The Company
James Berdigans, Founder and Executive Chairman of Printify:
“Our mission is to build a platform that lets anyone, anywhere unlock their own personal freedom. The freedom to generate income, be your own boss, and set your schedule. So far we’ve seen more than 6 million people sign up to start their own eCommerce businesses with Printify. Because every order is made on-demand, there’s no risk to getting started, just reward for putting in the work. Our aim is to put this power to build a business into the hands of every person who wants to create their own business.”
In 2021, Printify secured $50m in Series A funding led by Index Ventures, founders of the leading technology companies Wise and Squarespace, with participation from H&M Group, Virgin Group, and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC.
The Team
We transform business dreams into awesome digital products. We do this magic through 21 loosely coupled squads – each specializing in their own area of expertise. These include, but are not limited to, API Platform, Engineering Productivity, SRE and Information Security as part of the Platform Engineering Team.
We are looking for a Back-End Engineer with expertise in TypeScript and Node.js to join our growing API Platform Engineering Team. The team currently consists of five people working across 5 countries and 3 EMEA time zones. We are a diverse team - you will find here a fan of rpg, a mountaineer, a gaming genius, a musical jack of all trades and a globetrotter. You will be helping us to ensure that our merchants’ sign-in is processed quickly and securely. Also, with the Public API, you will be helping merchants automate their processes and sell more with less work.
As a Back-end Engineer at Printify, you will:
- Focus on solving problems, not necessarily only by writing the code as a solution.
- Use ChatGPT, Cursor or GitHub CoPilot on your daily work with JetBrains IDE license.
- Write and ship high-quality, scalable code.
- Contribute to the company’s engineering culture.
- Develop skills by applying best practices and technologies.
- Participate in pair programming, code refactoring and reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and testing.
As a Printify Back-end Engineer, we expect you to have:
- Solid software engineering background of 3 to 5 years of experience.
- Solid knowledge of TypeScript, NodeJs and NestJs.
- MongoDB, PostgreSQL, messaging platforms.
- Experience writing Unit tests in Jest, TDD and A/B testing.
- Understanding of how to debug and optimize an application’s performance.
- The responsibility for the provided solutions.
It will be an additional bonus if you have experience with:
- AWS Lambda & DynamoDB,
- RESTful API and Open API,
- JWT, OAuth, secure Sessions and AuthN/AuthZ,
- WebSockets.
What we offer:
- Learning budget for conferences, courses, books and other things that will help you to grow with us.
- Have an opportunity to participate in our internal Hackathons, frontend guild and other engineering initiatives.
- Apple MacBook as your standard work equipment, covered by Printify and office setup budget.
- Opportunity to work fully remotely within EMEA time zones.
- Work from anywhere – our Printify Houses in Riga or Tallinn, your remote home office, or a co-working hub.
- Start your workday anywhere between 7 AM and 11 AM Latvian timezone. As long as the job is done and you’re happy and healthy, you can adapt your workflow.
- International relocation support for international candidates who want to work in Riga or Tallinn.
- Health insurance or health insurance budget depending on your location and contract type.
- Paid health days whenever you need them without a doctor's note, depending on your contract type.
- Extra paid days off for well-being as well as a celebration day of your choice.
- Access to the in-house gym or gym allowance, depending on your location and contract type.
- Stock options so you own a part of Printify.
Tech stack we’re using:
- For application: TypeScript, NodeJs, NestJs, TypeORM, Prettier.
- For Cloud: AWS with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Terragrunt and Helm.
- For CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
- For data: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Snowflake.
- For observability: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir, Sentry.
Joining Printify means joining an international company with an amazing team that has grown to over 500 people. At Printify, people from over 20 nationalities and with many different backgrounds work together in our Riga office and worldwide.
We play to win together, and we always strive for excellence. We want to achieve great things and make a meaningful change in our customers’ lives. Our customers are our most important asset and our compass in showing us the direction to go. We value a strong learning culture and are united by a growth mindset.
Words from our investors:
Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group: “Entrepreneurial spirit runs through the Virgin Group, which is why I’m proud to support Printify. Both Printify’s vision and success story to date embed this special entrepreneurial spirit, which in turn has created a rapidly growing and robust eCommerce platform. Printify’s unique proposition helps people market their brands through customizable products with no upfront investment. We’re excited to support its growth in the coming years.”
Elise Fahlen, Investment Manager at H&M CO:LAB: “With the world experiencing rapid growth in on-demand services, H&M Group is thrilled to have invested in Printify and the team behind it. The execution of the founder’s vision and their impressive success to date speaks not only to the scalability of the product but also in their ability to be a long-standing industry leader in this space.”
Dino Becirovic, Principal at Index Ventures: "Printify is the leading marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, offering the largest selection of products and Print Providers. They have removed all the barriers to product creation and enabled over 2 million creators to launch successful merchandise businesses at the push of a button. Over time, as more manufacturers come online and more methods become available, Printify will allow any creator to bring their wildest product ideas to reality.”
At Printify, we are committed to fostering a diverse, fair, and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or any other grounds.
