Job Details

At Shutterfly, we make life's experiences unforgettable. We believe there is extraordinary power in the self-expression. That's why our family of brands helps customers create products and capture moments that reflect who they uniquely are.

Shutterfly is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team! This position can be based out of our Fort Mill, SC or Tempe, AZ offices and will be hybrid at least 3 days a week.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position at this time.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on coding approximately 80% of the time depending on the size of the project.
• Document and develop in-depth knowledge of assigned domain architecture, and technology portfolio.
• Overall technical implementation and quality of assigned projects and technical domain.
• Demonstrate a strong initiative and follow through in executing project responsibilities, overcoming obstacles, and balancing multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are important. Ability to present and explain technical designs and business requirements to other team members.
• Improve overall development and deployment process, including Continuous Integration and Business-Driven Development.
• Lead, refine and ensure application development processes are in alignment with the goals of Application Architecture, Quality Assurance and Change Management.
• Mentor other team members, complete software development duties, assist in technical designs, unit testing and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years related Application Development experience with the following technologies: Java, Spring Boot and Python.
• Minimum three years of AWS Cloud Services such as: S3, SQS, EC2, RDS, API Gateway, and Lambda; Certification is a plus.
• Experience building high quality applications by creating a well-designed architecture, writing clean code, and implementing common industry practices (e.g., continuous integration, unit tests).
• Ability to mentor and lead other technical team members without having direct supervision responsibility.
• A background successfully delivering applications using agile methods and collaborating with non-technical team members including quality assurance, business analysts, and project managers.
• Experience working with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience working with LLMs (Large Language Models) and generative AI applications.
• Knowledge of prompt engineering and fine-tuning strategies for AI models.
• Database experience is required with Aurora, preferably with PostgreSQL.
• Experience creating single page applications using a framework such as React and Angular is a plus.
• Experience with RabbitMQ is a plus.
• Experience with any workflow engine is a plus.
• Experience with GraphQL is a plus.
• Experience with developing domain services.
• Experience with asynchronous messaging.
• Experience with Terraform is a plus.
• Experience creating RESTful web services is required.
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science (along with related experience).

Supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce is important to Shutterfly not only because it directly reflects our value of Embracing our Differences, but also because it's the right thing to do for our business and for our people. We welcome all applicants and evaluate them based on their qualifications. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on our Career Site.

This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis until filled.