The Subscriptions Team at Recharge is responsible for several services that are integral to our business, as well as building pivotal core features for our merchants and their customers.
They work to build, maintain, and improve several services, including Subscriptions, Orders, Discounts, Shipping, Taxes, and key integrations with Shopify.
Champion and embody our core values – accountability, collaboration, iteration, and attention to detail.
Perform thorough code reviews and provide constructive, actionable feedback.
Embrace rapid, iterative design, testing, and development to deliver value while continuously learning.
Demo your work regularly to teammates and peers.
Promote strong engineering habits, including sound development practices, security awareness, and thoughtful management of technical debt.
Advocate for improved standards, tooling, and processes across the team.
Partner with product and engineering management to shape roadmaps, plan timelines, and release features incrementally.
Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, helping assess the technical feasibility of new initiatives.
Contribute to a positive, supportive team culture grounded in shared ownership and accountability.
Collaborate across Subscriptions and the wider engineering organization to deliver impactful, reliable systems.

Have 5+ years of backend experience with technologies such as Python, GCP (Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub), MySQL, and Redis, and are comfortable in distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native environments.
Demonstrated ability to design and implement features within strict external platform or API requirements (Shopify, payment processors, marketplaces), making thoughtful product and technical tradeoffs.
Communicate clearly across remote channels and contribute thoughtfully to discussions and reviews.
Approach challenges with initiative and accountability, balancing pragmatism with technical depth.
Balance pragmatism and high standards – you know when to move fast and when to dig deeper for quality, maintainability, and scale.
Collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and leadership to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions.
Contribute to a healthy team culture through kindness, respect, and openness to feedback and diverse perspectives.

Senior Software Development Engineer, Backend – Subscriptions

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