spreetail.com - Careers](https://www.spreetail.com/about/careers)
3. [spreetail.com - FAQ](https://www.spreetail.com/about/faq)
4. [builtin.com - Spreetail](https://builtin.com/company/spreetail)
5. [linkedin.com - Spreetail](https://linkedin.com/company/spreetail)

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