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 coins, trading cards, Funko Pops!, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, SGC, and Card Ladder.
Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1,900 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Toronto, Guadalajara, Dallas, and Paris.
We’re transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication, grading, and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics — including pricing, scarcity reports, and historic sales data — accessible to every collector, old or new. Our engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization. We're seeking engineers to utilize advanced technology in agile settings, with a focus on improving the customer experience for every collector.
Click here to learn more about our Mexico Engineering Team Expansion.
We are seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our small, specialized team focused on the backbone of PCGS: our Grading Operations. If you're passionate about building robust, efficient, and highly reliable systems, this is your chance to directly impact the speed and quality of our world-renowned authentication and grading process. Your work ensures the heart of our organization runs smoothly, accurately, and at peak performance, making you a deep system expert on the process that drives our multi-million dollar business.
As an essential member of this team, your initial focus will be mastering and maintaining the critical systems that manage our grading workflows, ensuring near-perfect uptime and data integrity in a mission-critical environment. Beyond system reliability, you'll contribute to targeted, high-impact projects aimed at streamlining throughput and improving operational efficiency. As the business scales, we’re expanding our investments in AI/ML solutions to unlock new levels of operational accuracy and efficiency. This role puts you at the center of that evolution—with expert-level exposure to the systems powering PCGS, and the chance to build solutions that improve throughput and transform how we work.
What You’ll Do:
Participate across the entire software development lifecycle, taking features from concept to production release
Maintain and extend the current tech stack, primarily .Net C#, with some solutions in Python
Communicate with Product and other stakeholders to develop business requirements
Collaboratively create solutions with other teams
Troubleshoot software issues and debug a large codebase
Develop and execute unit and integration tests
Contribute to technical documentation to increase maintainability of software assets
Who You Are:
5+ years of software engineering industry experience building backend software, with exposure to microservices; 8+ years experience is a plus
Fluent in Python and/or C# and not afraid to take on other new technologies
Experience using Python for production-grade applications
Experience architecting systems (service-oriented, event-driven, distributed systems, cloud) as well as hands-on development experience
Data modeling and database design expertise; Postgres and/or SQL Server is a plus
Experience configuring and using DevOps tooling such as Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, AWS stack
Experience working cross-functionally with Product partners
Possess strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to visualize and document processes
Proficient at using appropriate security, documentation, and/or monitoring best practices
Nice to have:
Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Experience with serverless infrastructure such as AWS Lambda
Familiarity with client-side frameworks, such as Vue.js, React, or Svelte
What we Offer
The opportunity to be a part of our inaugural Engineering Team in Mexico, and to make a real impact on the launch and success of this team
A dynamic and collaborative international engineering team
An organization dedicated to supporting the passionate Collectors community
A Competitive Salary and benefits
Candidates must be authorized to work in Mexico.
Location:
All roles we are hiring for in Mexico are remote.
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