Senior Software Engineer, Orders Team - Java

Job Description

About Ancestry: When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. Our talented team of scientists, engineers, genealogists, historians, and storytellers is dedicated to empowering customers around the world from all backgrounds on their journeys of personal discovery. With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 125+ million family trees, and 22+ million people in our growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? You belong at Ancestry. Interested in working for a company that changes people's lives, is the leader in their space, and is growing? Do you want your family and friends (and even strangers) to light up when you tell them where you work? Then you've come to the right place! Ancestry is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Commerce Platform team! The Commerce Platform team oversees all website and back-end functionality related to taking customer orders and renewing subscriptions. The systems that belong to the Commerce Platform are business important, and we are investing in the evolution of our platform. Join our Commerce Platform team if you have the talent and desire to bring creative products at a rapid pace, serving our Ancestry customers and internal partners by building back-end services that directly improve the financial success of the company. The Opportunity: You will be an essential contributor in developing the Commerce Platform services. You will work on an accomplished scrum team and will improve the bottom-line of the business by using AWS and Java-based technologies to develop new solutions and enhance existing platform services.

What you will do...

• Work with an accomplished and collaborative team to develop microservices that scale in the cloud
• Develop new backend functionality to support the evolving needs of Ancestry customers in the eCommerce Domain
• Solve business-critical problems associated with the quarterly deliverables of the eCommerce organization
• Write code and unit tests, conduct code reviews

Who you are..

• 6+ years of software development experience
• AWS experience desirable
• Solid proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
• Solid design and architectural skills
• Experience with design and implementation of distributed applications, APIs, or frameworks
• Experience with REST, JSON, HTTP, SSL, Caching, and asynchronous code
• Experience with CI/CD
• Use Agile or other rapid application development methods
• Bachelor's in CS or EE

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com , Find a Grave, Archives.com , and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers #GDSponsored #IND2 #LI-MK1 Additional Information: Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means. Apply for this job