Software Engineer - Data Systems

About impact.com

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Your Role at impact.com:

As a Software Engineer – Data Systems, your focus will be on designing, building, and maintaining data systems are maintainable, reliable, and understandable that scale. You will write code that lasts, think in domain concepts, and design transformations that are clear and testable.

This role is centered on designing resilient distributed systems, including handling retries, partial failures, back pressure, and consistency tradeoffs. We favor clear interfaces, strong tests, and solid observability (metrics and tracing) so our systems are easy to run, debug, and evolve.

At this level you are expected to function independently and within a team environment, break down complex problems into well-defined units of work, and collaborate with distributed teammates to deliver high-quality, production-ready software. You should feel comfortable escalating appropriately and communicating effectively in both remote and in-person settings.

This is a software engineering role, not a data analysis/statistical role or an ETL/SQL-focused role.
You must be willing to work 2 days per week in office for collaboration with the Tech Lead and currently be based locally or willing to relocate.

What You'll Do:

• Break down complex data logic into small, testable units
• Design resilient distributed systems that gracefully handle retries, partial failures, backpressure, and consistency tradeoffs
• Instrument systems with strong observability — metrics and tracing — to support debugging and operational confidence
• Write meaningful unit, functional, and integration-level tests to validate rules and transformations
• Collaborate with a distributed team to fulfill the department's quarterly objectives
• Develop code both independently and while pair programming

What You Bring:

Education & Experience

• Completed B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 1+ years of Software Development experience

Technical Skills (Non-Negotiable)

• Comfort and proficiency in a typed language such as Java, Scala, or Kotlin
• Strong software engineering habits: modularity, testing, abstraction
• Interest in and aptitude for designing systems that are predictable and maintainable
• Knowledge of software design patterns and the ability to select and implement the right pattern for a given problem
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and building meaningful test suites
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration / Delivery methods, tooling, and integrations

Competencies

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Collaborative mindset - thrives in team environments
• Attention to detail
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving
• Ability to communicate clearly and show engagement in both remote and in-person meetings

Nice to have's

• Curiosity about distributed data systems (Spark experience is a plus, but not required)
• Experience breaking down complex data logic into small, testable units
• Exposure to any Google Cloud technology
• Experience with large-scale data processing systems
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and production support
• Open-source contributions
  
  

What We're Looking For in a Teammate

• Curious - asks good questions, seeks to understand the "why" behind decisions
• Flexible - willing to change direction when priorities shift
• Hungry - a self-starter who takes initiative and owns their work
• Humble - open to feedback, eager to learn and grow
• Communicative - shows engagement and clarity in both remote and in-person settings
• Accountable - takes ownership of commitments and outcomes

Benefits and Perks:

At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.