Ecommerce Software Engineer

USP / United States Pharmacopeia • Full-time • Rockville, MD, US • $82,700 - $113,450 / year • 2w ago

Description

Who is USP?

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

USP has a great opportunity for an eCommerce Software Engineer who will partner to design, develop, and implement robust software solutions to support our eCommerce initiatives and merchandising goals. The Software Engineer uses structured analysis and design methodologies to perform full life cycle development for USP applications ranging in complexity.

How will YOU create impact here at USP?

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

The ECommerce Software Engineer Has The Following Responsibilities

Provides technical support to our e-commerce(B2B) platform and its integrations.
Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends, and refactors substantially complex programs/scripts and application integrations
Investigates escalated, non-routine and high-impact incidents to responsible service owners and seeks resolution.
Leads assessment, analysis, planning and design of release packages, including assessment of risk. Liaises with business and technology teams on release scheduling and communication of progress. Ensures release processes and procedures are applied and releases can be rolled back as needed.
Performs design, development, testing, code review and post-production support activities for applications based upon the specific needs of USP.
Supports technical design, development and implementation of enhancements and integrations of e-commerce(B2B) platform.
Creates integrations using module related APIs, web services.
Performs data integration from external systems (REST APIs, JSON scripts knowledge) into I for finished good product and product catalog load, pricing, and spreadsheet loads.
Collaborates with team to provide technical solutions to support long-term technology strategy.
Performs technical analysis for the requirements and provides detailed technical documentation of the desired system changes.
Reviews and develops application customizations, extensions and modifications of existing systems to maintain inter-dependency of the functionality.
Tracks, troubleshoots, and repairs the eCommerce issues.
Provides production support, enhancements, and ongoing maintenance for custom programs with USP internal systems and third-party vendors.
Coordinates work efforts with USP’s data base application team for changes and system performance issues.
Performs functionality testing for deployment of upgrades to keep application release level current.
Proactively work through service requests with support as needed.

Who USP is Looking For?

Basic Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or relevant field.
Overall, 4 years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on web application development.
Proven expertise in developing scalable, high-performance web applications with modern JavaScript frameworks (React) and server-side technologies (Node.js).
Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and secure coding practices.

Skills Sought

Experience in Java and UI development (such as: Java/ J2EE, Java Script framework React, Bootstrap, jQuery, node.js, HTML/ CSS, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3).
Experience integrating with external systems and third-party APIs.
Experience with Web services, such as (SOAP/REST/XML/JSON), jQuery, HTML, CSS.
Experience with database technologies (SQL/NoSQL).

Additional Desired Preferences

Experience with state management libraries (Redux, Context API).
Experience with build and source control processes and tools (Ant, Maven, GIT, Bitbucket, Subversion, code branching).
Experience with code Refactoring and Profiling System integration via web services, RESTful services.
Knowledge of front-end build tools and package managers (Webpack, npm, Yarn).
Skilled problem-solver, Collaborator and detail oriented.
Experience with participating in mid-size development projects.
Ability to work independently with minimal direction and identify technical risks, present solutions within the team.
Knowledge of managing search setting and SEO will be a plus.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, oracle) and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None, this is an individual contributor role.

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Compensation

Base Salary Range: USD $82,700.00 – $113,450.00 annually.

Target Annual Bonus: % Varies based on level of role.

Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate’s skill set, experience, qualifications, equity, and other job-related reasons.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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Job Category Information Technology

Job Type Full-Time