Staff Software Engineer - Grading Operations

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team. Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder. Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the UK, and France. As part of our interview process, we request that candidates have their cameras on during video interviews. This helps foster meaningful conversation and allows us to create an experience that closely resembles our standard working environment. Certain interview steps may take place by phone. For remote roles, and at our discretion, candidates may be asked to participate in an on-site interview as part of the final stages of the process. We understand there may be occasional circumstances requiring accommodation and are happy to d [... source excerpt omitted ...] rations reach more markets, keeping pace means solving for distance as well as volume. This is a role for an engineer who wants projects that do not have an obvious solution yet. You will own complex, loosely defined projects, take the lead when they span other engineering teams, and help raise the design bar across the team. The breadth is unusual for one role: a containerized core application, serverless services, event-driven pipelines, and the applications our operations teams work in all day. You will still be building and shipping what you design, and AI tooling is central to how we work rather than something we are trying out. What You'll Do Take on complex, loosely def [... source excerpt omitted ...] rontend application development using JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue.js to deliver features end to end Collaborate with Product, Tech, and Operations teams to translate business requirements into clean technical designs across both backend and frontend systems Troubleshoot data, integration, service, and UI issues across a large, long-lived codebase Share in an on-call rotation supporting the services the team owns Write design documents and technical decision records that other engineers build against Who You Are 8+ years of software engineering experience building production applications, with deep experience in backend systems and some hands-on experience delivering fronten