Backend Engineer Jobs in Ohio

INTRODUCTION

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 350,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Full Stack Software Engineer on the Tracking team, you will be working within a fast-paced, agile team, implementing the next generation of the core user application and building highly scalable features for the world’s biggest brands. You will learn our cloud, data, and microservice tech stack and tools. You will own product features from idea to production. We work with many of the world’s best-known brands - you will be directly building the product we are selling to these companies.

What You'll Do:
Design and develop features, modules, and services.
Build internal APIs for sharing data and functionality.
Improve deployments of the company’s applications and services.
Troubleshoot issues before they spoil your weekend.
Work with external APIs.
Be part of a continuously improving, agile team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

4+ years’ experience building software.
Fluent in Java Spring Framework.
Fluent in relational databases.
Experience with Claude Code AI.
Experience building applications with public cloud providers and serverless technologies.
Familiar with message buses like Kafka.
Familiar with JavaScript and frontend web requests.
Ready to learn from a team that has taken companies from startup to billion-dollar unicorns.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA.

COMPENSATION

- Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000 per year, plus additional 5% variable annual bonus contingent on Company performance and eligible to receive Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grant.
This is the pay range the Company believes is equitable for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

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.
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
Office-only catered lunch every Thursday, a healthy snack bar, and great coffee to keep you fueled.
Flexible spending accounts and 401(k).
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.