Software Engineer 2

Company description

Welcome to Our World

We’ve been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We're known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service.

Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) stands as the most trusted name in performance marketing. We specialize in building partnerships between top brands and reputable publishers to drive revenue and business growth. CJ’s industry-leading solutions make us the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across sectors like retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services.

As part of Publicis Groupe, our savvy data capabilities, cutting-edge tech, and strategic expertise facilitate genuine connections, allowing brands to reach consumers wherever they are.

A Quick Peek at Affiliate Marketing

Think back to your last online purchase. Did an influencer tip you off about a great product and offer a discount? Or perhaps you relied on a trusted review site to make your decision? Whatever path you took, affiliate publishers likely played a role by influencing, informing, or helping you find the best deal. CJ connects brands with these publishers, creating valuable resources for shoppers like you.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in a CJ office location

AboutCJEngineering

Are we a good match for you?

At CJ, we are passionate about software engineering. We build exciting software, with quality andmaintainabilityin mind. Webelieve in common sense,simplicity,and efficiency.

Wepracticecriticalthinking, challenge each other no matter the title, and believe in the wisdom of theteam.

That makes us Engineers and not just developers.

Here are some of the principles thatsetCJ engineersapart.

• Engineering autonomy:
  Here, business decisions are made bybusinesspeople, and technical decisions are made by technical people.
• Fullstack:
  
  Expect to be involvedandtogain competencein every aspect of software engineering, from frontend, to database, to requirements analysis,to testing,to helping choosetechnologies.
• Clean, Maintainable code:
  Code is read more often than it is written, so we put in the effort to write it well in the first place.
• Pairing:
  The highest quality code is produced by close collaboration, so we pair by default.
• TDD:
  
  Quality is baked into our process through
  
  Test Driven Development
• Ownership:
  
  Engineers own the full lifecycle of what they build—from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, production support, and on-call rotations. If we build it, wesupportit.
• Operational Excellence:
  
  We embrace Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, and observability to build reliable systems and deliver software safely, efficiently, and at scale.
• We believe in Agile values, andincremental development. We constantly experiment, retrospect, and adjust.
• We are committed to finding out how AI can amplify our productivity. We view AI as a force multiplier, not a replacement for good engineering.

If this sounds exciting,we want to hear from you!

As a Software Engineer 2 at CJ, you will contribute directly to the design, implementation, and evolution of the services and infrastructure that power our platform. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll collaborate with experienced engineers, learn modern architectural patterns, and take ownership of production systems. You will write clean, maintainable code, participate in technical discussions, and continuously improve both our software and our engineering practices.

What you will be doing:

• Guide the design/implementation by drawing from customer/stakeholder feedback.
• Make small, consistent improvements to the code base without disrupting the product owner's needs.
• Understand your squad's architectural and technical vision.
• Draw abstraction boundaries.
• Design with high cohesion and low coupling.

What we look for:

We are looking for experienced engineers with foundational skills. We are not…