As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll build and maintain VRAI's eCommerce full-stack features, optimize performance, and integrate third-party platforms.
VRAI is one of the fastest-growing digital-first direct-to-consumer brands. Modernizing diamond jewelry through the exclusive use of sustainably created diamonds, VRAI has innovation, craftsmanship, and sustainability at the core of its products and values. An honoree of Fast Co. Innovation Award in retail design, and a global business, VRAI has locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, NY, Shanghai, Chicago, London, Madrid, and Copenhagen, with more locations on the horizon.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll build and operate the systems behind VRAI’s eCommerce platform. You’ll ship customer-facing features and help make architectural decisions that directly impact the business.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain full-stack features (Next.js, NestJS, AWS Lambda).
- Design and optimize data, caching, and performance (MongoDB, Redis, CDN).
- Integrate with third-party platforms (Shopify, CMS, ERP).
- Debug and operate production systems across distributed services.
- Implement event-driven and async workflows.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-stack experience with TypeScript / Node.js
- Strong experience with React and Next.js in production.
- Solid understanding of databases, caching, and performance tuning.
- Experience operating systems in AWS/serverless environments.
- Comfortable shipping in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment. (Nice to have: Monorepos, high-traffic eCommerce, ERP integrations, CI/CD automation).
VRAI provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. Additional Perks such as employee discounts are also available. Our benefits begin as early as your first day of employment. Medical and vision coverage are retroactive to your start date, while dental and voluntary benefits take effect once you’ve completed your enrollment.
Some plans may not be available pending global locations however other options may be presented.
VRAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
Physical Requirement:
-Mandatory Onsite: The specific nature of this role requires physical presence at a designated VRAI facility for all scheduled work hours. This requirement applies only to positions explicitly designated as Onsite in the job description, such as showroom roles, and does not supersede any agreed-upon remote or hybrid working arrangements for other VRAI positions.
-This position will often: Sit, stand for long periods, walk, grasp, reach with hands and arms, lift below and above shoulders, bend, twist at the waist, climb, balance, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, talk, hear, see, use fine finger manipulation, and complete repetitive motions.
-Lift/carry and push/pull up to 25 pounds
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.
Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
To find out more about VRAI check out:
vrai.com
facebook.com/vrai
Top Skills
AWS
Cdn
Erp
MongoDB
Next.Js
Node.js
React
Redis
Shopify
Typescript
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