At Shutterstock, we empower creators around the world with high-quality content and cutting-edge tools to fuel great work.
We're seeking a Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience to help build and scale the backend services that power our content discovery, licensing, and delivery platforms across all of our incredible content libraries.
You'll join a team that's passionate about clean architecture, performance, and solving complex challenges at scale.
If you thrive in a collaborative environment and love building robust APIs, data-driven systems, and data modeling we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll DoDesign, implement, and maintain backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and the broader Spring ecosystem.
Build and evolve RESTful APIs that power content metadata, search, recommendation, and licensing workflows.
Work with Kafka to build event-driven and real-time processing systems.
Use SQL and work with relational databases to support structured content metadata.
Partner with data and analytics teams to model data in data warehouses, supporting reporting and analytics use cases.
Build and maintain DBT models to transform raw data into clean, usable datasets.
Leverage the AWS ecosystem for service deployment, data storage, and pipeline orchestration.
Contribute to technical discussions, system design, and code reviews.
What You Bring5+ years of professional backend development experience.
Strong proficiency in Java, with experience using Spring Boot and Spring Framework.
Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
Familiarity with Kafka or other message streaming platforms.
Solid understanding of relational databases and writing optimized SQL.
Comfortable working with GraphQL.
Exposure to Python or willingness to learn.
A collaborative mindset with strong communication skills.
A passion for clean code, scalable systems, and continuous learning.
Nice-to-HavesPractical experience working with data warehouses and DBT for data transformation and modeling.
Hands-on experience working with the AWS ecosystem (especially Aurora/Dynamo DB).
Experience working with and/or Typescript.
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with Databricks.
Background in building systems for search, metadata enrichment, or digital asset management.
Shutterstock ValuesWe are one team collectively focused on creating an unrivaled experience for our Customers and Contributors.
Our Values represent the mindset of the employee who will thrive at Shutterstock.
If you are passionate about what you do, and want to become part of a cutting-edge technology company building industry-leading products, please apply.
Shutterstock is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Suitably qualified and eligible candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Shutterstock ensures that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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