[Hiring] Software Developer @Rockcruit

Role Description

We're looking for a developer to work alongside our lead developer on our software stack, which includes a Django backend and a React storefront. Most of the job involves solving concrete business problems, such as:

• A vendor feed that breaks every month
• A pricing rule nobody can explain
• A task the team still does by hand in a spreadsheet

You will figure out what's actually going on, build the fix, and look for places where AI can improve the process.

What you'll work on

• Product data: Vendor imports and feeds, in-house PIM, categorization, images, and data quality across a large, inconsistent catalog.
• Inventory and pricing: Feed ingestion (AWS Lambda, S3, SFTP), scrapers for vendors without feeds, and the pricing, deals, and cart logic that depend on them.
• The storefront API: Replacing Shopify with our own Django backend and a React Router storefront, building and testing the API endpoints.
• Search: Elasticsearch-backed search, facets, and recommendations.
• Internal tools and automation: Finding manual, repetitive work across the business and replacing it with reliable solutions.
• Infrastructure: Moving hand-built AWS and Cloudflare resources to OpenTofu; some exposure is useful but not required.

How we work

• Tests come first: We write a failing test, then the code, ensuring tests build their own data and assert on exact values.
• Typed, reviewed, small: Python is type-annotated and checked, TypeScript runs in strict mode, and changes are made in small, focused pull requests.
• Production is careful work: Migrations, data fixes, and infrastructure changes are agreed upon before execution, and we avoid committing secrets.
• We use AI coding assistants daily and review everything they produce, adhering to written project conventions.

Qualifications

• Strong Python, with Django (ORM, migrations, admin) experience being a big plus.
• Solid SQL and PostgreSQL skills, comfortable reading query plans and optimizing database work.
• Experience building and consuming APIs; familiarity with Django Ninja, Pydantic, or OpenAPI is a plus.
• Experience working with messy real-world data: CSV/Excel imports, vendor feeds, scraping, ETL.
• Enough TypeScript/React knowledge to work on the storefront when features span both repositories.
• Good judgment about when automation (including LLMs) is beneficial versus when a plain script or better process is appropriate.
• Clear written communication skills for writing PR descriptions, documentation, and tickets.

Nice to have

• E-commerce experience, especially in catalog, PIM, order management, or checkout (Stripe).
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch or another major search platform.
• Experience with AWS (Lambda, S3, ECS), Cloudflare Workers, OpenTofu/Terraform.
• Experience in furniture, home furnishings, or another product-heavy retail business.